John Payton Email & Phone Number

Alphen Aan Den Rijn, NL

New York, NY, US

• Provides security expertise and guidance to leadership as well as to other IT leaders
• Leads the Security team for application security, server security, desktop security, email gateway and active directory security.
• Provides guidance in best practices in platform security including but not limited to:
• End point protection
• Secure configuration/ hardening
• Anti-Virus/malware

Round Rock, Texas, US

• Senior Information Security Manager, supervising Dell Services’ information security delivery to the Department of Education/Federal Student Aid Virtual Data Center (FSA VDC) and Wolters Kluwer customers
• Determines the long term information assurance needs and acquisition requirements to accomplish operational objectives
• Ensures that protection and detection capabilities are acquired or developed using a security engineering approach
• Interprets patterns of non compliance to determine their impact on levels of risk and/or overall effectiveness of the information assurance program
• Monitors and evaluates the effectiveness of information assurance procedures and safeguards to ensure they provide the intended level of protection
• Directs the development and sustainment of Dell core security service offerings on behalf of the customer

• Senior Information Security Manager, reporting directly to the CISO, supervising 30 employees at Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) facilities worldwide, with control and execution of over $5M in annual budget
• Implemented key operational changes resulting in savings over $1M annually
• Reduced direct labor and software costs by more than $575,000 annually
• Directed the development and sustainment of Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) core security service offerings
• Acted as direct customer interface to resolve extraordinary security issues
• Primary subject matter expertise for business development activities

Washington, DC, US

• Senior Information Security Manager, reporting directly to the Chief Information Officer (CIO), supervising the Information Technology Management (ITM) Project Management Office (PMO), with control of the execution of.
• Developed and maintained the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) IT Investment Portfolio, IT Strategic Plan, strategic imperatives and goals, and execution plans to further technology initiatives
• Reported Information Technology Management (ITM) progress to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
• Acted as Contracting Officer’s Representative on Blanket Purchase Authorization contracts
• Oversaw Certification and Accrediation (C&A) of systems prior to deployment to production
• Led the Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) and provided specific information security expertise to internal investigations for the Inspector General, General Counsel and Human Resources offices

US

• Information Systems Security Manager, supporting the National Cyber Security Division (NCSD) Director in the administration of $6M budget
• Selected to the initial National Cyber Security Division (NCSD) Planning Team to create this national-level program office
• Acted as Incident Response Manager, leading the government response to emerging threats
• Managed the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team’s (US-CERT) Malicious Code Analysis Program, oversaw the analysis and reverse engineering of potentially malicious programs
• Designed the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team’s (US-CERT) Malicious Code Analysis Lab and completed certification and accreditation documentation in accordance with National Institue of Standards and Technology.
• Founding member of the Government Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (GFIRST), the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Forum, and the National Cyber Response Coordination Group (NCRCG)

Global, US

• Senior Information Systems Security Engineer, directly reporting to the Computer Security Incident Response Center (CSIRC) Program Director in the management of $2.4M contract
• Provided on-site contract support to the FAA Computer Security Incident Response Center (CSIRC), responsible for the day-to-day functions of a technical support staff of 16 computer security analysts and engineers
• Led the technical team that rolled out a new $10M Operations and Watch Center, which became a 24X7 fully-operational capability months ahead of schedule
• Developed FAA Computer Security Incident Response Center (CSIRC) internal policy and procedures, schedules, training and project plans
• Advised senior and executive FAA staff in all areas of security management and best practices
• Participated in federal government information sharing working groups

Boca Raton, Florida, US

US

Randolph AFB, TX, US

Russian Studies

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