Mark O'Brien Email & Phone Number

Supporting VA

I am privileged enough to work with and on one of the best teams I've ever been on with team By Light on the Identity and Access Management program with VA. My role in this team is to lead the information assurance analyst team that:* Manages the continuous monitoring of the program* Steering the documentation for the variety of sub services into a total.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Working primarily with VHA related systems, I managed the Authority to Operate process for 2 projects in active development. This was an Iterative IA routine working in conjunction with the active Agile process.
• Working with the PM, I developed the IA schedules, gathered stakeholders and used processes that I had developed previously for VA to succinctly work towards an ATO
• In one project I took on the role as PM for IA and project risk management and facilitated other activities well outside of my scope to significantly increase the odds of success in gaining an ATO
• On a second project, I was able to bring together previous experience in certain activities, as well as confirm information with many other professional contacts within VA, to assist in steering the Project Management.
• I utilize many built relationships within VA to reduce the timelines of progressing through the A&A process

• I managed the Information Assurance, security and IA risk Management aspects of a new project that gives veterans the ability to have referrals to doctors in hours instead of days or weeks. While in this position I.
• Accomplished two Authority to Operate statuses for two constantly changing and still-in-development projects using live patient records.
• Integrated the Information Assurance Management as a project within an actively developed Agile project, and built a very good relationship with the development team.
• Used experience to forecast risks that were planned for months in advance before the risk was realized, and executed the risk mitigation as an operations manager also went as planned.
• I took the IA schedule, WBS and library that I developed for projects and ported into an SOP for the company, as well as sending it to the VA for work in the transformation of VA activities that relate to IA

JFHQ

I am the tactical leader of the team that is charged with conducting forensic analysis of systems and networks after an intrusion and helping companies to harden their information systems to reduce their vulnerability footprint. The team is focused on large-scale cyber events, ISC/SCADA systems, and state/national strategic resources (Energy.

Wichita, Kansas Area

I manage the enterprise Intrusion Detection/Prevention System (IDPS), which spans North America and the Pacific Islands, across two networks Monitored all traffic to in the enterprise to find risks to information and systems, to include mis-configurations, open but unexploited vulnerabilities, and bad-guy traffic Coordinated all these actions through a.

As a liaison to the Air Force, I and my team offered technical expertise and management guidance to the bureau. The goal was to standardize the entire enterprise network for ease management, standardized methods of cyber security and compliance. Managed five subject matter experts to support security and virtualized systems for the enterprise I deeply.

The Air National Guard changed how they maintained network and system compliance to a centrally managed role; I was brought into a small team to create the process in which compliance throughout the enterprise would be achieved. Managed and successfully accredited 60 separate networks on two networks. Also accomplished the same for approximately 15.

OBriNet SBSolutions was a business to get an in-depth understanding of how a business works. OBriNet SBSolutions focused on small & medium sized businesses, and specifically on safeguarding their critical information and also providing next day disaster recovery solutions. Replicated enterprise-level backup, systems management, and traffic management to.

Managed all IT and communications, compliance, and security for all the offices throughout Kansas. Was awarded the Excellence in Information Technology by DHS twice Routinely used problem solving skills and networking to solve complex problems while ensuring the solution was long lasting, maintainable and within the spirit of best practices Primary.

Msit Ia, Information Assurance

Information Systems Management

Bas, Information And Computer Security

Graduate with Honors

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