Neil Ashworth Email & Phone Number

Santa Clara, California, United States

United States

Developed a team of international security SMEs with cross product, cross functional enablement, a GTM strategy and marketing direction to anticipate and then confirm customer pain points, establishing a security message that cut through the stereotypical industry malarkey to create a message that was truthful, insightful and valuable. Authored professional technical blogs, white papers, tech briefs, industry insights and knowledge base articles, and speaking at conferences as an industry expert, spanning topics of; Regulatory Compliance & Governance, the role of A.I. in Government, and solutions for advanced malware protection. Guided pre-sales opportunities at the C-Level, helping customers envision their transition from legacy perimeter based security strategies to ones leveraging advanced technical capabilities to achieve Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) through Nutanix HCI.

San Francisco Bay Area

Helping customers better understand the differing strategies of securing distributed hybrid multi-cloud platforms, which include assets located in Public and Private clouds, by presenting the Nutanix Security capabilities in easy to follow steps which elevate the overall security profile of the entire data center infrastructure/ business operating model. Facilitated guided demos of all Nutanix Security capabilities including secure Access Management, Networking, micro-segmentation, Software Defined Networking (SDN), Encryption and the use of system STIGs (Security Technical Implementation Guides) and using this platform, how best to implement ransomware resilient architectures with fully system, and VM specific backup and DR. Educating customers on HCI capabilities to reduce the burden of securing critical systems through automation and intrinsic security design. Responsible for industry security strategy in Nutanix HCI systems working in support of modernization and transformational projects for the public sector, DoD, and Federal accounts across North America. Able to present complex technical capabilities in easy-to-understand terms, to C-suite executives down to Operators and management.

Irvine, Ca

Managing and/or facilitating IT self-assessments including information security, architecture software development, applications, operating system and database security, configuration and administration. Managing the enhancement tracking process, ensuring timely closure of identified enhancements. Communicating with executive management, various committees, and others, as required, to discuss identified risks and opportunities for improvement within our control environment. Working with management to define and prioritize remediation efforts, tracking remediation activities, and inspecting/validating solutions that have been implemented, where appropriate. Acting as a liaison for parties who perform external assessments of our control environment, including auditors, examiners, regulators, and client contacts.

Irvine, Ca

Some key projects I have been responsible for delivering while at Ingram Micro are; Zero Day Malware Endpoint Protection; Conducted POC with several IDS vendor solutions, including CrowdStrike, Carbon Black, Cisco AMP and Symantec. Measuring each tools viability for the Ingram environment and incorporating Business and fiscal requirements we successfully deployed the selected tool throughout the Ingram endpoint environment. Identity Access Management (IAM); In order for Account provisioning and de-provisioning at Ingram to conform with SOX requirements, leveraging a third party IDM tool, Saviynt was necessary. Global rollout of this tool, onboarding all AD, SAP, and Ingram proprietary applications proceeded over the course this 12-month project.PCI DSS v3.2;Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard 3.2 is an extensive global requirement for companies, merchants and services providers that accept Credit Card (CC) data to secure that data to levels articulated in the standard. During a QSA Assessment every facet of technology that either touches or stores CC data is explored and assessed against these standards. During this particularly arduous assessment I managed to reduce the proposed schedule of work by 33% and accelerated our time to gap analysis in order to commence remediation work within our environment.

Fleet Information Operations Centre Uk (Lincoln)

The U.K. Fleet Intelligence Operations Centre, located at RAF Digby in LincolnshireEngland forms part of a Global Signals and Cyber Intelligence collective. Coupledwith FIOC locations in Texas, Maryland, Georgia, and Hawaii, FIOC UK forms part of the USTenth Fleet and US Fleet Cyber Command, UK Fleet Intelligence and supports GCHQand NSA operations worldwide 24/7 365 days a year.As the Operations Manager I was responsible for managing and monitoring anIntelligence collection efforts focused primarily on the Middle East, European, and NorthAfrican targets of interest. This work included but was not limited to:• HF/ VUHF Communications exploitation• Cyber-security exploitation• Satellite communications intercept• Physical Security (ISO 270001)• Data classification, encryption & decryption• Intelligence dissemination and command-level briefing• Cryptography, Cryptology, and crypt-analysis

United Kingdom

Responsible for the day-to-day running of all ship intelligence collection assets responsible for collecting raw intercept data, and cracking codes to produce clean text output, then collating, preparing, and presenting a top-level strategic intelligence brief to senior leadership and global military and political officials via Video Telephone Conference on a daily basis.

Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Was instrumental in developing a curriculum for training new assets in intelligence collection techniques in SIGINT, HUMINT, and the newly emerging field of Information Security exploitation. Working to support training and enablement to new recruits operating in support of UK/ US intelligence collection activities.

Rmb Stonehouse

I participated in information gathering from assets who would be otherwise unwilling to provide potentially critical intelligence necessary to support the mission and safeguard the lives of UK/ US military personnel.

Management Of Risk Registered Practitioner, Risk Management, Pass

M_o_R considers risk from different perspectives within an organization: strategic, programme, project and operational. While it links.

Lean Six Sigma - Green Belt, Continuous Improvement, Pass

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Gcgi, Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General

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A-Level, Business Administration And Management, General, B

Education record

British Boys High School Education