Patrick Boden, Cissp Email & Phone Number

Simpsonville, Sc, Us

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Head of Information Security

Santa Monica, Ca, Us

➜ CYBER & INFORMATION SECURITY, RISK ASSESSMENT, ADVISORY, & IMPLEMENTATION● Guide executive and technology teams in security strategy, best practices, continuity, and implementation (CISO as a Service), establishing security roadmaps, cybersecurity and InfoSec initiatives, DevSecOps practices, training, governance, audit, and risk assessments / mitigation. ● Educate executives, boards, and business leaders on risk and security recommendations. ● Recommend / build data loss protection, disaster recovery, and business continuity strategies; incorporate security hygiene and mitigation procedures. ● Direct 5 reports, plus matrix reports in IT teams.➜ Team Oversight, CISO Services, & Security Programs:► Managed employees and consultants in incident response, IAM, governance and compliance, strategy and transformation, and vulnerability and patch management; worked with engineers in secure product development.► Spearheaded security programs and initiatives (policies, guidelines, board and internal audit reporting on cyber risk)► Assessed NIST, ISO, SOC, and PCI-DSS compliance.

➜ ROBUST SECURITY STRATEGY – MITIGATING RISK, LEADING AWARENESS, & STRENGTHENING SECURITY POSTURE● Drove security modernization, normalizing cybersecurity supporting staff in 17 countries. ● Led cost-saving cloud migration, infrastructure, technology team direction, and IT security. ● Mitigated and met ransomware, privacy, data loss, risk exposure, and compliance needs with new Enterprise Information Security program.➜ Executive Collaboration, Risk Management, & Data Security:► Built executive consensus, presented security modernization solutions, and developed information security strategic roadmap.► Strengthened security posture, using AI-backed tools to detect anomalies. Boosted employee awareness with compliance audits and training.► Established Information Security Program aligned with Microsoft Supplier Security & Privacy Assurance (SSPA) control framework, and privacy regulations including California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).► Brought IT functions back in-house for better oversight from managed service provider.► Transitioned on-premise services to 100% cloud; evaluated and leveraged O365, MS Azure, VMware, Darktrace, AWS, and other solutions.

➜ AUTOMATION PLATFORM DEVELOPMENT FOR DEPLOYMENT IN 47 COUNTRIES● Served as security head at early stage startup, architecting deployment of highly scalable VPN platform poised to compete with NordVPN. ● Led software development team for server, web, Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android apps using Scrum. ● Incorporated threat identification / protection, encryption, and other innovations.

➜ HIGH-PROFILE WEBSITES, HOSTING, SAAS, & DOMAIN REGISTRY BUSINESSConcept-Through-Execution Leadership for High-Profile Online VenturesBadongo.com - File HostingDocumentHosting.com - Enterprise Storage & Collaboration● Spearheaded growth from inception to create 75th largest website worldwide.● Leveraged technology leadership, hosting/streaming video expertise, and business acumen to build personal content storage, management, and delivery platform/file hosting site Badongo.com and DocumentHosting.com enterprise software suite.● Staffed up to 50 employees, leading core engineering, marketing, and R&D teams.►Executive Leadership◄ ● Rapidly launched enterprise storage service Documenthosting.com (scalable, secure document hosting, file transfer, and collaboration platform for enterprise, accounting, small business, legal, government, healthcare, finance etc...—achieving high user adoption rates even with limited investment.● Raised venture capital through innovative contact methods.● Quickly mitigated and resolved datacenter Armageddon situation, saving company by migrating hundreds of servers within 48 hours—experiencing just 36 hours downtime.►Marketing & Key Alliances◄ ● Drove firm to preeminent position in Asia by capitalizing on low-cost PPC opportunities, adding language localization, and navigating cultural barriers to market entry. Built strategic alliances with ad sales partners in Taiwan while handling online/verbal language nuances.►Cost Control & Operations◄ ● Conserved operating costs, building business with minimal funds (<10% competitor’s multimillion-dollar capital).● Ran operations on commodity hardware, devised low-cost online marketing strategies, and negotiated significant reductions in hosting expenses.● Capitalized on trends in Internet marketplace to capture bandwidth at 50%+ savings over peak pricing; predicted market shifts and developed in-house, highly efficient, and low-cost hosting and storage solution.

Consultant to various local and federal agencies regarding subject matter expertise in high tech crimes and IT security.