Cyber security consulting for any size business with a focus on improving SMB security and defenses.

A cyber security expert and engagement leader with more than a decade of experience in high profile digital forensics matters, Stephen Ramey is a director in The Crypsis Group’s New York City office. Stephen has advised clients during network intrusion investigations involving ransomware attacks, data breaches, and abuse of privileges. His experience also includes advising clients during anti-trust matters involving HSR second requests, contract breaches, Children’s Online Privacy and Protection Act (“COPPA”) violations, and intellectual property theft disputes. As a trusted advisor, Stephen helps his clients through a wide range of security and privacy challenges affecting their business.Working closely with clients, counsel, and audit committees, Stephen led the digital forensics for one of the largest litigations in United States history, assessed Computer Security Incident Response Plans (“CSIRP”) for companies listed in the S&P 500, and investigated complex network breaches for global conglomerates spanning multiple countries. Stephen has provided services to many clients across multiple industries including, but not limited to, oil and gas, telecommunications, finance, and pharmaceutical.

Vista Analytics specializes in helping companies apply Advanced Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Predictive Coding to build strategies for solving business disputes and conflicts. Leveraging years of consulting experience in the discovery, compliance, data analytics, and digital forensics practice areas, Vista Analytics is well positioned to innovate modern processes and strategies with future technologies.

Lead Navigant’s East Coast Digital Forensics and Incident Response team, including the development, maintenance and distribution of Navigant’s Digital Forensics and Incident Response Standard Operating Procedures.• Co-developed Navigant’s Cyber Intelligence 360 assessment program; Navigant’s proprietary methodology to assess organizations incident response plans, identify inefficiencies, and build remediation strategies to strengthen their incident response program.• Experienced with leading data breach investigations, assessing electronic discovery and incident response capabilities, and analyzing collected information for evidence of fraud or theft• Led and managed the operations of the National DFIR practice including staffing coordination, recruitment, training plan development, engagement pricing and teaming with other service line leaders in order to identify and pursue engagement opportunities.• Built market place eminence through the delivery of presentations, leading panels, and authoring white papers on industry topics, experiences and trends research.

• Managed a team of 10 individuals to forensically analyze computer media to investigate suspected nation state sponsored breaches to the client’s network; analyze media for activity of data exfiltration; and alterations to the computer systems that may camouflage the nefarious activity.• Assessed client’s Incident Response plans according to the NIST SP800-61 Rev2 guidelines and recommended improvements for the identified gaps.

• Developed Mobile Device acquisition and analysis methodologies, wrote white papers answering industry questions on mobile device functionality for legal counsel, and maintained strong relationships with mobile forensic hardware & software vendors.• Worked closely with legal counsel to develop collection methodologies for Electronically Stored Information (ESI) in adherence with subpoena and other court order requirements issued by various US Government agencies.• Managed a team up to 40 people and responsible for coordinating schedules and resources across multiple jurisdictions to meet or exceed the engagement deadlines on a seven-day-a-week, 24-hour-a-day schedule.

Assisted in management of a Data Mart including DTS package building, automation through stored procedures and Meta Data maintenanceCreated enterprise level front-end data entry program while working closely with the user for interface designDeveloped and maintained a knowledge base in ASP that connected to a SQL database which contained all articles. Website included search capability, file upload, and remote file viewing

Worked closely with the system administrator to correct problems on the servers and monitor network performance Implemented Track-It 6.0, a help desk database program, into the existing information structure resulting in increased efficiency for creating, tracking, and maintaining work orders for related employee computer problemsImplemented PowerQuest DeployCenter to back up and maintain images of the computersResearched data backup and wrote a recommendation for upgrading the existing configuration