Sean Mason Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Reporting directly to our VP & Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), responsible for the defense of one of the most storied critical infrastructure organizations in America by leading numerous functions that protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of our network and operations, customers, employees, and partners. Partnering across numerous business organizations such as Digital Technology, Legal, HR, Finance/Treasury, Investor Relations, Physical Security, and more.Key functions within my direct organization include:* Incident Response (IR)* Security Operations Center (SOC)* Cyber Threat Intelligence* Red Team & Vulnerability Disclosure Program* Visibility & Logging* Detection Engineering* Platform Engineering* Insider Threat* Executive Protection, and more...Technology oversight includes CrowdStrike, Splunk, Proofpoint, Akamai, Corelight, Anomali, DTEX, and more.While direct responsibility is for the day to day defense of the airline, responsibilities are numerous and range across the cybersecurity portfolio and extend across the broader enterprise as appropriate.* Board of Directors preparation* Enterprise Risk Management* Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery* Cyber Insurance* Regulatory and reporting changes (SEC, TSA, CISA, PCI, etc...)* Security policy development and enforcement* Third party / partner securityAdditional responsibilities include leading United’s IT & Cyber mentoring program and serving as the Cyber representative for our early career development programs.I also serve on the Executive Advisory Boards for CrowdStrike, Expel, and Corelight.My organization has been honored with the following:2023 A-ISAC Top Information Sharing Award2023 CSO50 Award for our Cyber Resiliency: Prepping the Business for IR2022 CSO50 Award for our Security Visibility Transformation2022 RH-ISAC 'Fast Starter' Award for contributions to the community

Remote, Us

Herndon, Virginia, Us

San Francisco, Ca, Us

San Jose, Ca, Us

Built Cisco's Incident Response Business and organization from the ground up. In a short couple of years- in a very crowded field- it had been recognized as a market leading business with triple digit YOY growth, and an ARR of $50MM+. One of our main competitors was acquired by Palo Alto Networks for $250MM.Responsibilities included business strategy, P&L ownership, mentoring, management, delivery oversight, methodology development, marketing, sales enablement, product management, analyst relations, media and press work, evangelism, and much more. Our team assisted customers with both Incident Response to active intrusions and attacks, as well as partnering with customers in numerous other areas related to Intel, Detection, and Response. Proactive services included Threat Hunting, Compromise Assessments, Table Top Exercises, Cyber Range Training, Purple Teaming, Incident Response Plans or Playbooks, and more.I was honored as a Cisco Distinguished Speaker during my tenure.

Boston, Ma, Us

Reporting directly to the VP & IT Risk Officer (CISO), I was responsible for leading one of the largest security organizations at GE and was tasked with the global governance of detecting and responding to network intrusions across all of GE’s businesses (e.g. Capital, Oil & Gas, Energy Management, Power & Water, Aviation, Healthcare, etc…). I also led the development, design, and build out of GE’s world class 24x7 Security Operations Center (SOC).I was honored with the GE Opinion Survey award for Leadership in 2012- voted as one of the top 200 leaders across all of GE by my team members.

Melbourne, Florida, Us

As the right-hand to our CISO, worked alongside the CIO & CISO to build the cybersecurity organization from the ground up, in response to nation-state APT threats. Developed a strategy and roadmap to enhance the holistic security posture for the organization. Managed the team tasked with the day-to-day operations of Incident Response, Forensics, Penetration Testing, Vulnerability Assessments, Security Information & Event Monitoring (SIEM), Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Web Application Firewalls (WAF) and Policy & Compliance (SOX, HIPAA). Represented Harris in the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) Cybersecurity program.

St. Louis, Missouri, Us

Senior IT Auditor: (2006 – 2008)Manager, Software Engineering – Marketing Programs: (2004 – 2006)Senior Software Engineer - Supply Chain: (2001 – 2004)

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

Master'S, Business Administration

Bachelor'S Degree, Management Information Systems