Star Smith Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

The Senior Staff, Cyber Operations Readiness Management takes on the leadership role as an Individual Contributor to focus on providing operational excellence and readiness to FanDuel’s most important customer events helping secure their ability to have a chance to win! I work across the multiple security disciplines of Application, Software, and Cloud to reduce the impact of security events and burden on the operational teams. Interfacing with Commercial Leadership, I lead security readiness for the Product and Engineering teams for key sporting events across the world and our customer base. I will also help drive incident management processes across all of Security in conjunction with Security Operations and our Technology Operations organization through clear communication and runbooks.

New York, Ny, Us

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

- Lead team of 20+ members during pandemic while supporting their career progression in cyber- Advance and support execution of risk remediation and governance for large computing centers- Improve defensive measures for system owners/administrators and identify network & platform-based attacks of high-value targets with risk reduction assessment reports - Orchestrate crisis action planning & incident response of attacks against global 1M user network- Analyze vulnerabilities and recommend actions with greatest impact to C-level executives - Educated 35+ members of NATO and Partnership for Peace national defense an Information Security Incident Handling seminar in Grafenwoehr, Germany to improve their security posture- Directed Joint International Cyber Defense Seminar in Kyiv, Ukraine and presented IA briefings to Ukrainian Ministry of Defense to promote international cybersecurity partnership

- Advise C-suite execs on all matters related to cybersecurity & data protection with strategic vision- Develop and oversee all information security policies and procedures with security controls based on risk and privacy requirements such as GDPR and CCPA- Spearhead employee cybersecurity training program to address phishing, business email compromise and other leading attack methods to secure users at work and home- Accelerated progress of cybersecurity program maturity with organized collaboration with system, network and desktop administrators as well as business units to lead security architecture- Decrease risk level from third party vendors by assessing their information security practices- Analyze user and endpoint behavior analytics to identify anomalous activity for insider threats- Championed the development of the new Cybersecurity function for the Firm utilizing the CIS Critical Controls, NIST CSF, and ISO27001 to guide the program up to a mature state

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

- Advance and support execution of risk remediation and governance for large computing centers- Analyze vulnerabilities and recommend actions with greatest impact to C-level executives - Lead team of 20+ members during pandemic while supporting their career progression in cyber- Assist system owners/administrators to identify potential avenues of network & platform-based attacks of high-value targets and provide assessment reports with methods to reduce risk- Lead crisis action planning and response to adversarial activities and security events against network with 1M users- Presented Information Security Incident Handling seminar in Grafenwoehr, Germany to 35+ members of NATO and Partnership for Peace national defense to improve their security posture- Directed Joint International Cyber Defense Seminar in Kyiv, Ukraine and presented IA briefings to Ukrainian Ministry of Defense to promote international cybersecurity partnership- Co-chaired Operations Working Group for critical forum with national-level leaders to develop an operational conversion program and lay framework for cyber hunt mission

Beavercreek, Oh, Us

- Evaluated critical DCO and AF Intranet requirements and execution to respond to strategic needs of Enterprise cybersecurity despite financial and time restraints- Read technical documentation/functional specifications of new technology to contribute comments in conferences with senior decision makers- Submitted recommendations to SSL/TLS Interception Concept of Operations, incorporating automated Key and Certificate Management to detect malicious encrypted data- Identified technical risks with critical network improvements on client Enterprise networks

San Antonio, Tx, Us

- Audit internal risk assessments implemented by ISSO to protect classified systems- Increased Division firewall protection with rules blocking high risk applications and foreign IP addresses- Created anti-phishing campaign program to send out mock phishing emails to Institute employees to reduce spearphishing exploits and protect information assets- Developed Division Document Control Strategy to efficiently create, publish, revise, and distribute procedures, drawings, and ECOs/Lessons Learned for inventive projects.- Presented thorough training to clients on their specified materials of interest and their unique properties to increase mission effectiveness and inter-agency collaboration across 10+ organizations. - Rapid design and implementation of quick reaction electrical engineering tasks- Resolve electrical noise issues that hinder experimental testing by identifying ground loops and reducing leakage current- Draw/revise electrical schematics for intricate, inter-connected instrumentation setups- Document and improve processes to reduce time and costs to projects- Advance proprietary lab operations and record all required experimental data points. Record any anomalous observations, especially for future incident handling- Research unexplored or low TRL topics to attempt solving requirements for current and potential clients

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

- Conducted Network Integrity Assessments on DoD networks, identifying malicious threats through host/binary analysis and reporting findings to improve cyber security posture of critical networks- Experienced with x86 assembly and reverse engineering tools IDAPro, OllyDbg, HexEditors, Sysinternals suite, VMWare- Decomposed high-level system functional requirements into lower-level performance requirements for future AF cyberspace operations weapon system- Collaborated with intelligence analysts to evaluate tactics, techniques and procedures of the advanced persistent threat on AF enterprise networks, correlating mission data to prioritize threat indicators- Developed business logic to identify parameters for strategic analysis of network data- Utilized session capture to decode payload and collect malicious executables in-line for analysis- Led internal audits for all special programs in unit to prepare for inspections by higher headquarters and briefed senior leadership quarterly on deficiencies

-Provided technical engineering support for innovative solutions to the senior division director to best align warfighter needs in USCENTCOM’s 20-nation area of responsibility (AOR) of Southwest Asia.-Implemented Air Expeditionary Wing/Group Commanders’ VPN access to accelerate AOR network acquisition by 93% ensuring Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom mission operations-Led tactical communication provisions for two Afghanistan forward operating bases to enable 24/7 satellite communication to the warfighters-Coordinated with AFCENT Network and Security Operations Center and AFCENT Contingency Air Operations Center to lead isolated network access for U.S. Embassy personnel in Pakistan-Aided in Enterprise utilization of Secret IP Router Network Microsoft SharePoint solution for AFCENT bases to share mission information-Validated and researched commercial and government solutions for all-IP satellite communication for fly-away kits throughout the AOR for immediate deployment-Evaluated current performance of digital subscriber line implementation and briefed AFCENT/A6 on next generation broadband solution to save $240K in engineering costs-Co-authored Concept of Operations for inter-division agreement to fulfill AFCENT requirements