Thomas Williams Email & Phone Number

Simpsonville, SC, US

United States

Roles and Responsibilities:- Enabled Cyber Incident Response Team (CIRT) with SIEM / SOAR detections and automations to more quickly identify and respond to threats, minimizing time to resolve security incidents and preventing attackers from having sufficient time to move laterally, exfiltrate data, or obtain any other end goal.- Developed and implemented.

Tampa, Florida, United States

- Lead and manage the development and implementation of security controls and processes to meet NIST CSF, NIST RMF, and SOC 2 Type 2, and CMMC requirements.- Conduct security assessments and audits to identify and mitigate risks.- Develop and maintain security documentation, such as System Security Plans (SSPs), Plans of Action and Milestones (POA&Ms), and.

Tampa, Florida, United States

• Provided an innovative approach to cyber security
• Developed new evidence based security and compliance assessment method, reduced time required to one week
• Sectors included but not limited to: Federal and State Contractors, Medical Practices, Dental Offices, Law Firms, Financial Firms, Manufacturers, Marketing Firms, and Small-Medium Businesses (SMBs)
• Engineered BigData Log Analytic System which uncovers Cyber Threats across enterprise
• Ensured Regulatory Compliance for each clients’ Federal, State, and industry imposed requirements
• Designed and coded with an automation and integration mindset which ensured continuous security and reliability

Louisville, Kentucky Area

• Established infrastructure support and security incident communication channels for Lang Support Center
• Led team to configure, monitor, and secure 350+ endpoints and associated networks for first Lang I.T. cli-ent
• Managed and secured the existing technologies; Cisco Prime Infrastructure, 200+ Cisco Aironet AP, Active Directory, Hybrid Exchange, SCCM, and GPOs
• Led Configuration Management and Change Management initiatives and implemented ITIL guidelines to ensure security baselines were implemented and enforced
• Spearheaded creation of new IT and Helpdesk services designed to support Lang Company’s IT and Secu-rity Services clients, resulting in first ever $20M annual revenue year
• Assisted in developing automated integration between PSA and On-Site ticketing system using REST API

Four Continents - Several Deployments

• As a COMSEC (Communications Security) Responsible Officer, duties included safeguarding, controlling, and destroying COMSEC material routinely and during an emergency
• Responsible for accessing, using, producing, developing, moving, storing, accounting for, and disposing of COMSEC material, including two-person integrity (TPI) for all TOP SECRET COMSEC keys and TOP SECRET.
• Position inspired security and accountability posture that translated into every aspect of Information Technology
• Achieved the rank of Staff Sergeant (E-5) prior to separating after a 6 year career
• Managed $10 Million IT infrastructures and multiple teams of personnel
• Honorably discharged and achieved many awards including an Achievement Medal for Meritorious Service and PACAF 2008 Communications-Electronics Systems Outstanding 2E Airman

Over 1,000 Hours Of Cybersecurity Training, It Systems And Security

Over 1,000 hours of Cybersecurity training, equivalent to Bachelor's degree. In my 6 months of 8 hour day intense Cyber training I managed.

Diploma, Cisco Network Academy

I had the privilege of attending a High School which was also a Vocational School. For my Junior and Senior year, I attended Cisco.