Andrew Weisskopf Email & Phone Number

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

East Lansing, Mi, Us

Newark, De, Us

CHIEF INFORMATION SECURITY OFFICER Currently leading as CISO, I am driving the modernization of information security operations to align with current-state practices, ensure complete organization (including distributed systems) protection, and advance information security governance, risk assessment, compliance, incident response, policy development, and training programs.PRIMARY OVERSIGHT & LEADERSHIP SURROUNDED:— Serving as guide and partner to Trustees, senior administration, CIO and VP of IT, IT staff, and IT Governance bodies on information security concerns. — Leading on Identity and Access Management governance committee, partnering to identify essential requirements for IAM modernizations and initiated multiple projects.

Binghamton, Ny, Us

I steered the ground-up development of the security organization and team. My oversight spanned incident response and investigation, intrusion detection, log management, vulnerability management, identity management, security planning, budget management, policy, and overarching compliance with state and federal regulations.TOP ACHIEVEMENTS SPAN: ► Spearheaded establishment of all information security policies, hired and developed team, aligned strategic plan with university, broke down barriers to cultivate partnerships with IT organization, and deployed leading best practices. ► Marshaled change around policy development, risk management, and operational strategies across stakeholders and functions to progress the mission and objectives of information security. ► Opened runways for government-related research by creating NIST 800-171 compliant research environment, allowing university to tap into new government grant and funding opportunities. ► Trusted to lead as investigative point of contact for Dean of Students, University Counsel, Human Resources, University Police, outside local, state, and federal law enforcement, and other entities. ► Guided examination of information security, risk management, and compliance weaknesses while leading as a partner in solution creation and execution.

Ames, Iowa, Us

• Manage the information security team consisting of six full time staff and four shared staff. Team responsibilities include incident response and investigation, education and best practices, security infrastructure, risk management, security planning and budgeting, policy, and compliance with state and federal regulations.• Member of university information security policy review committee charged with evaluation and updating of existing policy. Designed new policy structure and authored policy drafts. Coordinate the process of policy adoption and implementation by the university. • Point of contact on security for Human Resources, Dean of Students, University Counsel, Public Safety, local, state, and federal law enforcement and other outside entities.• Provide expert consultation for information security and risk compliance requirements to campus units such as Environmental Health and Safety, Risk Management, Facilities Planning and Management, Treasurer, Student Health Services, Research and Economic Development and Office of Sponsored Programs.• Assist Department of Energy’s Ames Lab with security design and FISMA review process.• Partnered with Treasurer’s office to develop and maintain the university’s PCI-DSS compliance program.• Designed updated network and security architecture to balance security requirements with the open university network. Partnering with multiple campus communities to implement.

Ames, Iowa, Us

• Design, configure and manage firewall and VPN infrastructure.• Performed advanced router and switch configuration.• Designed and deployed network infrastructure monitoring solution.

Ames, Iowa, Us

• Principal information security investigator. Designed, configured, and deployed intrusion detection systems and vulnerability assessment systems.• Performed network and system forensic analysis. • Consulted on security issues on multiple platforms. • Performed security review of projects. • Designed, developed, and programmed campus security management system.

Responsible for the NFS, NIS+, license, and CommandPoint products. Defined system problems with development team. Worked with engineering representatives to determine causes of obscure failures. Designed test configurations. Recreated, documented, and verified design reliability. Developed and recommended solutions to system problems. Provided product, operational, configuration, and design information. Responded to critical customer situations. Compiled trend analyses on field failures. Wrote process and service documentation. Participated in development teams to improve quality and serviceability.

Santa Clara, California, Us

Designed, implemented, and supported Internet and intranet services for the Oregon Site, including DNS, sendmail (SMTP), Usenet News (NNTP), and proxy on a mix of BSDI and Microsoft NT 4.0 servers.Designed and supported backroom servers and services including large scale fileservers, SMTP sendmail, license servers, NIS and DNS, and Web (HTTP). Provided second level and escalation support. Responsible for support of a heterogeneous UNIX environment consisting of Sun, SGI, HP, and Intel Architecture workstations (BSDI 2.x, 3.x, Solaris 2.x), Sun, and Auspex fileservers. Performed end user support, backups and restores, base OS installation and maintenance, NIS configuration, and system management tools programming.

West Lafayette, In, Us

Computer and technical support for University computer labs. Management of other consultants.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

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