CISSP , Senior Security Professional

From: kpasley@ex-pressnet.com
Date: Fri Nov 02 2001 - 08:19:58 PST

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    I am interested in pre-sales engineering, 
    systems engineering, consulting or other 
    similar opportunities on the east coast (I am 
    based out the MD/DC/VA metro area). I have 
    excellent credentials, real world experience, 
    and deep subject matter knowledge in the 
    field of information security.   20-30% 
    maximum travel. 
     
    My resume and contact information is below.
     
    Regards,
    Keith
     
    Keith Pasley, CISSP
    301-947-9074 office
    240-401-3587 cell
     
     
    402 Longdraft Road, Gaithersburg, MD 20878
    Home 301-987-8958
    Cell 240-401-3587
    email kpasley6at_private
     
    Objective
    Apply broad based information security 
    principles as a Network and Information 
    Security Professional using a total of 18 years 
    of IT industry sales and technical experience 
    and skills essential and specialized for this 
    position.
     
    Summary of Qualifications
     
    6 years direct experience in TCP-IP 
    networking and information security.
     
    Bachelor of Science Computer Information 
    Systems, Strayer University, Dean’s List in 
    major, 3.7 GPA, courses in business 
    management.
     
    Certifications: CNE (Certified Novell Engineer), 
    CISSP* (Certified Information System Security 
    Professional)*http://www.isc2.org
     
    Hands on experience configuring Cisco 
    routers. Received initial training through 
    attendance of Introduction to Cisco Router 
    Configuration and Advanced Cisco Router 
    Configuration classes
     
    Received vendor technical training on 
    installation and configuration of current 
    versions of various firewalls and information 
    security systems (Gauntlet, Raptor, SmartGate, 
    etc)
     
    Successful track record in hi-touch customer 
    relationship development and maintenance at 
    both technical and management levels of 
    interaction which resulted in consistent sales 
    team quota over achievement from key 
    Fortune 1000 and government customers.
     
    Summary of skills
    NETWORKING SKILLS: configured various 
    models of Cisco routers, systematically 
    resolved network problems relating to 
    routing, load-balancing, using security utilities 
    and TCP-IP troubleshooting tools.
     
    MANAGEMENT SKILLS: Maintains technical and 
    practical knowledge of security issues and 
    trends through industry trade show, journals, 
    conference attendance and personal 
    networking. Previous experience integrating 
    security  and core business processes. 
    Demonstrated ability to execute. Developed 
    team of EDI/EC software and network 
    connectivity consultants to achieve a high 
    performance full life-cycle customer support 
    organization, delivered high impact support 
    to major account customers. Oversaw daily 
    team activity.
     
    SECURITY SYSTEMS DESIGN and CONSULTING 
    SKILLS: Utilized system 
    engineering concepts and principles to 
    provide custom solutions to customers. 
    Analyzed 
    customer requirements, designed and 
    proposed solutions based on an 
    understanding of 
    customer network and security goals and 
    objectives and network security implications. 
    Assisted customers in developing security 
    policy and implemented policy by installing 
    and 
    configuring security components while 
    integrating additional security and network 
    components (including content scanners, virus 
    checking software, DNS, mail, and 
    application servers, intrusion detection 
    systems, vulnerability assessment tools, 
    encryption 
    systems) on various platforms (BSD, 
    NT/Win2000, HP-UX, Solaris), secured servers 
    by 
    identifying, disabling or modifying the 
    configuration of vulnerable applications (e.g. 
    Rlogin, 
    Sendmail, FTP, Web servers). 
     
    SECURITY TECHNOLOGY SKILLS: 
    Knowledgeable in Web sever security, 
    application security, SSL, PPTP, DES, 3DES, 
    RSA, PGP, SET, IPSEC, Public Key Infrastructure 
    implementation, X.509 certificates, ANSI X.9, 
    LDAP, key exchange -management standards, 
    TACACS+, Radius, RACF, asymmetric and 
    symmetric key concepts, intrusion detection, 
    risk assessments, vulnerability assessments.
     
    PROGRAMMING SKILLS: Demonstrable UNIX 
    shell scripting skills, skilled in analyzing 
    and interpreting C program logic flows. 
    Performed UNIX and NT systems 
    administration tasks when installing and 
    configuring security servers. Experienced in 
    using database design principles to create 
    business database applications (Microsoft 
    Access).
     
    KNOWLEDGEABLE IN the application of 
    generally accepted security principles 
    related to Access Control Systems & 
    Methodology, Computer Operations Security, 
    Application & Systems Development, Business 
    Continuity & Disaster Recovery Planning, 
    Telecommunications & Network Security, 
    Security Architecture & Models, Physical 
    Security, Security Management Practices, Law, 
    Investigations & Ethics.
     
    PRESENTATION/TEACHING SKILLS : 
    Specializing in teaching adult professionals. 
    Recent instructor training from leading 
    technical training company.  Real-world, 
    hands-on experience and excellent 
    communication skills with appropriate degree 
    and teaching experience. Authored and 
    delivered several technical training courses for 
    internal and external customers.  
     
    BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND SALES SKILLS : 
    Assisted in closing deals through proficient 
    and intuitive  use of sales strategies including 
    Sandler Sales methodology and Siebel Target 
    Account Selling  methodologies. Revenue 
    ranged from a few thousand to multimillion 
    dollar sized deals. See awards section below.
     
    Accomplishments and Experience
    Sr Sales Engineer, Network Associates Inc. 
    Rockville Md- April 1999 - Present, Network 
    Security Sales, Engineering and Consulting
     
    Pre-Sales System Engineer focusing on 
    Network Security product line. Developed 
    business relationships based on trust and 
    technical credibility using professional system 
    selling techniques. Provided account 
    management (technical) leadership to sales 
    team. Provided technical sales support, 
    customer training, and product information to 
    corporate accounts and sales reps via 
    presentations, demonstrations and 
    installations contributing to successful 
    revenue quota achievement. Worked with 
    Product Development and Marketing in 
    evolving the NAI products via beta testing 
    product strategy meetings participation. 
    Authored and delivered technical training 
    classes including lab exercises and handouts. 
    Delivered training  to internal and external 
    customers. Technologies- Intrusion 
    Detection /Vulnerability Assessment, Firewall 
    products(Sonicwall, Gauntlet) , VPN 
    client/server products(IPSec), 
    PKI products (X.509 and PGP-based), 
    Encryption products. Maintained competitive 
    intelligence working knowledge of competing 
    products including Checkpoint, ISS, Axent, 
    IBM, Cisco. 
     
    Network Security Instructor, Part Time 
    Learning Tree 
    International April 1999 - December 1999
     
    Applied real-world, hands-on experience and 
    excellent communication skills when 
    teaching network security (VPN) class. 
    Received high commendation on course 
    content delivery from student surveys. (recent 
    surveys available for review) Completed 
    Instructor training as follows: Train-the-
    Trainer, Co-teach assignments, class audit, lab 
    setup training.
    Curriculum included: tunneling, authentication 
    methods, encryption techniques, 
    network connectivity options, requirements 
    analysis, installation / configuration / 
    troubleshooting lab. Products used included: 
    Cisco router IOS , Intel VPN, Microsoft 
    PPTP
     
    Sr. Sales Engineer V-ONE CORPORATION, 
    Germantown MD - 
    July 1997-April 1999 -Network Security 
    Systems Sales, Design, and Implementation
     
    Performed requirements analysis for 
    internationally located Fortune 1000 
    companies, several small-mid sized 
    companies and various U.S. government and 
    DOD agencies to assess information and 
    network security threats and risks, determine 
    vulnerability, and recommend 
    countermeasures. Provided pre and post sales 
    technical support, including on-site 
    installation and customer consultation on VPN 
    (SmartGate) and firewall (Gauntlet and Raptor) 
    product line. Collaborated with Marketing, 
    Product Development, and Sales in defining 
    product features and tracking features to 
    customer requirements. Evangelized and 
    promoted V-ONE products as company 
    representative at industry trade shows, 
    customer presentations 
    and product demonstrations. Assisted in 
    increasing sales by resolving technical barriers 
    to sales by using hi touch customer 
    relationship management skills. 
    Network Implementations Team Leader, GE 
    Information Services (GE Global Exchange), 
    Rockville MD-December 1992- July 1997, 
     
    Electronic Commerce\EDI WAN Connectivity 
    Partnered with GE field sales teams and small 
    to multinational-sized business customers to 
    define, plan, implement, and maintain major 
    Electronic Commerce/Electronic Data 
    Interchange (EC/EDI) projects.  Worked with 
    customer and its specific EC/EDI trading 
    partners to deploy, install and configure EDI 
    translation software, certified trading partners 
    ability to send and receive end-to-end 
    through the GE network, certified trading 
    partner was capable of sending accurate and 
    compliant EDI documents based on customer 
    defined EDI specifications. Worked with 
    customers to implement network connectivity 
    using TCP/IP and IBM SNA networking 
    protocols with asyncronous dial up, ISDN, 
    Frame Relay, Leased lines to access  EDI 
    EXPRESS host based EDI mailboxing service, 
    web based EDI service (TradeWeb, Internet 
    Business Partner). Setup and administered 
    customer mailboxes, initiate request for 
    customer’s RADIUS account for ISDN access 
    and obtain necessary security privileges for 
    access to GE network. Made use of 
    administrative accounts on GE internal 
    firewalls to perform customer connectivity 
    tests and troubleshooting in conjunction with 
    network engineering and operations team 
    members.
    TEAM LEADER, EC/EDI Implementations
    Supervised a group of up to 6 Electronic 
    Commerce consultants network connectivity 
    implementers technical team specializing in 
    designing, provisioning and operational 
    testing of customer WAN connections to GE 
    Network.
     
    Patents and publications
    Published author of articles, papers, and book 
    targeted to network security industry 
    journals on subject various information 
    security topics:
          PAPERS
    1.  “Network Security-An Oxymoron?-How to 
    Fortify Your Security Framework”
    2. “VPN Evaluation and Deployment 
    Strategies”  presented at: 
     Internet Security Conference 2001(ISC2001), 
    Los Angeles Ca June 2001
     Computer Security Conference (CSI 
    conference), Washington DC October 2001
    3. “What You Need To Know About VPN 
    Deployment”
     BOOKS
    4.  “VPN Evaluating  and Deployment 
    strategies” chapter for book entitled 
    Information Security Handbook, 
    edited by Tipton and Krause, Auerbach 
    Publishing, Volume 3 , 10/2001
     Awards
    5.  GE Award of Achievement-one in 1997, 
    two in 1994. V-ONE best performing 
    employee 
    award-1998, NAI Sales Engineer of the 
    Quarter-Q3/1999, Q2/2000, Q3/2000, 
    Q2/2001
     Professional Memberships
    6.    Computer Security Institute (CSI) - 
    Member. Remains current on security and 
    electronic commerce technologies and issues 
    by attending various training seminars and 
    industry events, maintains subscriptions to 
    industry journals and mailing lists. 
    7.  Volunteer information security subject 
    matter expert for AllExperts.com. 
     Technical forum Membership
    8.   CISSP-Forum (ISC2.org), VPN-forum 
    (Securityfocus.com), FreeS/WAN Forum 
    (FreeS/WAN.org), Federal Bridge Public Key 
    Infrastructure-Technical Working Group 
    (NIST), Information Assurance Task Force (NSA)
    
    Keith Pasley,CISSP  Security Professional
    
     
    
     
     
    



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