Information Systems Security Professional

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    CONTACT INFORMATION
    James O. (Jim) Truitt           1-770-650-5705 (home)
    2115 Old Forge Way              http://jotruitt.tripod.com/
    Marietta, GA 30068              E-mail: jtruittat_private
    
    INTRODUCTION
    Over twenty years experience in all aspects of the software/system
    life cycle. Progressing from Software Developer, to System  Integrator,
    to Task Leader, to Systems Engineer, to Information Systems Security
    Professional. I have been actively involved with network, computer and
    information security as an Information Systems Security Professional
    since 1989.
    
    CERTIFICATION
    Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
    
    EDUCATION
    University of Florida   Math    Masters/Bachelors
    
    CLEARANCE
    DoD Top Secret clearance, with SBI. (last active June 1998)
    
    SKILLSETS
    security, network security, computer security, information
    security, security policy, security program, security architecture,
    intrusion detection, penetration testing, security plan,
    security awareness, risk management, risk review, risk assessment,
    assurance, security engineer, security analyst, security consultant,
    security administration, security testing, security management,
    biometrics, forensics, disaster recovery, business continuity,
    security audit, privacy, encryption, PKI, information warfare,
    information protection, information assurance, web security,
    ecommerce security, security consulting, security training,
    security mentoring
    
    LAST POSITION
    Worldspan (7/98 - 11/01)
    Position: Information Security Engineer
    
    My responsibilities as Information Security Engineer included:
    Providing leadership and direction for the Worldspan Information
    Security Program. Facilitating and providing guidance to the
    Worldspan Security Council (VPs and Directors) and the Worldspan
    Security Working Group (Managers and Administrators). Establishing
    policies, standards, guidelines, procedures, and controls ensuring
    the security and integrity of all Worldspan computing environments,
    networks, systems, and information assets. Defining and developing
    methodologies, processes and procedures for penetration testing,
    vulnerability scanning, log monitoring and incident management.
    Working with the Development, Roll-Out and Quality groups to
    incorporate security into their respective processes. Providing
    support to Internal Audit in developing and conducting security
    audits and reviews. Acting as liaison with the Legal Department on
    matters of electronic privacy, acceptable use, terms of service and
    3rd party agreements. Assisting the Regulatory Group with the annual
    European Union Audit and Worldspan privacy initiatives. Providing
    security consulting and expertise to all Worldspan projects.
    Promoting security awareness across the enterprise with security
    web pages, security presentations and security reading rooms.
    Performing risk reviews, risk assessments and product reviews for
    Worldspan functional groups, such as Human Resources, Finance and
    Product Development. Supporting Technical Operations and Internal
    Systems with the planning and design of security solutions for all
    Intranet and Internet connectivity. Assisting the Marketing Group
    in responding to security questions and issues that come up as part
    of the proposal process.
    
    PRIOR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
    
    Booz-Allen & Hamilton (1/97 - 6/98)
    Position: Senior Associate
    
    Network Security and Information Assurance (IA) task area leader
    supporting the IA Branch of N5 of the National Communications
    System (NCS). This Includes supporting the Network Group (NG) and
    Information Infrastructure Group (IIG) of the President's National
    Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC). Additionally
    I was involved in the Firm's Information Security (IS), Information
    Warfare (IW), Infrastructure Protection (IP) and IA activities.
    
    SSDS, Inc. (11/95 - 5/96)
    Position: Security Engineer
    
    GlaxoWellcome Firewall migration. Supporting the customer's project
    to consolidate two existing firewalls (TIS Gauntlet and DEC SEAL)
    into a single new firewall (TIS Gauntlet). Involved in business
    development activities. Assisted in the development of security
    services offerings.
    
    General Research Corporation International (6/95 - 11/95)
    Position: Information Systems Security Engineer
    
    Defense Investigative Service (DIS) Integration program Information
    Systems Security Engineer for the integration effort.  Responsible
    for the integration of security controls in the overall DIS integration
    effort. Responsibilities include; review of the DIS Computer System
    Security Plan (CSSP), review and refine security requirements, provide
    support to the test organization for developing security test plans
    and procedures, define and create a Security Integration and Test
    Environment (SITE), interface with customers to resolve security
    issues and develop solutions for the program, work with vendors to
    assess how their products may be applied as part of the DIS security
    solution, assist in the development of a Continuity of Operations
    Plan (COOP) for DIS.
    
    Harris Information Systems Division (10/89 - 12/94)
    Position: Staff Engineer
    
    National Crime Information Center (NCIC) 2000 program
    Security Engineer. Total responsibility for security
    in the developed system. A major component of the
    security effort was the development and integration
    of an intrusion detection capability.
    
    * Security requirements analysis and allocation
    * Security presentations at program reviews:
       System Requirements Review (SRR), System Design
       Review (SDR), Preliminary Design Review (PDR),
       Critical Design Review (CDR), In Process Reviews
       (IPRs), Technical Interchange meetings (TIMs)
    * Create security documentation:
       System Security Plan (SSP), Security Architecture,
       Security CONOPS, Security Policy, Trusted Facility
       Manual (TFM)
    * Designed Intrusion Detection subsystem:
       Hardware/software components, generate design
       documentation; Prime Item Specification (B1),
       Software Requirements Specification (SRS),
       Interface Control Document (ICD)
    
    ISDN Security Program. Exposure to ISDN protocol,
    ISDN services, ISDN security, ISDN Key management
    services, Secure Data Network System (SDNS) security
    protocol. (study)
    
    DNS team. The DNS team designed the replacement network
    for NASA's back-end DNS, migrating from dedicated
    point-to-point communication lines to a true networked
    environment using the TCP/IP protocol suite. Tasks dealt
    with computer/network security issues/concerns associated
    with this migration. This culminated in a 75 page Security
    White Paper and four ESRs to implement the papers
    recommendations.
    
    * Performed Risk Analysis:
       identified assets and threats, evaluated vulnerabilities,
       determined probabilities and assessed impact due to
       breach of security
    * Developed recommendations for risk mitigation
    * Proposed controls included:
       firewalls, gateways, packet filtering, hand-held
       authenticators, restricted shells, use of proxies,
       Kerberos
    * Network architecture: FDDI backbone bridged to FDDI
       global buses, in turn routed to Ethernet LANs
    * Worked with routers, bridges, comm servers
    * Worked with TCP/IP, SNA, GOSIP/OSI
    * Worked with Ethernet, Token Ring
    * Generated estimates for cost and schedule to implement
       security ESRs selected from DNS Security White Paper
    * Researched and evaluated the feasibility of implementing
       hand-held authenticators for access control
    
    Range Operations Checkout and Control (ROCC) program.
    Provided coding support in the areas of data acquisition
    and display processing. Development was done per
    DoD-STD-2167A.
    
    * Design, code, test, integrate, document custom software
    * Designed, coded, implemented test drivers and automated
       test files
    * PDL, Peer reviews, code walkthroughs
    * 17 CSUs, 125 modules, 40,000 LOC (these are approximate
       values)
    * Involved re-engineering a large amount of legacy code
    
    Cost History Database (CHDB). Designed and implemented an
    Oracle database to house project measures and metrics
    related to project estimated and actual cost and schedule.
    Designed and implemented Sequel screens to access, format
    and display the data. Designed and implemented standard
    reports.
    
    Harris Controls Division (12/77 - 10/89)
    Position: Associate Principle Engineer.
    
    Real-time Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)
    systems for electric utilities. Activities covered all areas
    of system development; system configuration and build;
    database configuration and build; system integration and test.
    Developed and taught custom courses and provided support
    for problem resolution (phone support and on-site support).
    Designed, coded, integrated, tested and documented custom code.
    General categories included:  Data Acquisition (DAC),
    Man-Machine-Interface (MMI), Database (DB), data links and
    handlers. The coding was done in assembly language and
    FORTRAN.  Other activities included Task Leader and
    proposal support.
    
    Computer Science Corporation (10/77 - 12/77)
    Position: Scientific Programmer.
    
    Continuation of work done for Federal Electric Corporation.
    
    Federal Electric Corporation (6/77 - 10/77)
    Position: Scientific Programmer.
    
    Centaur launch support. Maintained programs written in
    Honeywell's GMAP assembly language and provided programming
    support to the weather office at the Kennedy Space Center.
    Designed, coded, tested and integrated a program to plot wind
    shears.  Programming was done in BASIC.
    
    Brevard County School Board (3/71- 6/77)
    Position: Teacher, Secondary Mathematics.
    



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