FL CISSP Seeking a Position

From: Gideon Rasmussen, CISSP (gideonat_private)
Date: Thu Mar 06 2003 - 09:51:20 PST

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    To all,
    
    I am searching for a position in Orlando, Miami, West Palm Beach, Fort
    Lauderdale or Tampa. My experience includes management of 3 B2B web
    sites, operations of a New York site and security throughout the
    enterprise. I have established security programs (to include policies
    and procedures), operating system hardening standards, and have
    built/secured B2B web sites. During my time in the USAF, I maintained
    the certification and accreditation of a secure facility. I have a
    strong Solaris administration background as well.
    
    My auditing background is solid, with experience in both commercial and
    military organizations. I have audited entire organizations, large
    corporate data centers, and hosting providers and secure facilities. I
    work against audit findings with prioritized issues lists, followed by
    new policies, procedures and standards. I have also been exposed to
    numerous methodologies (DoD certification and accreditation, DITSCAP,
    ISO 17799 and the Common Criteria). 
    
    If you have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact
    me. Thank you.
    
    Gideon   
    
    Gideon Rasmussen, CISSP 
    235 Goldenrain Drive, #102
    Celebration, FL 34747
    gideonat_private 
    321-939-1526
    
    SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
    
    CISSP with 8 years of experience in fortune 500 and military
    organizations. Background consists primarily of security, infrastructure
    and operations focus. A history of rapid promotions led to a Director
    level position with full responsibility for implementation and support
    of mission critical systems.
    
    Possesses a solid auditing background, with experience in both
    commercial and military organizations. Has audited IT departments, large
    corporate data centers, hosting providers and secure facilities.
    Methodologies include ISO 17799, the Common Criteria, and DoD
    certification and accreditation (DITSCAP).
    
    Utilizes an effective combination of management expertise and hands-on
    technical skills. Conducts thorough on-site information security audits
    and manages resolution of the findings. Has proven problem solving,
    analytical, project management, interpersonal, multi-tasking and
    communication skills. A proven security advocate, effects cultural
    change. Focused on security, high availability, monitoring, and
    continuity. 
    
    PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
    
    International Creative Management, Inc., New York City	February 2002 -
    August 2002  
    Director, Technical Operations
    
    Responsible for the operations of the New York office and information
    security throughout the organization. Conducted information security
    audits of the New York IT department and a hosting provider. 
    
    Established security awareness program. Executed external vulnerability
    scans. Managed resolution of findings through prioritized issues lists.
    Specified network and router configurations (subnet, ingress, egress and
    point to point ACLs). Established Solaris and Win2K
    configuration/hardening standards. Ensured operating systems and
    applications were routinely upgraded and patched. Managed outsourced
    firewalls. Replaced firewall hardware throughout the enterprise.
    Specified best practices configurations of firewalls, switches and
    routers. Drafted security policies. Conducted business continuity
    exercise with emergency action plans. Distributed INFOSEC advisories and
    ensured the vulnerabilities were addressed. 
    
    Trained personnel in operations procedures and documentation.
    Established standby program with 24/7 response team, recall roster, and
    incident reporting. Established layered monitoring program with URL
    monitoring service, custom scripts, centralized syslog (Sun, Cisco, AIX
    and Red Hat), log monitoring software and notification to e-mail/pagers
    via Exchange distribution lists with public folders. Stored and
    distributed passwords securely. Maintained continuity through operations
    guides, build documentation, change logs, network diagrams and
    hardware-software inventories. Ensured effective communication through
    weekly reports, task lists, and meetings. Specified the migration and
    consolidation of systems. Established host naming convention. Specified
    enterprise backup solution and Sun development and production
    infrastructure.
    Software: Cisco Works, Whats Up Gold, Compaq Insight Manager, MRTG,
    Ecora Configuration Auditor, ISS Real Secure, Websense, LogSentry, SSH,
    eWallet, SANS SNMPing, MS Baseline Security Analyzer, CIS Router, Win2K
    and Solaris benchmarking tools.
    Services: Vigilante SecureScan and Dot-Com Monitor.
    
    
    American International Group, New York City		November 2000 - February
    2002  
    Infrastructure Security Manager
    (Independent Consultant)
    
    Responsible for the security and operations of 3 B2B websites.
    Stabilized and transitioned externally hosted web site. Created new DEV,
    UAT and production web environments in the New York office and corporate
    data center. Conducted on-site security assessments of a SOC, a hosting
    provider, and the corporate data center using ISO 17799 as a standard
    (formerly BS 7799). 
    
    Established and enforced policies and procedures to maintain secure,
    highly available operations. Supervised system and application
    administrators. Contributed heavily to the corporate Solaris hardening
    standard. Managed firewalls of external hosting provider. Addressed
    production issues with the hosting provider, data center, vendors,
    consultants, and development team. Ensured redundancy throughout
    applications, hosts, networks, power, and HVAC systems. Conducted high
    availability and monitoring testing. Established standby program with
    24/7 response team, escalation plan, recall roster and incident
    reporting. Maintained continuity through operations guides,
    configuration standards, build documentation, change logs, network
    diagrams and hardware/software inventories. Ensured effective
    communication through weekly reports, task lists, and meetings.
    Established layered monitoring program. System monitoring included URLs,
    commercial and custom applications, logs, hosts, networks, and HVAC.
    Security monitoring consisted of intrusion detection and vulnerability
    assessment. Responsibilities also included disaster recovery, traffic
    statistics, scheduling of activities during maintenance windows,
    hardware/software purchases, and support contracts. Accomplished
    hardening of operating systems and applications.
    
    Liaised between security firms and underwriters. Evaluated security
    services and software. Reviewed security audits and assesses risk of
    issuing hacking/cyber extortion insurance to potential clients.
    Software: Solaris, VCS, Netegrity Site Minder, I-Planet Web Server,
    I-Planet Application Server, I-Planet Directory Server, Jrun Application
    Server, Oracle, Sybase, Maxamine Process Analyst, Webtrends, BMC Patrol,
    CA Unicenter TNG, LogCheck, Password Safe, SSH, Axent ITA, Tripwire, CIS
    Solaris Benchmarking Tool and Sun Jass Toolkit.
    Services: Vigilante SecureScan, Freshwater Site Seer and Dot-Com
    Monitor.
    
    
    McGowan Consulting Group, Inc     			December 1999 - October 2000
    UNIX System Administrator					
    (Clients - Sikorsky Aircraft and American Skandia)
    
    Responsible for security on the Sun servers. Multi-site support.
    Centralized Syslog and used Swatch to send notification via e-mail.
    Created change process. Logged changes. Installed and secured Netscape
    Enterprise Server. Installed Weblogic Server. Built secondary DNS
    server. Divided development environments into test and staging.
    Generated custom web site statistics in html tables. Gave presentations.
    Drafted purchase justifications. Vendor liaison. Strong influence on
    purchasing process. Hardware: SunE450 (10), Ultra2 (2), Ultra5, SPARC 2
    - 10, Additional Software: Veritas/Sun Volume Manager 2.4 - 3.0, Big
    Brother, Apache Webserver, SE Toolkit, Crack, Sudo, Samba, NFS and
    Sendmail. Operating Systems: Solaris 2.5.1 - 2.7 (Supported Oracle)
    
    
    News America Marketing				June 1999 - December 1999
    UNIX System Administrator					 
    
    Company's sole UNIX System Administrator. Administered 2 Enterprise and
    7 mid range servers. Significantly increased server security. Created
    all local UNIX documentation. Created standardized program of Sun server
    configurations, documentation and scripts. Scripts include security and
    system monitoring with notification via e-mail. Performed Y2K upgrades
    on all UNIX servers. Centralized Syslog. Supervised numerous
    consultants. Created standby/response program. Gave presentations.
    Drafted purchase justifications. Vendor liaison. Strong influence on
    purchasing process. Hardware: SunE5000, SunE5500, SunE450, Ultra60,
    Ultra10, Ultra2, Ultra1, Periphonics IVR servers, SPARC 5 - 20,
    Software: Sun Volume Manager 2.4 - 2.6, Roadrunner, NetBackup, Sendmail,
    NFS, Epage, Computron, Jetadmin, Network Queuing System, EZ Spooler.
    Operating Systems: Solaris 2.4 - 2.7 (Supported Oracle)
    
    
    United States Air Force					July 1995 - June 1999
    Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO)     		August 1996 - June
    1999
    
    Conducted self assessment audits of the facility and systems. Performed
    security testing of U.S.A.F. systems for certification and
    accreditation. Provided operators feedback on basic/in-depth INFOSEC
    tools/concepts; contributed to contingency planning and zero-tolerance
    security posture.
    
    UNIX System Administrator				August 1996 - June 1999 
    
    Installed and configured system software. Isolated faults, determined
    causes, and recovers from malfunctions due to hardware, software, and
    communications failures. Developed and maintained system/shop standard
    operating procedures. Conducted life cycle management. Had a focus on
    system usability, reliability and the user. Hardware: DEC Alpha 2100
    Software: DEC OSF/1 4.0 and Solaris 2.5.1.
    
     
    EDUCATION 
    
    A.A. Information Systems Technology, Community College of the Air Force
    A.A. Business Administration, Norwalk Community - Technical College
    
    
    CERTIFICATION 
    
    Certified Information Systems Security Professional [CISSP] - (ISC)2 
    
    
    TRAINING
    
    Solaris TCP/IP Network Administration - Sun Microsystems
    Sun StorEdge Volume Manager Administration - Sun Microsystems
    Solaris System Administration II - Sun Microsystems
    Solaris System Administration I - Sun Microsystems
    UNIX Systems Administration Certificate - Advantec Institute
    UNIX Shell Programming Certificate - Advantec Institute
    UNIX Fundamentals Certificate - Advantec Institute
    Internetworking with TCP/IP Certificate - Advantec Institute
    Microsoft Exchange Certificate - Computer Learning Center
    INFOSEC for ISSOs and ISSMs - Department of Defense INFOSEC Training
    Facility (DoD ITF)
    Operational Information Systems Security - DoD ITF
    Department of Defense Certification & Accreditation Process - DoD ITF
    USAF Communications - Computer Systems Operator Certificate (Honor
    Graduate)
    Automated Message Handling System Administrators Course - Boeing
    Corporation
    USAF Trainer Certificate
    



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