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💾 Dan G.

Raleigh, NC, United States

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Education: Bachelors of Science

Information Systems, History

Syracuse University School of Information Studies

Graduate Level Professional Certificate

Cybersecurity Management

Fayetteville State University

Experience: Execute infrastructure vulnerability scans on the public facing network, working with cross-functional teams in multiple international regions to evaluate the appropriate risk, recommend appropriate remediation solutions for identified vulnerabilities and track remediation execution by stakeholders.

Manage tracking and remediation of vulnerabilities by leveraging agreed-upon action plans and timelines with responsible technology partners and assist teams with properly mitigating and re-mediating issues.

2021 : Present

Financial & Insurance Company

Sr Cybersecurity Analyst - Infrastructure Vulnerability Assessments ➤ Finance

• Assigned to Station 28, responding to emergencies on Engine 281, 282, Rescue 28 and Car 20

• Provide fire suppression & EMS to the Wake New Hope Fire District, North East Raleigh and eastern Wake County

• Responded to MVAs, rescue assignments, and medical emergencies on I 540

• In addition to public safety responsibilities, configured, repaired, upgraded and supported all non-county PC’s and wireless and wired networks

• Created Information Technology use policy

• Created social media acceptable use policy

• Designed department website & handled all administration of email system

2015 :

Wake New Hope Fire Department

Firefighter / EMT / IT Administrator / Public Information Officer ➤ Public Safety

Dan's proficient knowledge and experience within public safety has allowed him to educate his fellow professionals about several topics, including social media use by agencies and individuals, sleep deprivation, special event medicine, and recruitment & retention in public safety agencies. He has also presented on clinical topics, such as hemophilia, and treating pediatric patients with autism, and has expanded into the information security realm with a presentation on how to prevent ransomware infections at public safety agencies.

Dan's goal is to improve the state of public safety agencies, improve operations, and leave the industry in a better position than he found it.

2018 :

Professional Speakers

Public Safety Presentation Specialist

2021 : 2021

Large Community College

End User Support Specialist ➤ Higher Education

• Member of a 4 person team responsible for 85 servers supporting 40 cloud-based and on-prem enterprise applications

• Reduces multiple redundant file servers to a single secure file server with multiple virtual hard drives

• Implemented least privilege access to secure data, and migrated to AD group access, instead of individual user access

• Migrated enterprise document storage system to version 20, optimized application to store all secure date on a single server, & reduced access to data for non-essential personnel

• Automated the entire pre-upgrade configuration steps for core banking application using Powershell, reducing upgrade time by 25%

o Steps included taking snapshots of all servers, remotely stopping services, and stopping server monitoring software, as well as performing IIS resets, modifying config files, and closing any open SMB shares

• Remediated 80% of the on-prem security vulnerabilities that had been outstanding for more than 6 months

• Implemented server build specification standards for Enterprise Applications servers using Windows Powershell

• Documented the new-hire onboarding processing, and then automated the entire process with Windows Powershell

• Formed PowerShell Usergroup within LGFCU, and documented how automation can be used in routine operations

• Member of the task force to overhaul Active Directory within LGFCU

o Designed company-wide permissions restructuring to reduce individual assignments on storage array

o Championed changing from manual changes to utilizing scripts to increase standardization and efficiency

• Mentored junior analysts and created tools using PowerShell to assist the service desk with daily tasks

• Deployed application monitoring agents on all servers enterprise-wide, to allow for better monitoring and alerting to issues

• Assisted Enterprise Architecture team with implementation of software deployment system within LGFCU & Civic domains

2020 : 2021

Medium sized federal credit union

Senior Enterprise Application Analyst ➤ Banking | Finance | Critical Infrastructure

Company: Financial & Insurance Company

Years of Experience: 9

Skills Active Directory, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Customer Service, Cyber, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Incident Management, Disaster Response, Dispatching, Education, Emergency Management, Emergency Medical, Emergency Medicine, Emergency Planning, Emergency Services, EMS, EMT, Executive Support, Firefighting, Global Cross-Functional Team Leadership, Global Strategy, Group Policy, Hazardous Materials, Homeland Security, Incident Command, Information Security, Information Technology, Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT), Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager, Microsoft Word, MOVEit, NIMS, Powershell, Presentations, Presentation Skills, Public Health, Public Safety, Public Speaking, Rescue, Security, Supervisory Skills, System Administration, Technical Support, Training, Troubleshooting, Vulnerability Management, Vulnerability Scanning, Windows 7, Windows 10, Windows Server

About Two decades of experience involving healthcare and financial industries have imbued me with versatility & broad-spectrum experience as a security and infrastructure professional. Hands-on experience in preventing, detecting, and responding to real-world threats. From architecture to engineering to operations, I understand the full scope and impact of enterprise security controls and confidently assist businesses in assessing and mitigating risk.

I am an experienced IT & Infosec professional, currently working as a Senior IT Risk & Security Analyst for a Fortune 50 financial company. Previously, my experience included supporting all of the server-based applications (both on-prem and cloud-based) for a midsized financial institution.

When not working at my IT job, I can be found riding on fire trucks with the Wake New Hope Fire Department. In addition to the above, I have been selected to present at both regional and national conferences and have been published in EMSWorld, EMS1.com, and EMSDirector, and presented at FDIC/JEMSConn