Jericho Simmons

Education: Associates

Networking

Jefferson College

Experience: 2021 : Present

Sound Physicians

VP, Chief Information Security Officer

2018 : 2021

Sound Physicians

Director of Information Security

2017 : 2018

Sound Physicians

Senior Manager Information Security

My main role at Sound Physicians (Cogent Healthcare) is to secure all Sound Physicians' information and infrastructure. I work side by side with all of the System Administrators, IT management, CISO and CIO to develop strategies to strengthen the environment.

My other role is managing IT SOX. I have implemented IT SOX throughout the organization. I work with Financial VPs and Directors to set expectations and responsibilities that are required based from IT SOX. I also train the financial admins that work within the application on how to achieve the requirements.

Other Items :

- Investigate Security Incidents

- Lead infrastructure Security Incidents

- Creating network and server security policies.

- Constantly in development of using Alien Vault as a SIEM, Vulnerability and Network Scanner.

- Implemented security tools to monitor and take action of any suspicious behavior.

- Created a system to be notified of any suspicious behavior from any domain user activity.

- Created a program to collect currently connected network devices and to be notified of any possible rogue devices.

- Installed Cisco ASA 5515, Cisco 3750x and 3825, Riverbed.

- Create GPOs based on security policies.

- Create virtual servers within vSphere. (Debian, Server 2008 R2)

- Lead Patch Management meetings.

- Create executive security reports for CISO and IT management.

- Work with team members to keep items of infrastructure well documented for security purposes.

- Manage Symantec Endpoint Protection

- Work with VNX5500, VNX5300 and CX4

- Create a Business Impact Analysis (BIA) to supply to the CISO.

Applications :

- SEP

- vSphere

- Unishpere

- Kali

- Wireshark

- PowerShell

- Metasploit

- Phishing Frenzy

- Exchange

- Active Directory

- PHP

- Python

- SQL

- AutoIT

- WSUS

2014 : 2016

Sound Physicians

Systems Administrator (Security)

Managed AS400, Network and Application Security, SQL 2008, Server Management : 2003 & 2008, Active Directory, Deployed and managed Symantec products which include : Altiris, SEP, SEE and PGP. Work with Capella's 11 other facilities' IT teams on large scale projects which include : MT6, Symantec suite, HMS conversions and upgrades. Work with the CISO and mangers to create processes and policies to keep healthcare information secure and safe.

2012 : 2014

Capella Healthcare, Inc

Systems Administrator

Company: Sound Physicians

Years of Experience: 17