Jeff Neithercutt

Project Manager • Farmington, ME, US

Packet Analysis

Risk Analysis

Security Algorithms

Database Security

Network Security

Risk Management

Cybersecurity frameworks

Penetration Testing

Cryptography

Cybersecurity

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Full-Time Roles

Contracts

Experienced Cybersecurity Project Manager and practitioner.

I am a Senior Information Technology Architect with 25 years of IT experience specializing in information, security, and technical consulting. I am CISSP, CDPSE and CySA+ certified, a CMMC Registered Practitioner, and have a Master’s degree in Cyber Security and Information Assurance with a specialization in Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing. I focus on Security Architecture, Third Party Risk Management and critical incident response to physical and information security threats, auditing, and Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) consulting using industry security control standards. I have led teams of professionals on projects as large as $350 million dollars, and have extensive Project Management experience.

Projects

Information Security Enforcement Team creation

Project Manager and Lead Resource • Lead on project to assist with building an EDD Information Security Enforcement Team. • Performed system Gap Analysis of System Architecture against NIST 800-53 for Threat and Vulnerability Management • Evaluated datasets for HIPAA compliance and identified gaps • ISET formation included detection and remediation of system security issues, infrastructure improvements, improved compliance with state and federal security standards. • Developed new Information Security Policies and Developed existing policies to maturity • Created dashboards for use in ElasticSearch for Roadmap Planning and Development • Performed SIEM work with Exabeam, NMAP network discovery, access, and use of Tanium, Palo Alto DLP, McAfee DLP, and auditing for Security Control Compliance • Evaluated Palo Alto Networks Firewalls for Ruleset and Configuration compliance • Created all of documentation including SOP’s and Approach Documents for Information Security Enforcement Team and updated POA&M • Evaluated Crowdstrike rulesets for applicability to target network(s) • Ensured compliance with California SAM/SIMM and utilized FIPS/FiSMA • Designed ten courses in Information Security Awareness and Training See More

Penetration Test of State Lottery

Project Manager/Lead Security Consultant • Led penetration testing, vulnerability scanning, analysis, and research to verify the security of the physical, network, and wireless systems at the HQ building • Evaluated and assessed the Lottery’s existing security infrastructure to the State of xxxxxxx ISA requirements and recommend remediation or mitigation where needed • Led a team of four (4) Security Consultants responsible for weekly technical meetings, breaking down complex analytics • Improved the Lottery’s compliance to security requirements and aligned their policy and processes with industry standards including the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, International Standards Organization, California State Administrative Manual (SAM) and SIMM, FBI Justice Information System standards, Open Web Application Security Standards, and other applicable policies and standards. • Led Penetration testing of O365 system including LDAP and routing protocols, conducted post-mortem/lessons learned of issues encountered and provided POA&M for Security Roadmap Development • Performed a gap analysis to ensure that security requirements aligned with and were supported by written, enforceable policies and that policies had traceability across all applicable standards • Led Penetration testing and vulnerability assessments of all wired, wireless, and physical security using Kali Linux, NMAP, TCP/IP Layer 4-7 protocols, DNS, and Nessus • Led weekly meetings to explain technical documentation and Penetration testing results to Executive-level management See More

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