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SOC Analyst & Strategic Thinker.

SOC Analyst & Strategic Thinker. SOC Analyst & Strategic Thinker. SOC Analyst & Strategic Thinker.
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Bringing relevant solutions to your business

SOC Analyst & Strategic Thinker.

SOC Analyst & Strategic Thinker. SOC Analyst & Strategic Thinker. SOC Analyst & Strategic Thinker.
My Brand

A Diversity of Experience

Having worked in five industries I am able to help clients by identifying best practices and tailoring them to their unique needs.

Need a team-player that cares about people?

It's often found in business, that many are out for their own gain to the detriment of others.  I've found a more fulling career through giving back and helping others succeed. That's my promise.

Earlier in my career I was recognized for making the complex simple.  I've made a living out of this and my experience with communicating at different organizational levels allows me greater influence with stakeholders.

An experienced IT infrastructure support professional, I have a strong technical skill-set combined with a unique blend of Co-active coaching, leadership, and teaching capabilities to empower colleagues and provide a premier service for staff and clients.

Curtis's Specialties

  • Infrastructure Support
  • Network Monitoring
  • Incident Response
  • Vulnerability Management
  • Data Analytics
  • Security Awareness


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My Background

Education & Credentials

Education & Credentials

Education & Credentials

I have a Bachelor's degree in Electronic Engineering Technology from South Dakota State University. 


During my user support career I pursued CompTIA certifications such as  A+, Network+, Server+ Security+ and CCNA while recently acquiring the CySA+ and Pentest+ certifications.


To help align my specialization towards Security Operations I have acquired a Splunk Power Users Certification along with Qualys VMDR.


I have micro-certifications in several emerging technologies and I am a Certified Trained heart-based coach.

Work Experience

Education & Credentials

Education & Credentials

My work experience comprises primarily of 5 years of corporate private user support along with 2 years experience serving external clients in two technology companies as a NOC technician and Server Support Analyst.


I have also worked in the B2C and BPO.


Additional Industries include Insurance, Healthcare, Manufacturing and Architecture Management making me an excellent consultant.

Skills

Education & Credentials

Skills

Skilled in security monitoring, incident response, and leveraging SIEM tools. Experienced in managing Active Directory, automating scripts with PowerShell and bash with a strong foundation in vulnerability management, threat remediation, network troubleshooting and asset management. I am effective and experienced influencing organizational security culture.


  I have gained mastery with SPL utilizing Splunk and currently refining my KQL skills to perform threat hunting. 

My Brand

Skills and expertise your organization needs.

My Brand is Teacher, Communicator, Trainer and Coach.  I have built a portfolio career putting together uncommon group of skills and expertise in the tech & Cyber industry allowing me to have greater influence in the organizations I serve in.

Let's strengthen your security operations together.

If you have a role in mind, Feel free to connect with me and I would be happy to discuss.

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Frequently Asked Questions

I can be reached by phone (605-651-1213) or in the form below for additional questions.

Key differences might appear in my ability to influence security culture along with being able to work cross functionally and bridge understanding across departments.  I build trust and understanding more effectively within different functional groups because I have stronger soft skills.  I also have more experience speaking technical language to diverse audiences.


It's uncommon for someone with my technical skill set to be paired with the type of soft skills that I have and a strong desire to help others succeed making me a rare asset.

I have training in Qualys, Azure Data Explorer and Splunk.


Qualys leverages my experience in vulnerability and patch management.


Splunk and Microsoft Sentinel Leverages my experience in Network Operations and database and reporting support through other roles. Through Network Operations i have utilized tools such as CheckMK, Solarwinds, Grafana and Kibana.

As a very detail oriented person I am able to quickly find discrepancies.  I also promote documentation to bring clarity,  standardization and resilisency to operations while while refining processes and procedures.


Being able to look at the broad picture and also zero in on deep technical issues,  I easily work cross functionally across departments.  I am experienced working with HR, Operations, Marketing and Sales communicating across departmental lines.  I am also effective with speaking with the C-suite which is rare in our industry.


See my Leadership Corner for more of my strengths...

I am currently leveraging KC7 to fine tune writing queries to perform threat hunting utilizing data analysis skills.  I am operating at an intermediate level on this platform.  This has been a great experience allowing me a very easy transition to a soc analyst role when that opportunity becomes available.


I am also updating my ethical hacking skills by reviewing CEH content and working TryHackMe labs. The real life scenario's are a blast while making my threat hunting scenario's more fun knowing more closely how a threat hacker my approach a breach.

I regularly attend AITP, ISC2, ISSA and OWASP in Los Angeles.  I attend Conferences that include Layer-one, Techno Digital Security & Forensics, Planet Cyber Security and the annual ISSA Security Summit.  I am currently serve on the board for ISSA of Los Angeles as Marketing Director.


I also watch trends in IT and Cyber Security through social media, Dark Reading and other channels.

My Resume

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