Brad Dial
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Abbott
Information Security Specialist
As a Senior Information Security Analyst of the Security Incident Response Team, I am responsible for identifying areas of weakness and investigating current incidents. While responsible for investigating incidents myself, I also direct and give instruction to non-senior SIRT members.
As a member of the SIRT committee, I relayed information regarding high priority incidents to upper management so decision affecting the University's security posture could be made.
I have improving process and created new workflows to increase the teams responsiveness to incidents. creating new workflow to increase the teams responsiveness to incidents.
ncident response is an organized approach to addressing and managing the aftermath of a security breach or attack (also known as an incident). The goal is to handle the situation in a way that limits damage and reduces recovery time and costs. An incident response plan includes a policy that defines, in specific terms, what constitutes an incident and provides a step-by-step process that should be followed when an incident occurs.
2015 : 2022
University of Central Florida
Senior Information Security Analyst
My primary responsibilities included performing vulnerability assessments, forensic examinations, and completing e-discovery requests.
Vulnerability assessments were performed for over 1000 systems each month using a combination of Nessus, SecurityCenter, and Acunetix. The results of these assessments were relayed to IT managers across 50 departments and when needed, guidance was provided on how to go about mitigating these vulnerabilities.
As the sole forensic examiner for the Information Security Office, I was responsible for investigating suspected criminal activities, employees accused of falsifying documents, as well as inappropriate behavior. These actions were discovered with the use of The Forensic Toolkit, FTK Imager, Macquisition, Blacklight, and Helix.
2010 : 2015
University of Central Florida
Information Security Analyst
About
My family first got Internet access when I turned 13 years old. It was then, although unknown to be at the time, that my career would begin to be defined. I quickly found myself playing with R.A.T’s, infecting (and removing) the viruses from the family computer, writing Visual Basic applications, and participating in AOL punter and warez chat rooms. I was hooked, and needless to say I became the family “computer guy” for all things computer related.
Today, though my AOL warez and punter days are behind me, I am still very much the “computer guy.” After obtaining a B.S. in Information Technology, and a Master’s in Digital Forensics, I began an internship with the UCF Police Department, assisting with Digital Forensic cases. I was then led to the UCF Information Security Office, where I am now a Senior Security Analyst with the Security Incident Response Team. Responding to data breaches, account/system compromises, performing forensic investigations, investigating malware, and more, I am able to work everyday in a career that constantly challenges me and forces me to learn. Technical work aside, I have been very fortunate to oversee a number of interns who have become quite successful. Relaying knowledge to others and seeing someone else find passion in the work is an extremely rewarding experience.
When not investigating a case, I find myself thinking of ways in which I can automate processes, and improve security posture, both at work and at home. I am very proud that one of my Python applications was published on haveibeenpwned.com and that a recent research project may soon be incorporated into a course offered by the United States Secret Service.
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