Brandon Benallie, EnCE
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Institute for Advanced Study - Princeton, NJ
1998 : 1999
2013 : Present
Fort Defiance Indian Hospital Board, Inc.
Director of IT Security
Private consultant on special projects related to digital forensics, malware analysis, and network security matters for select private and public entities; state, tribal, and federal governments.
2012 :
Self-Employed
Information Security Consultant
Supervised, consulted, and as an expert witness, testified on an array of digital forensics, electronic discovery and data breach cases in both the civil and criminal arenas. Clients included major law firms, federal, state, tribal and local government agencies, public and private companies and private individuals.
2011 : 2012
Lightstone Solutions, LLC
Senior Director of Digital Forensics and Investigations
2007 : 2011
Lightstone Solutions, LLC
Director of Network Security
2005 : 2011
Lightstone Solutions, LLC
Computer Forensics Investigator
Skills
computer forensics, Computer Security, Cybercrime, Data Security, Digital Forensics, EnCase, Forensic Analysis, IDS, incident response, Information Assurance, Information Security, Information Security Management, Intrusion Detection, ISO 27001, Malware Analysis, Network Security, Penetration Testing, Reverse Engineering, Security Architecture Design, Security Audits, Security Awareness, Vulnerability Assessment, Vulnerability Management, Wireless Security, Electronic Evidence, application security, Networking, Litigation Support, Network Architecture, Disaster Recovery, FTK, Network Forensics, Nessus, X-Ways, Helix, Metasploit, IPS, Vulnerability Scanning, CEH, Social Engineering, Web Application Security, Encryption, Nmap, Mobile Forensics, DLP, Backtrack, CISSP, PCI DSS, Security Policy, EnCE, Security Incident Response, Security Research, ArcSight, GIAC, Security Architecture, Security Incident
About
Over 20 years of professional experience in digital forensics, e-discovery, malware research, and corporate and private investigations. Currently Director of IT Security, previously Senior Director of Digital Forensics and Investigations for a boutique private intelligence firm.
I am a recipient of several prestigious SANS Lethal Forensicator Coin awards and also a 2012 and 2014 participant in NATO's Cyber Coalition exercises. I have been engaged to work nationally and internationally as a consultant, expert witness (often both) on matters such as:
- commercial litigation
- theft and misuse of intellectual property
- corporate espionage
- spoliation of evidence
- embezzlement
- inappropriate employee conduct
- malicious software analysis
- network security assessments / audits
- data breaches and remediation
- technical surveillance counter measures (TSCM) / bug sweeps
- harassment
- divorce
- medical malpractice
- internal investigations
Performed more than my fair share of: Risk Management and Mitigation, Vulnerability Assessments (external and internal), Penetration Testing, Information Security Compliance (HIPAA, PCI, etc) and Network Architecture Audits (ISO 9001, ISO 27001, CoBIT, etc)
I've also testified in court regarding any of the above matters and have been deposed in more 6-hour+ depositions than I'd like to remember. Clients also tend to retain me to review and provide rebuttals to an adverse side's expert reports.
Additionally, I have performed many TSCM sweeps for active and/or passive recording and transmitter devices to secure meeting spaces or other areas where private/confidential information is being discussed or shared.
When I'm not guiding non-techies through the world of cybersecurity, I may usually be found hiking mountains or swimming in lakes with my son, partner, and four-legged protectors. I am of the Towering House Diné born for the Badger Clan of the Hopi. This is how I am a Diné (Navajo) person.
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