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Mike Forney
Senior Consultant at Security Risk Advisors
Chester, PA, United States
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Experience:
2017 : Present
Security Risk Advisors
Senior Consultant
2016 :
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
Information Security Analyst LII
With 20+ years of corporate retail IT experience, OneVision Technology Solutions prides itself on offering solutions that perfectly fit the unique needs of your business by taking enterprise-grade solutions and optimizing them to be cost effective and practical for small business use.
2009 : 2016
OneVision Technology Solutions
Owner/Security Consultant
During my time at Everfast, Inc I developed security initiatives for nationwide retail chain consisting of 75+ stores.
Supervised the network and computer operations teams
Planned and managed one million dollar IT budget
Created Incident Response Plans that supports 75+ retail stores
Routinely performed Digital Forensics on potentially compromised POS systems
Monitored LAN and WAN traffic for malicious activity
Implemented and maintained IPS systems using open source applications
Deployed and managed a VMware environment with ESXi and vCenter
Designed and implemented VDI to support legacy Windows XP applications
Effectively renegotiated WAN contract for better throughput and less cost
Renegotiated Internet bandwidth contract with major ISP
Implemented cloud based backup solutions
2008 : 2015
Everfast, Inc
IS Security Engineer
Developed Security initiatives consistent with PCI Data Security Standard
Created company policies and procedures governing corporate security, email and Internet usage, access control, and incident response.
Design, implement, and managed all network security solutions – including Cisco ASA firewalls, Intrusion Prevention Systems, SSL VPN, Barracuda SPAM Firewall and other Security Appliances.
Responsible for coordination, configuration, installation, and management of all LAN/WAN and related client services within the enterprise to meet business requirements
Designed and implemented secure messaging environment that uses the latest anti-spam technologies such as SPF/SenderID and DomainKeys
Implemented RADIUS authentication for advanced VPN and wireless security
Managed project to migrate corporate server environment to Windows 2003
2004 : 2008
Everfast, Inc
Network Engineer
Security Risk Advisors
Senior Consultant
2016 :
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
Information Security Analyst LII
With 20+ years of corporate retail IT experience, OneVision Technology Solutions prides itself on offering solutions that perfectly fit the unique needs of your business by taking enterprise-grade solutions and optimizing them to be cost effective and practical for small business use.
2009 : 2016
OneVision Technology Solutions
Owner/Security Consultant
During my time at Everfast, Inc I developed security initiatives for nationwide retail chain consisting of 75+ stores.
Supervised the network and computer operations teams
Planned and managed one million dollar IT budget
Created Incident Response Plans that supports 75+ retail stores
Routinely performed Digital Forensics on potentially compromised POS systems
Monitored LAN and WAN traffic for malicious activity
Implemented and maintained IPS systems using open source applications
Deployed and managed a VMware environment with ESXi and vCenter
Designed and implemented VDI to support legacy Windows XP applications
Effectively renegotiated WAN contract for better throughput and less cost
Renegotiated Internet bandwidth contract with major ISP
Implemented cloud based backup solutions
2008 : 2015
Everfast, Inc
IS Security Engineer
Developed Security initiatives consistent with PCI Data Security Standard
Created company policies and procedures governing corporate security, email and Internet usage, access control, and incident response.
Design, implement, and managed all network security solutions – including Cisco ASA firewalls, Intrusion Prevention Systems, SSL VPN, Barracuda SPAM Firewall and other Security Appliances.
Responsible for coordination, configuration, installation, and management of all LAN/WAN and related client services within the enterprise to meet business requirements
Designed and implemented secure messaging environment that uses the latest anti-spam technologies such as SPF/SenderID and DomainKeys
Implemented RADIUS authentication for advanced VPN and wireless security
Managed project to migrate corporate server environment to Windows 2003
2004 : 2008
Everfast, Inc
Network Engineer
Company:
Security Risk Advisors
Spoken Language:
English
About
Solutions-oriented IT Security Specialist with success directing a broad range of corporate IT initiatives while participating in planning and implementation of information-security solutions in direct support of business objectives.
Outstanding leadership abilities; able to coordinate and direct all phases of project-based efforts while managing, motivating, and leading project teams.
Specialties:
Digital Forensics
PCI Security and Auditing
Network Planning and Design
Cloud based collaboration (Google Apps, Office 365, SaaS)
Project Management
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