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Steven Olsen, CISSP
Threat Hunter
Austin, TX, United States
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Experience:
Visa Counter Threat Unit
Sr. Staff Information Security Engineer
June 2017 - Present
Initiate and lead numerous cyber threat hunting operations looking for suspicious activity on network and endpoints. Additionally, provide guidance to other incident responders and assist on investigations involving potentially compromised endpoints.
Visa Cyber Threat Intelligence
Sr. Information Security Analyst
April 2016 - June 2017
Operated within the Visa Cyber Fusion Center producing intelligence briefings for executive management focused on state-sponsored, cyber criminal, and hacktivist operations targeting the financial sector.
Visa Digital Crimes
Information Security Analyst
September 2014 - April 2016
Provided anti-phishing, anti-malware, and social media protection to Visa, Visa Europe, Authorize.Net, Playspan, Cybersource, and TrialPay brands. Led numerous investigations into social engineering attacks against executives, employees, and consumers (Whaling, Vishing, SMShing, SPIT, Quid Pro Quo, BEC).
2014 : Present
Visa
Sr. Staff Information Security Engineer
This role primarily involved company preparation of working with the QSA, ultimately leading to the successful completion of the 2014 PCI DSS on-site compliance audit. Additional responsibilities included day-to-day security operations by developing and managing a vulnerability management program which encompassed the continuous monthly scanning/patching of over 4,000 unique PCI assets.
2014 : 2014
JetBlue Airways
IT Security Operations Analyst
This role was a wear many hats role, whereby I assisted in any/all custodial aspects of the information security program at J Crew. I learned so much from my time there and truly enjoyed working with the team.
Notably, assisted in the enablement of a Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) program to streamline the risk profile, improve utilization of threat intelligence, and establish risk reporting capabilities for management– increasing daily asset visibility by over 80%. Additionally, managed an enterprise web application firewall (WAF) responsible for protecting $826 million in e-commerce sales of J.Crew, Madewell, J.Crew Wedding, J.Crew Factory, and J.Crew Baby products.
2011 : 2014
J.Crew
Security Analyst
2010 : 2011
Morgan Stanley
Risk Management Intern
Sr. Staff Information Security Engineer
June 2017 - Present
Initiate and lead numerous cyber threat hunting operations looking for suspicious activity on network and endpoints. Additionally, provide guidance to other incident responders and assist on investigations involving potentially compromised endpoints.
Visa Cyber Threat Intelligence
Sr. Information Security Analyst
April 2016 - June 2017
Operated within the Visa Cyber Fusion Center producing intelligence briefings for executive management focused on state-sponsored, cyber criminal, and hacktivist operations targeting the financial sector.
Visa Digital Crimes
Information Security Analyst
September 2014 - April 2016
Provided anti-phishing, anti-malware, and social media protection to Visa, Visa Europe, Authorize.Net, Playspan, Cybersource, and TrialPay brands. Led numerous investigations into social engineering attacks against executives, employees, and consumers (Whaling, Vishing, SMShing, SPIT, Quid Pro Quo, BEC).
2014 : Present
Visa
Sr. Staff Information Security Engineer
This role primarily involved company preparation of working with the QSA, ultimately leading to the successful completion of the 2014 PCI DSS on-site compliance audit. Additional responsibilities included day-to-day security operations by developing and managing a vulnerability management program which encompassed the continuous monthly scanning/patching of over 4,000 unique PCI assets.
2014 : 2014
JetBlue Airways
IT Security Operations Analyst
This role was a wear many hats role, whereby I assisted in any/all custodial aspects of the information security program at J Crew. I learned so much from my time there and truly enjoyed working with the team.
Notably, assisted in the enablement of a Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) program to streamline the risk profile, improve utilization of threat intelligence, and establish risk reporting capabilities for management– increasing daily asset visibility by over 80%. Additionally, managed an enterprise web application firewall (WAF) responsible for protecting $826 million in e-commerce sales of J.Crew, Madewell, J.Crew Wedding, J.Crew Factory, and J.Crew Baby products.
2011 : 2014
J.Crew
Security Analyst
2010 : 2011
Morgan Stanley
Risk Management Intern
Company:
Visa
About
I'm a cyber defense professional with seven years of experience. To date, my roles and responsibilities have spanned a diverse set of cybersecurity operations across several different industries. Currently, I specialize in open-source intelligence analysis as a threat hunter used to identify, evaluate, and inform leadership on pertinent threats to the enterprise produced by state sponsored, cyber criminal, and hacktivist actors.
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