BEN BUTZ
Auburn,WA
Summary
Objective
To leverage my Executive MBA to lead a security organization that aligns cybersecurity strategy with business objectives, enabling operational excellence, fostering high-performing teams, and driving sustainable growth in a dynamic and evolving threat landscape.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Security Operations Manager
New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG)
03.2022 - Current
- Lead the Intelligence, Detection, and Response team for a vertically integrated Bitcoin investment firm, specializing in mining, custody, and derivatives trading.
- Directed the transition from a managed security services provider (MSSP) to in-house operations, achieving improved detection, faster response, and higher fidelity alerts.
- Established aggressive Service Level Objectives (SLOs) for incident response, achieving a 2-hour acknowledgment time for high-severity incidents.
- Enhanced detection capabilities by transitioning SIEM maintenance to Infrastructure as Code (IaC), enabling faster implementation and tuning of detection logic.
- Conducted blind red team engagements and led the organization's first Tabletop Exercise, improving preparedness against advanced adversaries.
- Overhauled threat intelligence workflows, informing detection efforts with TTPs of relevant threat actors, enabling proactive coverage gap identification and investment.
- Executed multi-business-unit incident response efforts, achieving containment and eradication before adversaries reached critical objectives.
Senior Manager, Security Engineering and Incident Response
Zillow Group
03.2019 - 03.2022
- Architected and led the implementation of signals collection including enterprise logging, network traffic and endpoint forensic artifacts necessary for security event detection and investigation
- Achieved a 4 hour mean time to contain security incidents through playbook standardization, process improvement and automation
- Improved enterprise systems readiness by drafting and implementing policy and standards for enterprise logging and secure configuration in line with NIST standards
- Ensured successful and timely merger and acquisition by rapidly deploying security controls, assessing, and reducing risk
- Led Zillow's Indigenous People's Network facilitating cultural awareness, career development and inter-organizational connections - Achieved highest hiring percentage of ERG sourced referrals
Adjunct Professor
Century College
06.2018 - 06.2019
- Developed and delivered curriculum designed to bolster the skillset of the Minneapolis area information security talent pool
Incident Handler / Lead Information Security Analyst
Target Corporation
06.2014 - 03.2019
- Envisioned and then executed on Target's current host-based containment strategy reducing containment times to under two hours
- Trained and mentored over 30 CSIRT analysts providing training in hostbased forensics, enterprise logging, and packet capture analysis - improving overall quality of casework
- Created Target's cyber deception strategy and implemented five innovative use cases designed to counter advanced adversaries
- Oversaw development of Target's primary forensic evidence collection and analysis tool, reducing artifact collection times from 2 hours to under 20 minutes
Sr Information Security Analyst
Alliant Techsystems
08.2010 - 06.2014
- Led incident response efforts driving the maturation from a reactive to proactive model enabling successful APT detection and removal
- Implemented companywide phishing awareness program, demonstrably limiting the impact of advanced phishing campaigns
- Analyzed malware to discover adversary TTPs used to enhance detection, attribute adversary activity, and share with industry partners
- Designed and implemented SIEM correlation rules for alerting and hunting activity
Information Security Manager
United States Army
09.2004 - 08.2010
- Maintained Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM) compliance for six Brigades Combat Teams in combat
- Recognized by MNF-I Commanding General for APT mitigation
- Developed subordinate soldiers professionally, resulting in the promotion of four soldiers to noncommissioned officers
- Led Commanding General's Information Management Office, planning and executing asset refresh and procurement for the upcoming yearlong deployment
Education
MBA -
FOSTER SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
Seattle, WA06-2024
BS - INFORMATION ASSURANCE AND SECURITY
CAPELLA UNIVERSITY
Minneapolis, MN01.2014
Skills
- Leadership & Team Development
- Incident Response & Threat Detection
- Network & Host Forensics
- Security Operations Strategy
- Threat Intelligence & Threat Hunting
- Cloud Security (AWS, Azure)
- Process Optimization & Automation
Websites
Presentations
- Incident Response, More than a Plan, BrrCon, 2018
- From SOC to CSIRT, Bsides Las Vegas, 2017
Certification
CISSP, CFR GCIH, GCIA, Security+
Timeline
Security Operations Manager
New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG)
03.2022 - Current
Senior Manager, Security Engineering and Incident Response
Zillow Group
03.2019 - 03.2022
Adjunct Professor
Century College
06.2018 - 06.2019
Incident Handler / Lead Information Security Analyst
Target Corporation
06.2014 - 03.2019
Sr Information Security Analyst
Alliant Techsystems
08.2010 - 06.2014
Information Security Manager
United States Army
09.2004 - 08.2010
MBA -
FOSTER SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
BS - INFORMATION ASSURANCE AND SECURITY
CAPELLA UNIVERSITY
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