BRANDON PFAFF

Led enterprise security revamp at top wine and spirits maker. Implemented EDR, UAM, SIEM, and SOAR for threat detection, response, and access control.

• Designed Splunk Dashboards and use cases that helped reduce Incident Response Time by 35%, blocked 22% of Malicious Traffic with Splunk's threat intelligence and filtering capabilities, and improved Security Analyst Productivity by 18% through Splunk automation for focused investigation.
• Spearheaded Zscaler ZIA and ZPA deployment for 5K endpoints, boosting remote access and security.
• Migrated Carbon Black EDR to Microsoft Defender for Endpoints, ensuring uninterrupted security coverage.
• Implemented an access approval process that reduced phishing and unauthorized access by 57%.

Bolstered security at an IT services firm. Led ZTNA with GRE tunnels for least privilege and threat detection. Built custom Splunk dashboards for real-time monitoring. Partnered with teams to optimize performance, run assessments, and improve SOPs. Cloud, security & network expertise (IBM QRadar, Splunk) which enabled proactive incident resolution.

• Led successful Zscaler ZIA implementation; mastered deployment.
• Uncovered 15 Previously unknown threats per Quarter using Splunk's Threat Intelligence.
• Streamlined analyst workflow: identified 2 critical weekly threats for investigation, enhancing efficiency.

Secured and optimized networks for healthcare client. Utilized SCCM, SolarWinds, CiscoWorks, vManage, and Meraki to achieve peak performance, proactive threat detection, and endpoint compliance. Managed metrics for efficiency. Resolved critical network issues (AD, routers) swiftly, minimizing downtime.

• Isolated root causes of 9 critical network outages from Q3 2020 to Q1 2021.
• Streamlined network tasks with automated PowerShell scripts, slashing manual configuration time by 27%.
• Achieved 99.9% uptime for critical network infrastructure via proactive maintenance and patching.