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Laura Seay

Pembroke Pines,FL

Summary

Strategic Cybersecurity Leader highly skilled at planning and executing security initiatives for enhanced security requirements, process improvements, and risk management. History of cultivating an open, inclusive culture and leading cross-functional teams with a strong sense of purpose and passion. Pursuing professional leadership roles with an organization dedicated to making a positive global impact.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Manager, Product Security Supply Chain Operations

Red Hat
12.2021 - Current
  • Lead product security team of engineers and analysts focused on pipeline security and compliance through research, analysis, auditing, and security consulting to ensure software supply chain integrity
  • Identify security risks and recommend mitigation strategies
  • Prioritize and direct operational cybersecurity activities across product engineering groups
  • Work cross-functionally with information security governance, risk and compliance team, program managers, contracts/procurement, legal, marketing, sales, and users to define security requirements, design enhancements, and implement security improvements to scale Red Hat’s core business
  • Hire, develop, and evaluate personnel to ensure operations are performed efficiently and effectively
  • Accountable Manager for 3 programs including compliance auditing, analytical research, and security consulting
  • Establish and meet group-level expectations measured by Key Performance Indicators (KPI), and Objectives and Key Results (OKRs)
  • Develop and advise on strategic security objectives, capabilities, maturity levels, and policy requirements as member of department steering committee
  • Represent relevant Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) Supply Chain Integrity working groups
  • Provide meaningful guidance, coaching, and accountability to 7 direct reports for performance and professional growth.

Principal, Product Security Engineer/Supply Chain Team Lead

Red Hat
05.2021 - 12.2021
  • Team advocate responsible for identifying strengths and mentoring associates across skill levels ranging from junior to principal.
  • Managed requirements and led process improvement efforts across 3 programs to allow for continuous improvement within team
  • Worked with key stakeholders to discover overlapping work-streams, promote collaboration, and reduce redundancy across organization
  • Identified and communicated software supply chain security vulnerabilities effectively with various internal stakeholders resulting in remediation of security gaps

Team Lead, All-Source Intelligence Analyst

UKG
06.2017 - 05.2021
  • Pioneered the Threat Intelligence Program to include strategic design and implementation of program across various lines of business, identified multi-level career paths from Analyst to Management
  • Managed resource allocation, budget, and vendor relationships for threat intelligence tools.
  • Introduced Threat Intelligence Lifecycle and concept of Priority Intelligence Requirements (PIRs) to Senior Leadership
  • Developed 4 unique asset-based and adversary-based Threat Profiles using OCTAVE Method used to produce threat scenarios of both physical and logical attacks targeting Human Capital Management (HCM) industry, corporate partners, and vendor services
  • Investigated cyber events in support of Global Security Operations Center across U.S., Europe, and APAC region
  • Conducted research and discovery in deep-web and dark-web environments
  • Produced Threat Assessments of corporate facilities in foreign and domestic locations
  • Collaborated with various teams to mitigate risk, remediate vulnerability risk, and brief senior executives on significant threats
  • Conducted due diligence research for mergers, acquisitions, and vendor selection for Procurement team.
  • Maintained external liaison relationships with FBI, DHS/CISA, and Domestic Security Alliance Council (DSAC)
  • Presented oral briefings on CyberSecurity and Threat Intelligence topics for internal training and external Sales and Marketing teams.

Senior Consultant III

Buchanan & Edwards
01.2015 - 01.2017
  • Performed business consulting in intelligence collection, reporting, and analysis related to high-priority national security concerns, including cyber threats to U.S.
  • Developed expertise from across U.S. Government, with specific focus on policies and management of big data, effective approaches to evaluating and sharing data, and innovative techniques for information collection and data analytics.
  • Delivered specialized skills on variety of subjects including cyber intelligence, international protocols, information collection, and reporting techniques.

Supervisor/Team Lead, Senior Intelligence Analyst II

Leidos Corporation
01.2013 - 01.2015
  • Evaluated employee performance, coached, and trained team of intelligence analysts.
  • Developed strategies and implemented corporate policies
  • Developed and conducted full range of analyses to include collection, production, and validation of information
  • Defined collection requirements which served to identify vulnerabilities and develop resources to strategically counter adversaries and mitigate risks to organization
  • Provided targeted analysis by identifying, gathering, and extracting information using technical resources
  • Conducted analysis of all-source information to aid in investigative research
  • Serviced requirements and briefed senior leadership with focus on client needs and administrative support tasks relevant to geographic region.

Senior Intelligence Analyst

BAE Systems/SpecTal Consultants
01.2010 - 01.2013
  • Established mission guidelines for digital media exploitation and built team to implement new processes.
  • Developed intelligence assessments for high-level government officials and stakeholders.
  • Produced multi-source intelligence reports and products for different agency customers.
  • Conducted detailed data analysis to identify patterns and trends in complex datasets.
  • Defined collection requirements and identified resources to apply against intelligence gaps
  • Analyzed open-source intelligence data to identify potential threats and vulnerabilities.
  • Developed recommendations to assist clients and agencies with efforts to advance intelligence gathering and interpretation in multiple theaters of operation.

Senior Intelligence Analyst

CACI International
04.2011 - 11.2011
  • Collected, reviewed, interpreted, evaluated, and integrated information from multiple sources including SIGINT, IMINT, and HUMINT by assessing relevance and significance of developments in assigned area of responsibility
  • Produced briefings and case studies using automated and manual databases, estimative probability, analyses, and evaluations relative to capabilities of foreign countries and organizations
  • Reported operational and investigative leads and coordinated actions with U.S. federal agencies.
  • Served as analytical representative and briefed senior leadership at inter-agency meetings and conferences.

Project Management Planning Operations Specialist

Lockheed Martin
01.2008 - 01.2010
  • Provided high-level administrative support for SIS Chief and Deputy Chief of Corporate Resources and Infrastructure (CRI)
  • Managed operations of projects and served as liaison for project management and planning, project team, and line management
  • Coordinated with cross-functional teams to resolve project issues, mitigate risks, and monitor project performance to identify areas of improvement

Education

MBA - Business Acquisitions

Strayer University
Fredericksburg, VA
06.2019

Bachelor of Arts - Political Science/Economics

Longwood University
Farmville, VA
05.2004

Skills

Smartsheet, Anomali, Flashpoint, RSA/Archer, DomainTools, Dataminr, Intel Techniques, Quip, Google Workspace, Jira, Confluence, Mandiant/FireEye Appliances, Recorded Future, Redmine, Slack, Zoom, GitLab, ThreatConnect, AlienVault, ElasticSearch, Terbium, Salesforce, IBM i2 iBase/Analyst's Notebook, MITRE ATT&CK Framework, NIST CyberSecurity Framework, Palantir, IBM Lotus Notes, Microsoft Office 365, Adobe/Acrobat Professional, SharePoint, Westlaw, LexisNexis, and variety of custom OSINT tools for investigations

Certification

Red Hat University M-Series for Managers (2022)

OSMOSIS OSINT Training Certification (2019, 2020)

LeadUS Footprints Leadership Training Certification (2019)

Fundamentals of Covert Action (2012)

Targeting Officer Training Course (2010)

Desk Officer Training Course (2010)

Collection Management Officer Training Course (2010)

Intelligence Analysis Training Course (2010)

Paralegal Certification (2007)

Affiliations

  • Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), South Florida Chapter (December 2019 - 2022)
  • Infragard Team Member (August 2020 - December 2022)
  • Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) (August 2020 - December 2022)
  • Alpha Chi National College Honor Society, Member (March 2019 - Present)
  • Golden Key International Honor Society, Member (March 2019 - Present)

Timeline

Manager, Product Security Supply Chain Operations

Red Hat
12.2021 - Current

Principal, Product Security Engineer/Supply Chain Team Lead

Red Hat
05.2021 - 12.2021

Team Lead, All-Source Intelligence Analyst

UKG
06.2017 - 05.2021

Senior Consultant III

Buchanan & Edwards
01.2015 - 01.2017

Supervisor/Team Lead, Senior Intelligence Analyst II

Leidos Corporation
01.2013 - 01.2015

Senior Intelligence Analyst

CACI International
04.2011 - 11.2011

Senior Intelligence Analyst

BAE Systems/SpecTal Consultants
01.2010 - 01.2013

Project Management Planning Operations Specialist

Lockheed Martin
01.2008 - 01.2010

MBA - Business Acquisitions

Strayer University

Bachelor of Arts - Political Science/Economics

Longwood University

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