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Randy Stanger

Aspinwall,PA

Summary

VP, Technology and Information Security Risk Advisor Senior
Program Manager - Malware and Cyber Threats Program

Computer Security Threat Analysis

Software Development, System Administration, Electrical Engineering

Law Enforcement Community Experience Intelligence Community Experience

Previously held a Department of Defense TS SCI security clearance

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience

Work History

VP, Independent Technology Risk Advisor Senior

PNC Financial Services
05.2018 - Current

VP, Independent Technology Risk Advisor Sr - Information Security (May 2018 - November 2019 and April 2021 - Current)

  • Communicate aggregate Information Security risks to senior leaders in formal reporting and committee presentations.
  • Execute deep-dive application assessment for Information Security Risk
  • Present subject matter expertise to at conferences and working sessions to peers
  • Active voting member in two formal risk committees as the Information Security representative (3rd Party Supplier Risk, Operational Loss Forecasting)
  • Execute independent assessment of security program against the CRI FS Profile
  • Create material and actively present directly to the OCC and FRB
  • Challenge the lines of business, MIS teams, security programs against standards and best practices
  • Challenge new technologies include artificial intelligence and cloud (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS), with focus on cloud providers Azure and AWS
  • Define and communicate the Information Security Board and Executive level metrics
  • Challenge against high risk Information Security focus areas, to include vulnerability management and access management


VP, Independent Technology Risk Manager Senior - Information Security (November 2019 - April 2021)

  • Evaluate the cyber security and information security programs against industry best practices and security frameworks, to include NIST CSF, FFIEC CAT, CRI FS Profile, and MITRE ATT&CK Framework
  • Managed 6 member team to challenge the security program
  • Present independent view of Information Security risk to Internal Audit and Federal Regulators at minimum of a monthly cadence
  • Establish, challenge, and improve the governance of the Information Security framework at a large financial institution. This includes policies, procedures, controls, metrics, and escalation paths.
  • Evaluate Information Security risk for upstream and downstream dependencies. This includes 3rd/4th party vendors and subsidiaries.
  • Review and challenge security policies and procedures. Measure lines of business adherence to security governance and make corresponding changes to governance as applicable.

National Cyber-Forensics and Training Alliance
04.2017 - 04.2018

Program Manager - Malware and Cyber Threats

  • The National Cyber-Forensics and Training Alliance is a non-profit partnership between private industry, government, and academia to identify, mitigate, and disrupt cyber crime.
  • Established strategic roadmap for Malware and Cyber Threats Program
  • Restructured Malware and Cyber Threats Program to meet current analytic requirements
  • Filled 5 positions using a competitive and fair selection hiring process
  • Managed a team of 9 full time employees and 4 interns
  • Set priorities and monitored progress on analytic efforts
  • Presented program project information to external partners, multiple times a week
  • Coordinated program progress with senior leadership

The National Security Agency
05.2001 - 03.2017

Software Development(United Kingdom and Fort Meade, MD)

FBI Liaison (Pittsburgh, PA)

  • Integrated DoD liaison to Law Enforcement
  • Fostered public, private, educational partnerships

Threat Analyst(United Kingdom and Fort Meade, MD)

  • Over 10 years of hands-on cyber analysis
  • Team leader for cyber analysis team, 2+ years
  • PCAP and malware analysis using industry standard tools
  • Wrote over 100 product reports
  • Organized and ran a cyber working group to find solutions to a specific threat
  • Proficient with Windows, OSX and Linux
  • Experienced in coordinating with both domestic and foreign intelligence community partners
  • Skilled in programming languages to include assembly, Python, Ruby and more
  • Skilled in databases to include Oracle and MySQL
  • Cloud application development, 3+ years

System Administration(United Kingdom and Fort Meade, MD)

  • Worked in a mixed Linux, Solaris and Windows environment
  • Extensive use of virtual machines

Electrical Engineering Design and Development (Fort Meade, MD)

  • Over 3 years of hands on electrical engineering design and development experience
  • Received two invention awards resulting in two classified patents

Other

  • Department of Defense TS SCI security clearance

Education

Master of Science - Electrical and Computer Engineering

Johns Hopkins University
2007

Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering

The Pennsylvania State University
2003

Affiliations

CISSP - Active

Network+ - Certified in 2010

Red Hat Certified Technician - Certified in 2010

Skills and Tools

Microsoft Office Suite Word, Excel, Power Point, Visio

Operating Systems Windows, OSX, Linux (various), Solaris, iOS, Android

Software Development Python, Ruby, Regular Expressions, MySQL

Training

Masters Degree Focus: Digital Signal Processing
  • VHDL
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Speech Processing
  • Probability and Stochastic Processes

Job Related Training

  • Basic and intermediate malware analysis
  • Intrusion Detection In-Depth
  • Red Hat System Administrator with RHCT Exam
  • Intrusion Detection Immersion
  • Assessing and Securing Wireless Network
  • Perimeter Protection In-Depth
  • IP Trunk for the Meridian1

Timeline

VP, Independent Technology Risk Advisor Senior

PNC Financial Services
05.2018 - Current

National Cyber-Forensics and Training Alliance
04.2017 - 04.2018

The National Security Agency
05.2001 - 03.2017

Master of Science - Electrical and Computer Engineering

Johns Hopkins University

Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering

The Pennsylvania State University
Randy Stanger