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Robert Ferguson

Austintown,OH

Summary

Successfully led the implementation of Multi-Factor Authentication for 10,000 students, faculty, and staff, collaborating effectively with various departments. Currently seeking a new role to further enhance my skills and explore management opportunities.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Information Security Engineer

Youngstown State University
07.2024 - Current
  • Assists with security awareness training programs and phishing simulations for all university employees and monitors stats and activity within these areas.
  • PCI Compliance and SOC II reporting.
  • Reducing risk by minimizing vulnerabilities and review and editing policies.
  • Identified and analyzed business violations of security polices and standards.
  • Ensure adherence to FIPS 140-2 compliance for sensitive information using Proofpoint
  • Log Monitoring of account activity and system abnormalities, ensure adherence to security baseline polices, and remediation of discovered abnormalities through technical, administrative, and policy actions.
  • Routinely monitor and audit organization systems and applications (servers, endpoints, applications, and web pages) to ensure best practice configurations and mitigation of vulnerabilities.
  • Develops and maintains IR Plan and playbooks while performing annual tabletop exercises and penetration tests.
  • Assists with vulnerability and risk management program, development and sustainment
  • Rapid7 vulnerability management, MS Defender and Tenable.
  • Responsible for managing boundary and data center firewalls as well as sustaining email security best practices using MS Exchange, Proofpoint and Abnormal platforms.
  • Responsible for training and supervising lower-level analysts and student employees.
  • In addition, I perform the duties of a Data Security Analyst 2

Data Security Analyst 2

Youngstown State University
07.2021 - 07.2024
  • Remediate Endpoints – Cortex XDR and MS Defender
  • Microsoft O365
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Monitor and implement policies to Microsoft Cloud APP Security for Data Loss Prevention
  • Create Email firewall rules, block malicious senders and remediate compromised accounts
  • Block Malicious URL with Proofpoint Targeted Attack Protection
  • Add malicious URL or IP to Proofpoint Threat Response for blocking command and control servers or malicious websites.

Data Security Analyst 1

Youngstown State University
07.2019 - 07.2021
  • Reviews Security Report Logs and Remediates Compromised Accounts.
  • Vulnerability Management and Endpoint Protection
  • Enroll Staff and Students in Multi Factor Authentication
  • Conduct continuous monitoring of the network to maintain a security baseline and meet system and compliance by focusing on vulnerability analysis and remediation

Technology Support Technician 1

Youngstown State University
04.2019 - 07.2019
  • Support and repair endpoints
  • Mitigation of Security for Endpoint Devices
  • Upgrade Infrastructure

Network Service Technician 3

Youngstown State University
10.2010 - 04.2019
  • Upgrade and Maintained
  • Cisco and Ruckus Wireless Controllers and Access Points.
  • Upgrade and Maintained Cisco and Brocade Switches
  • NEC SV8500 Phone System - Analog and VoIP

Education

Master of Business Administration -

Youngstown State University
Youngstown
12.2021

Bachelor of Business Management -

Walsh University
Canton
12.2016

Skills

  • Cisco Switches, Cisco Wireless Controllers, Cisco Wireless Access Points, Proofpoint PPS Server, Proofpoint Threat Response, Abnormal, Tenable, Cortex XDR- End Point Protection, Proofpoint TAP, Nexpose, Palo Alto Firewall, Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Purview, Bitsite, Cloud App Security, Microsoft DLP (Data Loss Prevention) MAT Terminal for NEC

Certification

  • (SSCP) System Security Certified Practitioner
  • Six Sigma Lean Greenbelt
  • Six Sigma Greenbelt

Timeline

Information Security Engineer

Youngstown State University
07.2024 - Current

Data Security Analyst 2

Youngstown State University
07.2021 - 07.2024

Data Security Analyst 1

Youngstown State University
07.2019 - 07.2021

Technology Support Technician 1

Youngstown State University
04.2019 - 07.2019

Network Service Technician 3

Youngstown State University
10.2010 - 04.2019

Master of Business Administration -

Youngstown State University

Bachelor of Business Management -

Walsh University

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