Mike Smith

I leverage my 25 years of IT experience and multiple credentials to deliver mission-critical DataCenter and Security solutions for clients across various industries. I lead and oversee the design, development, deployment, and maintenance of DataCenter systems, security implementations, cluster HCI and stack architecture, along with senior network engineering and security architecting. I have extensive experience in DataCenter management and implementations, Ransomware Response, SIEM Deployments/Onboarding and Administration, SASE, Fortinet Fortigate Firewall Deployments, Vulnerability Detection and Resolution for Pentesting Scenarios, and Threat Hunting. I have also contributed to the greater security community by detecting and sharing IoCs for 0-day malware and creating SIEM rules and events to prevent future infections. I am passionate about providing innovative and effective DataCenter and Security solutions that enable clients to achieve their business goals and protect their assets.

• MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuration - Microsoft
• MCTS: Windows 7, Configuration - Microsoft
• MCPS: Microsoft Certified Professional - Microsoft
• CompTIA A (IT Technician) - CompTIA
• Q4W0CJK1KHE41Q6W
• CompTIA Security (2008 edition) - CompTIA
• COMP001008552929
• Exam 70-347: Enabling Office 365 Services - Microsoft - Microsoft

Expert skilled in IoC (Indicator of Compromise) and Detection, along with providing effective blacklisting to EDR/MDR/XDR or custom API solutions using Hash's of 0-day IoC Malware findings customer base wide, which has proven effective in both MSP/NOC and MSSP/SOC  environments and ticket prevention, cutting costs long-term using this proven strategy to help prevent further spread of 0-day malware throughout customer base and throughout internal/external infrastructure environments.