Paul Keser
Ph 415-***-****
Email ****@*****.***
San Francisco, CA
EDUCATION
Degrees
MS in Information Assurance with Honors, Capitol College, Laurel, MD 2007
Converted from MS in Network Security 2004
BA in Management, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL 1989
Certifications
Certificate in UNIX Administration, UCSC Extension, Santa Cruz, CA 1999
Certified Information Security System Professional (CISSP) 2002
NASA Certified Cyber Security Specialist 2003
Check Point Certified Security Instructor/Engineer/Administrator (CCSI/E/A) 2000
Cisco Certified Networking Associate (CCNA) 2001
QualysGuard Certified Specialist 2009
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Stanford University, Stanford, CA 2005 present
Associate Information Security Officer
Working with IT Services to design a PCI compliant wireless LAN
Perform security risk assessments for new and existing university projects
Monitor network for DLP purposes looking for SSN's and Credit Card numbers develop
new policies and procedures to prevent leakage
Network and system forensics in the event of a security incident
Developed policies and procedures for the handling of Restricted data
Developed policies regarding virtualization at Stanford
Information Security Office representative on Firewall deployment project
Maintain ISO WWW site and develop new documentation
Raytheon ITSS, NASA Ames Research Ctr. 2001 2005
Sr. Network Security Engineer
Managed and maintained NASA Ames Research Center firewall infrastructure
Project Lead for Check Point to Netscreen firewall migration project
Developed and revised scripts for monitoring firewall health
Migrated firewall infrastructure from Nokia FW 1 appliances to Alteon ASF
accelerated Firewall 1 clusters
Architect for the migration from Alteon ASF to Juniper Netscreen firewalls
Designed, architected and implemented highly secure network for location of
network security monitoring, vulnerability scanners and NetForensics SIEM
Pre production server vulnerability scanning with FoundScan and Nessus
Evaluated and implemented NetForensics SIEM
Evaluated Intrusion Prevention Systems
Tested implementation of WPA WLAN security on WinXP and Linux
Tested rollout of SecurID 2 factor authentication
Essential Check Point Firewall 1 by Dameon Welch Abernathy aka "Phoneboy"
Technical Editor for above Firewall 1 book
Dataway.com Inc., San Francisco, CA 2000 2001 (laid off)
Sr. Security Engineer and Check Point Instructor
Level 3 escalation engineer for Network Operations Center that manages and
monitors ~300 customer firewalls and servers
Developed documentation for Solaris Check Point FW 1 performance optimization
Participated in after hours emergency support line rotation
Setup Check Point Authorized Training Center, taught initial FW 1 classes
ShopExpert.com Inc., San Francisco, CA 2000 (laid off)
Network Security Engineer
Designed & implemented VPN to COLOcation facility, managed, patched and
hardened NT FW 1 install, revised FW policy
Researched & bid High Availability firewall solution for COLO
Conducted port scanning penetration testing of HQ and COLO DMZ's for
vulnerabilities
Responsible for location, selection & implementation of security patches on Linux,
NT4 & W2K
Nokia IP Routing Group, Mt. View, CA 1998 2000
Senior Technical Support Engineer
Level 2 & escalation engineer for firewall security appliance running FW 1
Phone & email technical support configuring routing, Firewall1, VPN tunnels,
SecuRemote access & High Availability
Traveled to local high profile customer sites to assist resellers in complex network
installations
Provided after hours pager support for platinum support customers
Developed documentation for knowledge base.
3Com Corp., Santa Clara, CA 1996 1998
Technical Support Engineer III
Level 3 escalation engineer for the Office Connect Remote product line and
Transcend Network Management Software (built on HP OpenView)
Provided telephone and email support and escalation support to customers.
Escalation point for support engineers.
Technical team lead, coordinated bug escalation to engineering division.
Point of contact for major customer accounts.
Morgan Interactive, San Francisco, CA 1995 1996
Network Administrator, Technical Support Engineer
TECHNICAL SUMMARY:
Languages: HTML, Shell scripts, Python
Operating Systems: UNIX (Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD), XP, Win7,
Mac
LAN Types: Gigabit Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Ethernet
Network Protocols: TCP/IP, IPX, SNMP, IPSEC
Hardware: IDS/IPS, Firewalls, Routers, Remote
Access Servers
Software: NESSUS, QualysGuard, Check Point FW 1,
GPG/PGP, NMAP, Snort, WireShark,
VMware