BENJAMIN R. STUKES, JR.
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SENIOR SECURITY ANALYST
Professional Summary:
Over ten years progressive experience in information security and systems engineering. Excellent communication skills; orally as well as written. Self-motivated and pays attention to details. Ability to work in a group or independently.
Professional History:
24By7Security, Coral Springs, FL 10/13 - Present
Sr. Security Manager
Currently part of a two-man team assisting one of the clients with HITRUST certifications. Duties include hosting weekly status and resolution meetings with the client and weekly meetings with the third-party assessors. Other responsibilities included the development of policies and procedures, performing document reviews, gap assessments, producing findings reports, gap analysis, developing a remediation roadmap and administering HIPAA Security and Privacy training.
Participated in and/or lead several compliance tasks such as PCI Gap Assessments, PCI SAQ-C w/ROC and SAQ-D w/AOC and HITRUST.
Led Analysis in a Third-Party Review assisting a client achieve their SOC2 Type -1 report.
Ensured timelines were met and that the process was repeatable in order to assist the client with their SOC2 Type2 report.
Recently, Mr. Stukes his helped his clients to reach their CIS (Center for Internet Security) Top 20 goal.
Provided HIPAA/HITECH support services through the company’s previous name HIPAA-HITECH-Solutions Inc., (HHSI), as well as the current company’s name.
HIPAA Security Rule Assessor for multi-year contract for a Miami based hospital with over 600 beds.
Lead HIPAA Security Rule Assessor for a multi-year contract for a teaching University in Fort Lauderdale. The scope included 8 Medical Colleges and 16 satellite clinics.
Also served as lead HIPAA Security Rule Assessor for a nationwide emergency room staffing provider, providing Security Risk Assessment services to various local small to mid-size medical practices.
Participated in Cybersecurity efforts identifying appropriate controls to comply with security policies and regulations, producing threat and compliance reports and participated in major security solutions, such as Metasploit, BackTrack (Kali-Linux) and web application exploitations such as the OWASP Top Ten list and the SANS 20 list.
Teleperformance, Boca Raton, FL, 1/12 – 12/12
Tier Two Systems Engineer
Supported the Microsoft Office 365 Cloud computing environment by interacting with customers and representatives from other lines of business to handle a variety of functions.
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IA Support Program, TekPartners, Miami, FL, 10/10 – 05/11
IA Analyst
Provided information security and certification and accreditation (C&A) as well as other support for US Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM), SCJ6 IA activities; classified and unclassified.
Ensured that acquisition of all IA/IA enabled products had been vetted through DoD approved evaluation and validation programs such as the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) or the Common Criteria of the National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP).
Education:
Previously pursued a dual enrollment, seeking a B.S. at the University of Maryland, University College.
A.A.S in Computer Information Systems at Prince George's Community College.
Diploma in Electronic Engineering Technology TESST College Hyattsville, MD.
Inactive Security Clearances:
Secret (Expired 2015)
Top Secret (Renewed Sept. 2009) Expired 2014
DHS/USCIS Public Trust, (Last Issued September 2008)
6C Public Trust, Department of Education/Federal Student Aid (Last Issued July 2009)