Air Force IT Security

Nicholas Bennett

Mount Airy, NC *****

336-***-****

***********@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Skillbridge Intern at Tilson Technology Management, and soon to be United States Air Force veteran possessing a Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) Security Clearance and Counter-Intelligence Polygraph with 10 years of experience supporting the ever-changing mission of the Department of Defense. Realizes quantifiable results while performing in a dynamic, high-tempo environment.

•Systems Administration

•Infrastructure Support

•Auditing

•Certification & Accreditation

•OS Hardening

•Vulnerability Assessment

•SSP

•RMF

•Incident Response

•Test and Evaluation

•Analysis & Reporting

Threat Hunting

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES:

Platforms: Windows XP/Vista/7/10, Windows Server 2008/2012/16, Linux

Tools: Splunk, ELK Stack, Nessus, Nmap, SCCM, VMware, Microsoft Active Directory, Powershell, Encase, Tanium, Microsoft O365, Azure Active Directory, Egnyte, Crowdstrike, Microsoft Sysinternals

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

TILSON TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT – Portland, ME (Remote) 2020-Present

Skillbridge Intern - Cyber Security Consultant/IT Support Technician/Information Security Specialist

•Conduct vulnerability assessments utilizing Nessus.

•Identify and document vulnerabilities and findings, provide recommendations and remediation actions to customer.

•Created and initiated phishing assessment, utilizing zphisher and powershell.

•Troubleshoot customer issues, manage folder permissions, and respond to phishing attempts.

•Investigate alerts generated from Egnyte, O365, Azure AD, Crowdstrike, and Darkweb ID.

•Respond to network incidents, collect information and host data, generate report of incident details.

•Maintain company security documentation.

UNITED STATES AIR FORCE – Peterson AFB, Colorado 2018-2020

Host/Network Analyst

•Collect network and host artifacts to identify potential threats across the AF enterprise.

•Perform log analysis for identification of potential threats and misconfigurations, utilizing Splunk and ELK stack.

•Identify and mitigate security deficiencies on network hosts and devices.

•Identify and solve problems to enhance enterprise security and monitoring capabilities.

•Assist departments with security configurations and documentation.

•Develop tools and solutions to solve problems beyond current capabilities.

UNITED STATES AIR FORCE – Ft. George G. Meade, Maryland 2015-2018

Technical Security Coordinator

•Inspect and evaluate secure compartment information facilities (SCIF) for vulnerabilities across the intelligence community.

•Generate reports identifying SCIF vulnerabilities, providing security recommendations.

•Certified SCIFs for TS/SCI network operations.

•Maintained records database of accreditation documentation.

UNITED STATES AIR FORCE – Kunsan Air Base, South Korea 2014-2015

Network Applications Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge

•Implemented, configured and managed network application monitoring tools for auditing and troubleshooting to safeguard network functions spanning two separate DoD network environments.

•Documented system architecture.

•Performed routine weekly patch maintenance on base-wide network.

•Led vulnerability management team utilizing DoD security assessment tools to include ACAS and SCCM to track, audit and harden enclaves.

•Oversaw organization’s Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM) Process.

•Developed and maintained security processes and procedures to bolster security posture of enclaves.

•Documented, maintained and voiced assessment and authorization status of enclaves to Commander on a weekly basis.

UNITED STATES AIR FORCE – Kunsan Air Base, South Korea 2012-2014

Information Protection Technician

•Perform network response actions, such as, data and hardware confiscation, and information collection.

•Systems Administrator for 3,000+ local user accounts.

•Maintained multiple Retina scanners in multiple enclaves and ensured scan findings were presented to appropriate authorities when needed.

•Served as primary security engineer in certification & accreditation efforts of two separate enclaves.

•Preserved all information security related documentation for every system within enclaves to include Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M), and System Security Plans (SSP).

•Perform network security scans utilizing Retina, issued reports for remediation.

•Identify and remediate HBSS rogue systems.

UNITED STATES AIR FORCE – Robins Air Force Base, Georgia 2010-2012

System Administrator

•Administered Active Directory objects and configurations.

•Established multiple deployable environments to include production, development, baseline and training environments for DoD applications.

•Manage system security and configurations to maintain uptime for two separate enclaves.

•Provide client side support to customers, troubleshooting issues and performing touch maintenance.

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS

CompTIA Security+

GIAC Certified Incident Handler - GCIH

GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst - GCFA

ISC2 Certified Information Systems Security Professional – CISSP

823065 (Associate)

University of Maryland Global Campus, Adelphi, MD March 2020

Master of Science – Digital Forensics and Cyber Investigation

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