Andrew Lee Eskridge

About Andrew Lee Eskridge

Experienced Information Security Specialist and IT Support Manager with 9+ years of experience with complex IT environments and developing successful technical solutions for industry leaders. High expertise in directing risk management initiatives while establishing, implementing and enhancing key information security objectives.Known for cross-functionally collaborating with diverse teams and communicating with stakeholders at all levels of a corporation.

Experience

1. Cyber Security Analyst

   Hurricane Labs

   Mar 2021 — Present

   Cyber Security Analyst performing Network Monitoring and Incident Response through theuse of Splunk’s Security Information and Event Management Tool (SIEM). Investigate alerts/events that occur within the companies environment and perform in depth investigation to determine scope and potential Identify and coordinate response, triage, and escalation of discovered security incidents following all phases of the IR lifecycle and the MITRE ATT & CK Framework. Work seamlessly across existing security and business teams to ensure the security of the network is guarded and kept functioning for business continuity purposes. • Submit tuning requests to tune out repeated false-positive alerts from our security tools. • Enhance existing detection and containment capabilities within our environment by meeting with teams outside of incident response to discuss discovered gaps and ensure they are closed in a timely manner. • Brief and update senior leadership and other stakeholders on the active incidents Use of Splunk as a Network Analysis tool to handle cyber security incidents. Analysis of malicious email attachments and links to determine IOCs. Responding to security events, i.e, Phishing emails, exploit attempts, compromisedaccounts.

Education

• Purdue University

  Bachelor's degree, Computer Information Technology in Security

  2011 — 2015

Skills

• Printers
• Help Desk Support
• Customer Service
• Computer Repair
• Windows Server
• Computer Maintenance
• Remote Desktop
• Hyper-V
• Computer Hardware
• Windows 7
• Public Speaking
• Vmware
• Linux
• Windows 8