Brian Thompson

About Brian Thompson

Want to CONNECT with me? Read through it all. I am an experienced cybersecurity analyst that has deliberately sought out various defensive infosec roles to hone my skills in order to be a more well-rounded analyst for the organization and a stronger leader to junior analysts seeking guidance on my team. My long military experience in operations intelligence, cyber threat intelligence and cybersecurity have informed my unique perspective on security operations as well. I am seeking a role within security operations where I can help improve the overall security posture by leveraging my varied skills and experiences to respond to potential incidents smartly while working toward improving processes and documentation and engineering a better threat detection solution.I am also a huge science fiction fan (books and film) who enjoys playing tabletop games with family, friends and co-workers. Finally, if you connect with me and send me a message without including the word \"LEGO\", I\'ll know that you didn\'t take the time to get to know me through my profile. No one likes an impersonal cold call for anything (sales, job offers, etc.) People who put forth the effort to personalize that outreach are more likely to develop an authentic relationship;)I am ABSOLUTELY NOT interested in Federal or Military positions; contractor or civilian. Please do not message me about either. Thanks!

Experience

1. Security Engineer Emerging Technology & Innovation

   PNC

   Oct 2022 — Present · US

   Security Researcher - Provides security research on current and emerging technologies for CISO & Senior Security stakeholders in terms of capabilities, integration with existing security stack, various security teams within the bank and alignment to budgetary and strategic priorities. Project Management & Business Analyst - Facilitate security Use Case diagramming with various security teams in the enterprise. Including current capabilities performed and those not being performed. RFP business and technical requirements development. Security Vendor/Partner Relationship - Acts as a first line of engagement with potential security vendors that are new or interested in forming a business relationship with PNC. Provides initial analysis of tool to stakeholders and decision makers on viability of vendor solutions to the bank\'s current and future challenges.Strategic Security Planner - Provides analysis and perspective on various strategic security planning initiatives within the Security Groups and CISO\'s Office. Includes wholesale defensive tooling mapping to NIST CSF framework for coverage and spend analysis. Security Representative Committee Member - A representative on the Free/Open Source & Desktop Software Review Committee. One of a handful of security personnel that evaluates new or existing upgrades to Free/Open Source & Desktop Software to or on the enterprise network.Proof of Concepts (PoC) & Requests for Proposals (RFP)- Regular participant in security tool PoCs and RFPs to test the tool and score the product and its capabilities with peers and leaders for potential viability.

Education

• Community College of the Air Force

  Financial Management Associate of Science (A.S.), Finance and Financial Management Services

• Community College of the Air Force

  Information Systems Technology Associate of Science (A.S.), Network and System Administration/Administrator

• Carnegie Mellon University - Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy

  Master of Science (M.S.), Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance

• SANS Technology Institute

  Graduate Certificate, Cyber Defense

• Applied Network Defense

  Certificate, Detection Engineering with Sigma

• Community College of the Air Force

  Intelligence Studies and Technology Associate of Science (A.S.), Communication, General

• University of Pittsburgh

  BS, Information Science