Christian S.
Cybersecurity Executive | Regional CISO | Enterprise Risk Management
- Role
- Executive Director, Americas Head of Security Architecture at Morgan Stanley
- Location
- Brooklyn, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Christian S.
Cybersecurity Executive and former Regional CISO with 20+ years of experience leading global security architecture, risk management, and regulatory compliance programs for Tier-1 financial institutions. Proven expertise in aligning multi-million-dollar security budgets with M&A strategies, architecting Zero-Trust frameworks, and reporting technical risk directly to the Board of Directors to drive measurable business outcomes.
Experience
Executive Director, Americas Head of Security Architecture
Sep 2022 — Present · New York, NY, US
Accelerated delivery timelines for Wealth, Investment Management, and M&A divisions by architecting scalable security review frameworks, increasing architectural throughput by 50% despite reduced headcount.Saved the firm over $4mm/annum via identifying unused pre-existing software for a project. Oversaw the completion of Security Architecture reviews for multiple regulatory mandates ahead of schedule and under budget by relentless optimization of resources and processes, delivering results 3 months ahead of schedule. Improved Technology Risk Assessment program, improving operational effectiveness by almost 10%, leveraging templates and patterns to drive efficiencies due to heavy reductions in staffing. Lifecyle management of 45+ global staff, including on/off boarding, compensation, and retention (annual budget:~$6.5mm)
Education
Georgia State University
Bachelor of Arts, Liberal Arts
Young Harris
Associate of Arts, French
Skills
- Teamwork
- Security Architecture Design
- Cissp
- Arbor Networks
- Financial Sector IT Security Experience
- Infrastructure
- Network Security Architecture
- Isp
- Telecommunication Industry
- Cisco Technologies
- Netscreen/Juniper Firewalls
- Tcp/Ip
- Network Engineering
- Unix Shell Scripting
- Operating Systems
- Integration
- Committed to Professionalism
- Telecommunications
- Perl
- Information Security
- Linux/Freebsd System Administration
- Information Security Management
- Wireshark
- Nessus
- Networking
- Nmap
- Troubleshooting
- Pix
- Tcpdump
- Network Security
- Security
- Lan Switching
- Firewalls
- Qualys
- Bluecoat
- Cisco
- Isp Industry Experience
- Computer Security
- Network Architecture
- Routing
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