Dana Taylor

About Dana Taylor

Security engineer passionate about learning and growing my skill set. I\'m most excited when thrown into unfamiliar scenarios, working with new technologies, and not always knowing how I\'m going to solve the problem in front of me.

Experience

1. Senior Cloud Security Engineer

   Abacus Insights

   Apr 2021 — Present · Boston, MA, US

   Automate the provisioning of security resources across AWS and Azure using Terraform, Python, Lambda, and CloudFormation- Continually develop and maintain a robust security monitoring system with Splunk, utilizing multiple data sources (AWS CloudTrail, network flow, IDS, Azure audit logs, etc)- Remediate security incidents across corporate and engineering environments- Consult with the engineering organization on new system proposals, from high-level architecture to code reviews- Automate operational work wherever possible, both to increase efficiency and add security value- Built and maintain a scalable secure authentication model for accessing engineering resources using Microsoft Azure Entra ID, Identity Governance, and AWS Identity and Access Management

Education

• Champlain College

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Networking & Cybersecurity, Digital Forensics Minor

  2017