Daniel McKinney

Experience

1. Associate Cyber Security Engineer

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   Oct 2022 — Present · Irvine, CA, US

   Patch Management- Deployed patches using Automox to Windows, mac OS and Linux devices in on-prem and cloud environments- Configured and tuned patching policies- Correlated patches with vulnerabilitiesVulnerability Management- Deployed Tenable Nessus agents to endpoints- Administered Tenable.io- Configured internal agent scans and external scans.Endpoint Security- Configured, deployed and tuned SentinelOne- Mitigated detections- Added exclusions for impacted servicesPenetration Testing- Met with customers to identify the scope of the penetration test- Configured and deployed penetration test based on customer needs- Performed external uncredentialed penetration testing with Vonahi- Reviewed results with customers and provided recommendations for security improvements.(CSM) Cloud Security Management- Established connections to Google Workspace, Office 365, Azure AD, AWS, Zoom, Slack, Okta, Duo and other applications- Reviewed alerts and provided recommendations for mitigation- Consulted with customer leadership regarding posture managementITAM ( I.T. Asset Management)- Implemented ITAM products Axonius and Sevco- Configured connectors to up to 14 different applications- Created custom reporting for missing agents- Performed manual asset management for customers who did not own an ITAM product.Security Awareness Training- Configured and deployed twelve-month training program comprising various modules and videos- Created and performed semiannual phishing campaigns

Education

• Benedict College

  Bachelor of Arts - BA, Broadcast Journalism

• Norfolk State University

  Master of Arts - MA, Mass Communication/Media Studies