Donald Richards
Cybersecurity Professional (CISSP | CCSP) | Passionate about automating and simplifying security
- Role
- Manager Cybersecurity Consulting at EY
- Location
- Charlotte, NC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Donald Richards
Highly accomplished cybersecurity professional with 20+ years of experience driving security initiatives across diverse environments. Expertise spans incident response, threat intelligence, SOAR automation, cloud security, and compliance frameworks. Proven success leading security operations, mentoring teams, and implementing cutting-edge technologies. Adept at identifying vulnerabilities, mitigating risks, and enhancing overall security posture.Key Achievements-Led SOAR automation projects achieving 75% incident automation, significantly improving SOC efficiency-Designed and implemented strategic plans for enterprise email security and SOC automation platforms-Migrated SOAR platforms and led security profile hardening efforts for firewalls across devices-Mentored and coached a team of 40 analysts, fostering a culture of collaboration and knowledge sharing-Collaborated with stakeholders to develop information security policies and procedures-Conducted vendor evaluations and led PoCs for new and replacement technologies-Demonstrated expertise in various security tools, programming languages, and operating systems.Active Certifications:CISSP, CCSPPrevious Certifications:PCNSE, GCED, Juniper JNCIA, Cisco CCNA, Check Point – CCSP, F5 201 – Administrator, F5 301 – LTM Specialist
Experience
Manager Cybersecurity Consulting
Jan 2025 — Present · US
Education
Wright State University
BS, Management Information Systems
1992 — 1997
DePaul University
Master's Degree, Computer, Information, and Network Security (Concentration on Network Security)
2012 — 2014
Skills
- Sql
- Linux
- Event Management
- Computer Security
- Virtualization
- Software Project Management
- Cisco Devices
- Check Point
- Wireless Networking
- Inventory Management
- Active Directory
- Unix
- Windows Server
- Information Security
- Firewalls
- Hardware
- Palo Alto Networks
- Computer Hardware
- Network Security
- Riverbed
- C++
- Allen Bradley
- Security
- Enterprise Software
- Aruba Wireless
- Management
- Troubleshooting
- Ms Office Suite
- Visual Basic
- Data Analysis
- Plc Programming
- Pc Maintenance
- Mobile Device Management
- Networking
- Project Management
- Network Administration
- Juniper
- Java
- Logistics Management
- Patience
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