Dustin Howard

Chief Information Security Officer @Guden Solicitors

CA, US

My team and I created these tangible success stories from my short time at Company:• Created a risk assessment framework and report• Security Improvementso Implemented Enterprise Logging on all production and non-production systemso Upgraded our Security Incident Event Management (SIEM) platform with User Behavior Analysis, Event Correlation, Incident Alertingo Created a dashboard of vulnerabilities present in the environment, identifying and prioritizing the Critical and High-Risk vulnerability identification for remediationo Enhanced our penetration testing capabilities and services by bringing penetration testing in-house, augmented by service providers • Reorganized our Security Support Structureo Migrated to highly effective 24x7 responseo Created employee staffed and led Security Operations Center with 24x7x365 coverageo Revamped outsourced Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) services to expand coverages and response times on a consistent, 24x7x365 basiso Enhanced Managed Detection & Response (MDR) services for improved coverage and response of security incidents on workstations and server platforms, 24x7x365o Security Orchestration, Automation & Response (SOAR) to augment our Security Support Structure with automated response and resolution to threats, decreasing future headcount needs while improving security response capabilities • Implemented Enterprise-wide Security Awareness o Implemented enhanced training capabilities, with ongoing module customizationo Accelerated customized Phishing simulation and training to improve the capabilities of our user base, with a User Phishing Response improvement of 30%o Revised all information security policies to allow the Company to maintain a leading-edge innovative approach to technologies, while concurrently avoiding bleeding edge security risk with these allowanceso Created enhanced Security Policies to allow the secure use of leading-edge technologies

University of Phoenix

Master's degree, Information Systems

University of Phoenix

Bachelor of Science - BS, Business Management

University of Phoenix

Master of Science - MS, Management Information Systems and Services