Gerald Alston

About Gerald Alston

Varonis protects your file and email servers from cyberattacks and insider threats. Our data security platform analyzes the behavior of the people and machines that access your data, alert on misbehavior, and enforce a least privilege model.🦾 We capture more metadata about enterprise data and file systems than any other solution: so that you can identify compromised accounts, privilege escalations, GPO changes, and malware attacks like ransomware - and stop them before they lead to a data breach.‍ Detect- Map directory services, permissions, file systems - Analyze data, account activity, and user behavior 🧑‍- Discover sensitive data & prioritize where sensitive data is at risk ‍ Prevent- Lock down sensitive and stale data - Identify data owners, highlight security risks, and automate remediation - Simplify permissions, groups, and active directory 🤖 Sustain- Automate authorizations and entitlement reviews - Monitor and protect critical data - Automate archiving, disposition, and migration of data

Experience

1. Manager, Sdr Enablement

   Varonis

   Jan 2025 — Present · Durham, NC, US

Education

• Winston-Salem State University

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Economics; Finance

  2005 — 2009

• University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam Business School

  Master of Science (M.S.) in Business Administration, International Management

  2016 — 2017

Skills

• Team Building
• Nonprofits
• Project Management
• Team Management
• Social Media
• Statistical Tools
• Data Entry
• Youth Mentoring
• Statistics
• Statistical Data Analysis
• Economics
• High School Students
• Database Administration
• Business Strategy
• Econometrics
• Marketing Strategy
• Career Counseling
• Grant Writing
• Strategic Planning
• Data Analysis