Gregory Early

About Gregory Early

An experienced cyber security cybersecurity leader and former Interim Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) with experience in building risk management programs, maturing existing cybersecurity organizations, and achieving regulatory compliance. • Deliver mission focused cyber services supporting commercial enterprises as well as Department of Defense, Department of Energy, and State level government. • Align the security posture of organizations for the effective protection of company proprietary information and resiliency of manufacturing operations while ensuring security controls are compliant with regulatory requirements. • Develop, implement, and monitor strategic information security and risk management programs to ensure the safety, availability, integrity, and confidentiality of people, process, and technology. • Foster cybersecurity maturity through strategic oversight and technical execution across information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) security domains including policies and standards, training and awareness, compliance and audit, cyber architecture, asset and configuration management, vulnerability management, incident response, threat intelligence, and anomaly detection.• Collaborate, mentor, and elevate the performance of peers and personnel while fostering team cohesiveness and facilitating personnel and business growth.

Experience

1. Cybersecurity Senior Strategist

   RTX

   Apr 2022 — Present · Phoenix, AZ, US

   Provide strategic leadership in developing, influencing, and implementing Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT) cybersecurity for a global Enterprise of employees distributed across 350+ sites. • Collaborate closely with senior staff and management across Business Units to drive security initiatives and determine acceptable risk levels.• Drive a roadmap of initiatives to improve efficiency and efficacy of cybersecurity to reduce business risk. • Mentor and coach Enterprise and Business Unit information security, IT services, Engineering, and Operations.

Education

• Ball State University

  Bachelor’s Degree, Business Management

• Ball State University

  Master’s Degree, Information and Communication Sciences

Skills

• Program Management
• Technology Integration
• Information Security
• Budget Forecasts
• Heterogeneous Networks
• Government Contracting
• Multi-Site Operations
• Service Delivery
• Mentoring
• Project Management
• Proposal Support
• Information Security Management
• Security Architecture Design
• Cost Reduction
• Information Architecture
• Integration
• Security
• Budget Management
• Dod
• Troubleshooting
• Information Assurance
• Network Security
• Information Technology