Ian Gappinger

About Ian Gappinger

Cybersecurity Systems Administrator at Prosper ISD Technical Writer at…

Experience

1. Cybersecurity Systems Administrator

   Prosper Isd

   Feb 2024 — Present · Prosper, TX, US

   Worked as part of a small team dedicated to securing Prosper ISD\'s technology resources.Projects involving EDR/XDR, PAM, SIEM/SOAR, virtualization, group policy and MDMs, firewalls, content, web, and DNS filtering, and other technologies.Worked independently on standing up a SIEM deployment and reduced overall ingest by ~35% in the first 2 months, optimizing usage and cost. A secondary round of optimizations resulted in a further ~40% reduction to ingestion, and a total of over $100K/year cost savings from initial purchase.Designed, delivered, and reported on simulated phishing assessments for over individuals, as well as engaged in security awareness training material creation and notifications to staff.Performed efforts to monitor and report on non-malicious DLP incidents, efforts to notify and correct employee practices resulted in ~15% decrease in overall violations.Created various security automations for products like our EDR, SIEM, and Active Directory, levering scripting languages like PowerShell and Python.Generated written, visual, and verbal reports for leadership and justifications.We work to protect the data and operations of our over students and staff. Ensuring a safe and secure digital learning environment.Collaborate with other departments to ensure smooth communications and deployments, as well as notifications in the event of incident.

Education

• Collin College

  Associate of Arts and Sciences - AAS

  2021 — 2023

• Collin College

  Bachelor of Applied Technology

  2021 — 2025