John Strickland

About John Strickland

I have 27 years of experience securing and supporting IT systems within the oil and gas…

Experience

1. Cyber Threat Hunter

   Phillips 66

   Apr 2023 — Present

   Conduct technical threat assessments focused on finding technical issues in internal and external facing systems, products, and services * Search for malicious cyber activity utilizing cyber threat intelligence, data analytics, and telemetry collected from internal and external systems.* Conduct offensive operations to identify security weaknesses and report impacts to stakeholders * Provide guidance and recommendations to stakeholders responsible for security remediation actions, close identified security gaps through remediation validation testing * Maintain current information on relevant vulnerabilities, threat actors, indicators of compromise (IOCs) tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), and trends, identifying actionable areas of interest and threats * Consult with the Security Operation Center team on adversary tactics to guide and mature cyber defensive countermeasures * Partner with the Cyber Security Operations Center to provide intel-driven insights into existing and emerging threats, when needed, participate in security incident response activities and investigations * Plan, design, and execute continuous adversarial testing scenarios leveraging relevant threat intelligence and vulnerability information * Maintain technical knowledge of the latest cyber threats, associated tactics, techniques and procedures, and industry best practices to counteract adversaries.