Kenneth Jones

About Kenneth Jones

Information security and information technology leader with record of delivering…

Experience

1. Director, Cyber Program Management

   Neptune Retail Solutions

   May 2019 — Present

   Developed a security program and roadmap to plan and track all InfoSec initiatives. •Led InfoSec department during CISO vacancies in 2019 and 2023, reporting directly to IT Leadership. •Provide regular security analysis and monitoring tools including Crowdstrike and SIEM. •Develop and maintain Security Metrics for all aspects of the business. Provide monthly review of results. •Led project to implement Privileged Access Management solution. Hired consultancy, gathered requirements, evaluated solutions, led implementation and management of the selected solution. •Developed a vulnerability management program and created an application centric metric-based reporting system to better manage remediation efforts with app teams. •Led project to provide remediation efforts for security weakness identified by 3rd party assessments. Provided weekly metrics to management. •In support of Vendor onboarding and New Business initiatives, provide risk assessments for Vendors and respond to Client risk assessment questionnaires. •Lead security awareness program, selected and onboarded Proofpoint PSAT (formerly Wombat) system, create and monitor anti-phishing and security awareness training campaigns. •Perform regular application security reviews, working closely with architecture and development teams to improve overall application security posture.

Education

• Norwalk State Technical College

  AS, Computer Systems

Skills

• Networking
• Network Security
• Data Center
• Business Analysis
• Server Consolidation
• IT Management
• Telecommunications Systems
• Server Architecture
• Disaster Recovery
• Systems Analysis
• System Administration
• Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (Pci Dss)
• Database Systems
• Contract Negotiation
• Compliance Management
• Storage Consolidation
• Itil Service Strategy
• Vendor Management
• Acquisition Integration
• Datacenter Virtualization
• Data Center Architecture
• Content Management
• Mentoring
• Project Coordination
• Budgets
• Storage Architecture
• Customer Service
• IT Strategy
• Management
• Help Desk Support
• Technical Support
• Telephony
• Leadership
• Network Design
• Information Security
• Strategic Planning
• Integration
• Sharepoint
• Staff Development
• Business Continuity