Michael Joseph R.

About Michael Joseph R.

2003 Providence College graduateBachelor of Science in Computer Science Minor in Western Civilization, Business, and Mathematics27 years corporate IT experience, help desk, systems administration, network administration, project management, network support, client support, server support.18 Years Enterprise Corporate IT Security Operations Experience. Bridging the Gaps Between the Have-To-Do Stuff, with the People and the Technical Implementations of it. PCI, SOX, ISO 27001/27002, SSAE 16 Type 2 SOC 2, Customer Security Audits, Penetration Testing, Web Application Testing, Vulnerability Management, Internal Audits, Compliance, Remediation. Security, Technology, People, and Business.Sonicwall CSSA Certified Sonicwall Security AdministratorCertified Nessus Tenable AdministrationAccess, Active Directory, Archer GRC, AS/400, AS2, Avaya Telephony, Axway, Barracuda Spam Appliance, C/C++, Cabling, Cat 5/5e/6, CIS Benchmarks, CISP, Cisco ASA/ASDM/Call Manager/IME/IPS/Firesight/Sourcefire/Unity, Citrix Metaframe, Citrix Netscaler, Clarion EMC Navisphere, Clustering, Crystal Reports, Dell EQL, Dell KACE, Dell PowerConnect, DHCP, DNS, DOS, Dragon SIEM, Dreamweaver, Enterasys, Enterprise Manager, Exabeam, Excel, Extreme Networks, Fiber, Firesight, Firewalls, Fireworks, Flash, FTP/sFTP/FTPs, HTML, Incident Management, Intune, IPS/IDS, IIS, IPAM, Ipswitch, ISO, Java, Kaspersky, Kiwi, MFT, Micros 9700 POS, Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Works, MS Exchange 03-07, Microsoft Intune, Nessus Cloud, NIST, NMAP, ODBC, OpenDNS, ORION, Outlook, Palo Alto, Patch Panels, Penetration Testing, PMP, Policies and Procedures, PowerPoint, PPTP, Promisec Endpoint, QRadar, Rackspace, Risk Assessment/Analysis, Routing, RRAS, Ruckus Wireless, SafeHarbor, SAN/NAS, SecureWorks, Security Audits, SIEM, SMTP, Sonicwall, SOP, Sourcefire, SQL, SSLVPN, Switching, Symantec Antivirus, Symantec Backup Exec, Symantec E-mail Security, Syslog, System Hardening, TCP/IP, Tenable/Nessus, TrendMicro, Track-it, TrustE, Veeam, Viewpoint, Visio, VMware 5.5, VCNS, vRealize, vShield, Horizon View, VPN, VLAN, Vulnerability Testing, Windows NT 95••••••••12 XP Vista 7 8 SE EE DC, Wireless, Wireshark, Word, Zendesk.Specialties: Systems, Network, and Application Security, Servers, Firewalls, Routers, Switches, Networking, TCP/IP, VLAN, CSSA, Sonicwall, Palo Alto, Spam Filtering, Backups and DR, CISSP, ISO 27001/27002, SSAE16 Type 2 SOC 2, Vulnerability Management, MDDR, SIEM, IPS, Incident Response, Forensics. Fixing the things that shouldn’t be broken.

Experience

1. Director of IT, Cyber, & Information Security

   Circana

   Aug 2023 — Present

   Driving strategic initiatives to safeguard our global operations in AI and technology. My role involves enhancing security frameworks, leading cross-functional teams, and implementing advanced threat detection systems. I focus on reducing vulnerabilities and improving incident response times, ensuring our products and services remain secure and reliable.IPS, EDR, MDDR, SIEM, ISO 27001/27002, Risk Management, Audit and Compliance, BigData, Global Architecture, Cloud Architecture, Penetration Testing, Web Application / OWASP Pen Testing, Vulnerability Scanning, Incident Response, AI Intelligence Analytics, Secure the House. Never Surrender.

Education

• Boy Scouts of America

  Eagle Scout, Silver Palm, Narragansett Council

• Providence College

  BS, Computer Science

  1999 — 2003