Randy Nethers

About Randy Nethers

Founder of a cybersecurity consultancy (5sds.com). Accomplished IT and Information…

Experience

1. Principal Consultant

   5 Star Data Systems Llc

   Mar 2015 — Present · Keene, NH, US

   Recently assisted a company in recovering from a ransomware attack, restoring systems from offsite backup, rebuilding their VMware cluster (from v6.0 to v7.0), installing new Cisco switches, setting up new Windows Server 2022 systems, and linking the company Active Directory to Azure.• Recently installed Sophos XGS firewalls for a small company to replace their old Cisco ASA systems. Also, set up an Aruba-based wireless network for the office.• Recently provided services to a previous employer:o Linux administration and infrastructure adviceo Finished up a new Nagios-based system and monitoring scheme o Assisting CISO to comply with GDPR and 201 CMR 17• Created on a part-time basis Information Security policy and procedure documentation on behalf of the organization that audited Onpoint Health Data for the states of Rhode Island and Connecticut state health departments• Created policy and procedure documentation based on the client company’s needs, using industry-standard frameworks, including NIST SP800-53Rx, Center for Internet Security v6 & v7, HIPAA/NIST SP800-66R1, NIST SP800-171 & ISO 27001/27002• Worked with the organization’s client company’s information security program creation, assessments, and audits (internal/external), managed IT risks, secure data, identity, and access management, network security• Developed and Maintained InfoSec risk analyses in several methodologies, including NIST SP800-30r1, FAIR, and ISO 27005 (based on Talabis & Martin (Information Security Risk Assessment Toolkit)).

Education

• Norwich University

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management, General

• Southern New Hampshire University

  Bachelor's degree, Information Systems/Cybersecurity

  2017 — 2018

• Norwich University

  Master of Science - MS, Cybersecurity

Skills

• System Administration
• Cisco Technologies
• Solaris
• System Monitoring
• Disaster Recovery
• Linux
• Team Building
• Servers
• Data Center
• IT Operations
• Troubleshooting
• Unix
• Storage Area Networks
• Technical Support
• Networking
• Redhat
• Virtualization
• Aix
• Solution Architecture
• Cloud Computing
• Security
• San
• Dns
• Ibm Aix
• Red Hat Linux
• Firewalls
• Network Security
• Storage
• Hardware
• Network Administration
• Switches
• Routers
• Virtual Private Network (Vpn)