Richard Jankowski

About Richard Jankowski

A single cyber incident can erase years of progress. How confident are you that your…

Experience

1. Chief Executive Officer

   Uplift Security

   Feb 2019 — Present

   Founded information security consultation firm to help companies improve their information security programs; significantly reducing the likelihood and impact of a breach.\\\\n• Established and executed the information security strategy, structure, and programs for companies in alignment with their risk tolerance and strategic objectives, acting as their virtual Chief Information Security Officer.\\\\n• Provided strategic guidance on Information Security and Privacy to executive leadership and the Board, ensuring compliance with applicable regulations and best practices.\\\\n• Empowered companies to securely harness the power of the cloud by developing cloud security requirements and offering guidance on utilizing cutting-edge technology methodologies, such as infrastructure as code and serverless technologies, to strengthen the security of applications and systems, streamline development, deployment, and management processes, and effectively reduce costs.\\\\n• Designed, programmed, and implemented a custom fully automated asset and vulnerability management system that integrates and leverages enterprise systems to provide an always up-to-date contextually aware view into systems and vulnerabilities across the company. This system manages the components involved in the tracking and trending of assets and vulnerabilities including custom dashboards, reports, automated logic, and notifications.\\\\n• Designed, programmed, and implemented a custom Third-Party Information Security and Privacy Risk platform that automates Information Security and Privacy Reviews through the automation of dynamic questionnaires, logic flows, automated risk calculations, reports, and emails. This has enabled the expansion of the Third-Party Risk Management Program and reduced the effective costs of reviews by 65%.\\\\n \\\\n\\\\n \\\\n \\\\n\\\\n \\\\n

Education

• Rochester Institute of Technology

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Information Security and Forensics

Skills

• Business Development
• Security Audits
• Penetration Testing
• Pci Dss
• Vulnerability Management
• Executive
• Pki
• Malware Analysis
• Information Assurance
• Encase
• Cloud Computing
• Intrusion Detection
• Ids
• Identity Management
• Risk Management
• Information Security Management
• Security Awareness
• Vulnerability Assessment
• Relationship Building
• Leadership
• Management
• Program Management
• Security
• Computer Security
• Security Architecture Design
• Threat & Vulnerability Management
• Business Continuity
• Computer Forensics
• Information Security
• Cissp
• Digital Forensics
• Incident Response
• Network Security
• Application Security
• Strategic Planning