Achievements:
Publications:
Brown, Brandon R. (2016). Measuring the level of security in the K-12 IT environment in Southern California. ProQuest Dissertations and Theses. Publication #10125690.
Brown, Brandon R., & Bennett, Charles (2015). Amazon Supply: Friend or Foe?. Infor White Paper. Infor Press. April, 2015.
Conference Presentations:
Brown, Brandon R., Maxwell, Jonathan, & Sakamoto, Brandon. (2018) VULNSEC – A vulnerable image building contest. (DEFCON 26) Annual Conference. Las Vegas, NV. Aug. 9-12, 2018 – External Link: https://vulnsec.net
Brown, Brandon R. (2015). Pen-Testing in K-12 or what the kids call Hacking for Fun and Profit. California Educational Technologists Professional Association (CETPA) Annual Conference. San Diego, CA. Dec. 1-4, 2015.
Brown, Brandon R. (2015). An Exploration Into the Juvenile Hacker’s Methodology. Security B-Sides, Los Angeles. Los Angeles, CA. Oct. 15-16, 2015.
Brown, Brandon R. (2013). Initial Findings to the Effectiveness of Security Operations in the K-12 Environment. California Educational Technologists Professional Association (CETPA) Annual Conference. Pasadena, CA. Nov. 19-22, 2013.
Professional Summary:
- 24 years of experience in the IT industry. 11most recent years working in mid and upper & executive management implementing business controls, workflows with an emphasis on analyzing and mapping business requirements to technology needs.
- Extensive, Hands-on Network Security background including extensive experience with Cisco, Palo Alto, Juniper, Checkpoint, Fortinet, and other consumer lines.
- Previous Call Center experience building networks of up to 9000 seats in three countries where world-wide telecommunication principles were the cornerstone to success.
- Provided project management and business development guidance on ERP systems such as PeopleSoft, SAP, and MS Dynamics. This included extensive system analysis and project management skills.
- Excellent high level troubleshooting skills for the streamlining of processes.
- Extensive knowledge of IT Service and Support models including ITIL, Six Sigma, Managed Service, Cloud Strategy along with tools, methodologies and help desk related offerings.
- Proven ability to work in diverse environments and with accessibility programs.
- Outstanding documentation skills with an emphasis on attention to detail.
- IT Audit experience with a Big 5 accounting firm. Experience with HIPPA, SOX, FERPA, CIPA, and PCI compliance models.
- Extensive Cyber Security Knowledge and Background to include penetration testing, sandbox modeling, red teaming, policy analysis, and social engineering exercises.
- Hands on technical skills. Willingness to “deep dive” into complex issues to develop root cause analysis profiles and analyze them for the best possible outcome of the end customer.
- Extensive hands on work with networking, wireless, voice, security and Operating System platforms.
