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Personal Information

  • Marital Status: Married, No Children
  • Nationality: British
  • Date of Birth: 16 February 1967
  • Place of Birth: Salford, Lancashire
  • Current Location: Bletchley, Buckinghamshire

Skills

  • Security Architecture
  • ISO27001 Audit
  • Windows (NT, 2000, 2003 and XP) Security (including Compaq's Security Enhancements (NT(SE), Windows 2000 (SE), Exchange (SE)))
  • Vulnerability Assessments of Windows (NT, 2000 and XP), Novell NetWare and UNIX systems in TCP/IP networked environments
  • Network Security Assessments comprising both testing and rule-set reviews of routers, firewalls and switches and including wireless systems
  • Application vulnerability assessments, to source code level
  • Development of custom penetration test tools in C and perl
  • UNIX Security Standards (Solaris, Linux, HP-UX, some IRIX and AIX)
  • Intrusion Detection Systems (snort, CISCO, ISS and NAI)
  • Security incident response and investigation
  • Forensic analysis of computer systems
  • Firewall Policies and configuration (Gauntlet, CyberGuard, CISCO PIX, Borderware and Firewall-1)
  • TCP/IP Network Security
  • Security Policies
  • UK HMG Accreditation Document Sets (ADS)
  • ITSEC and Common Criteria Documentation
  • Risk Assessment (Using L3 Expert and CRAMM v3)
  • Cryptographic Standards and solutions - both Public-Key and Symmetric systems
  • Public Key Infrastructure (Baltimore PKI, Entrust PKI, Windows 2000/2003 CA and Active Directory)
  • End User Training
  • Anti-Virus Measures
  • Content Protection (e.g. MimeSweeper)
  • TSCM (Bug sweeping)
  • Photography, both film and digital, including processing experience
  • IT hardware and software implementation and support
  • Festival operations management
  • Off-road driving (landrover)
  • Basic field maintainance of vehicles and communications equipment

Professional Experience

2007 - Present: Security Minds Ltd.

Principal Consultant

  • Penetration test team leader
  • Senior technical architect specialising in cryptographic implementations and network design
  • CLAS Consultant providing security advice to both local and national government bodies
  • ISO27001 Lead auditor
  • Provision of Technical Surveillance Countermeasures services (bug sweeping)

2007 - Present: Self Employed

Freelance Photographer

  • Left Vega at the end of July 2006 and spent 6 months travelling before setting up as a freelance photographer
  • Motorsports, commercial, wildlife, wedding, portrait and canals photographer and photojournalist specialising in political activities (demonstrations etc.)
  • Campaign photographer for Save our Waterways

2004 - 2006: Vega Group Plc., Fareham, Hampshire

Consultant

  • CHECK team member (team leader from 06/1999 until 10/2004) conducting penetration tests for mostly UK government and military customers
  • CLAS Consultant providing security advice to both local and national government bodies
  • Security Architect responsible for the development of a secure document management system for the European Space Agency
  • CLAS Consultant responsible for the design, implementation and successful accreditation of a cryptographically secured remote access solution for Fleet Support Limited at Portsmouth Naval Dockyard

1998 - 2003: EDS Information Assurance, Wavendon, Buckinghamshire

Senior Security Consultant

  • Penetration testing of numerous commercial and UK government systems, much of which has been carried out under the CHECK scheme. Customers include Cable & Wireless, BP, Inland Revenue, DWP, FastWeb, National Grid, CBA, Amlin and others
  • Provision of Security Consultancy to the Inland Revenue Infrastructure 2000 project (60,000 desktops) involving the development of a secure architecture, production of configuration standards for Microsoft Windows NT with NT (SE) and Security Policy documentation. Testing of security products for use within the network and the penetration testing of the pilot and live (performed under CHECK) systems
  • Provision of Security Consultancy to the DSS Accord project (80,000 desktops) involving the production of Security Architecture documentation and configuration standards for Microsoft Windows 2000. CHECK penetration testing of development and live systems
  • Production of Accreditation Document Sets (ADS) for various UK government customers
  • Provision of pre-evaluation Consultancy to NAI for the evaluation of the Gauntlet Firewall product on Windows NT. Including the production of Architectural and detailed designs from source code
  • Production of Windows NT, Windows 2000 and UNIX security standards for RESTRICTED and SECRET systems for MoD and other government contracts
  • Configuration of Firewall-1, CyberGuard and Gauntlet firewalls for various government and commercial customers
  • Investigation of computer security incidents and the development of countermeasures to defeat further attacks
  • Risk assessment of MoD disaster recovery processes for the AFPAA project

1995 - 1998: EDS Corporate Security, Telford, Shropshire

Security Advisor

  • Provision of general Security Consultancy to the EDS Inland Revenue Division including the production of Community, System and System Interconnection Security policies and Security Architecture documentation
  • Assistance in the penetration testing of the Inland Revenue's Strategic Wide-Area Network by DERA
  • EDS Corporate Security representative on the Intelligent Forms Project to provide a proof of concept demonstrator for the electronic submission of forms over the Internet for the Inland Revenue, Customs and Excise and the DSS
    This was a Joint project between EDS and Microsoft
  • Training of EDS Security Managers in the requirements of their role and the applicable policies for the Inland Revenue Account

1989 - 1995: EDS Technical Infrastructure, Worthing, West Sussex

Systems Engineer

  • Provision of second and third-line support to the EDS Inland Revenue Division and Inland Revenue
  • Software development in Clipper, MS Access, QuickBasic and Visual Basic
  • Training for users of bespoke software developed by EDS
  • Hardware and software support of Intel based PCs, Hubs and Routers including multi-protocol connections with MVS and UNIX hosts
  • Support of Novell and Windows Local-Area Networks
  • Production of QMS documentation for ISO 9001 certification
  • Provision of Anti-Virus advice and a disinfection/clean-up service for significant infections
  • Configuration and support of PC-DACS and Stoplock access control software

1988 - 1989: Jesuit Volunteer Community, Birmingham, West Midlands

Volunteer

  • Day care assistant for tetrapleigic man, providing care to enable home living (6 months)
  • Assistant at drop in centre for young unemployed and homeless (6 months)
  • Residential warden at move-on hostel for 16-18 year olds leaving care assisting them to develop life skills to allow them to move to their own homes  (6 months)

Education

  • 1982-1985: Falibroome County High School, Macclesfield, Cheshire.
    • "A" Levels: Chemistry, Biology, Physics
  • 1978-1982: Cheadle Hulme School (MWACOS), Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire.
    • "O" Levels: Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Computer Studies, English Language, English Literature, Latin

Accreditations

  • CESG Listed Advisor Scheme (CLAS) Consultant from October 1998 until July 2006, accepted for re-entry to the scheme in October 2008
  • CESG CHECK Team Leader from 06/1999 until 10/2004
  • CISSP
  • ISO27001 Lead Auditor
  • Formerly Technical Authority for EDS's participation in the CHECK Scheme
  • ITSEC and Common Criteria trainee Evaluator

Security Clearance

  • I hold a current UK Government clearance (details provided on request to HMG/List X security controllers only)

Interests and Activities

  • I am involved in conservation activities with the BBONT (local Nature Trust) and am a RSPB member
  • I am also actively involved in the canal restoration movement with the Waterways Recovery Group. This has enabled me to learn many practical skills including hedge laying, brick laying, dumper driving, concrete forming (including re-bar installation) and shortly to include chainsaw operation (CS30 & 31)
  • I have worked at the Greenbelt Festival for the last 20 years including 8 years managing a team of 30-50 stewards and 9 years as an operations controller

For further details on the CLAS scheme please visit http://www.cesg.gov.uk/site/clas/index.cfm.

For further details on the CHECK scheme please visit http://www.cesg.gov.uk/site/check/index.cfm.

To contact me please email .

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