To all,

I am searching for a security/operations management position in the area
of Stamford, CT or New York, NY. I am also available for relocation to
the following areas:

Boca Raton, FL
Washington, DC
Northern, VA (Alexandria, McLean, & Arlington)
Southern Maryland (Annapolis, Baltimore & Silver Springs)
Atlanta, GA (Northern)
Raleigh/Durham, NC
California (San Diego, Peninsula, San Jose, Santa Clara, & San
Francisco)
Austin, TX

My management experience includes building/securing commercial web sites
and maintaining the accreditation of a USAF secure network facility. I
am currently responsible for 3 B2B web sites of a fortune 25 company
(name withheld). I conduct quarterly information security audits at
remote sites. Since November 2000, I have conducted detailed audits of a
hosting provider, a secure operations center (SOC) and a corporate data
center. 

I also work with underwriters to:

o     Assess risks of issuing hacking/cyber extortion insurance policies
to potential clients 
o     Evaluate information security firms as strategic partners and/or
best practices

I have included below a current resume. I am a success-oriented leader
and team player, good at problem solving, better at problem avoidance,
able to quickly determine value propositions (including my own). I am a
"make a difference" person who gets a kick out of success and always
returns more value than I am paid. I prefer to have a phone interview
before meeting in person. Thanks for your time. I appreciate it.

Gideon Rasmussen


Gideon T. Rasmussen
4 Morningside Place
Norwalk, CT 06854
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(203) 857-4442

OBJECTIVE
Obtain a position where my experience in information security 
and operations will be utilized.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Infrastructure Security Manager with 7 years of UNIX experience. 
Possesses a strong background in operations. Focused on security, 
monitoring, redundancy and continuity.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Fortune 25 Company, NYC (Withheld)      November 2000 � Present          
Infrastructure Security Manager
(Independent Consultant)

Responsible for the security and operations of 3 B2B websites. 
Supervises system and application administrators on operational 
and security matters. Ensures redundancy throughout applications, 
hosts, networks, power, and HVAC systems. Conducts high 
availability and monitoring testing. Established standby program 
with 24/7 response team, escalation plan, recall roster, incident 
reporting and operations guide. Continuity is maintained through 
operations guides, configuration standards, build documentation, 
change logs, network diagrams and hardware/software inventories. 
Effective communication is ensured through weekly reports, task 
lists, and meetings. Established layered monitoring program. 
System monitoring includes hosts, networks, environmental, web 
sites, logs, commercial and custom applications. Security 
monitoring consists of intrusion detection, vulnerability 
assessment, anti-virus, web-site and authentication. Conducts 
periodic security audits of infrastructure, NOCs, SOCs, hosting 
providers, and corporate data centers using ISO 17799 (formerly 
BS 7799) as a standard. Evaluates security services and software. 
Accomplishes security configurations (hardening) of operating 
systems and applications. Responsibilities also include disaster 
recovery, traffic statistics, scheduling of activities during 
maintenance windows, hardware/software purchases, and support 
contracts. Reviews security audits and assesses risk of issuing 
hacking/cyber extortion insurance to potential clients. Liaises 
between security firms and underwriters.
Software: Solaris, VCS, Netegrity Site Minder, I-Planet Web 
Server, I-Planet Application Server, I-Planet Directory Server, 
Jrun, Oracle, Sybase, Webtrends, BMC Patrol, CA Unicenter TNG, 
SSH, Axent ITA, Vigilante SecureScan, Tripwire, Freshwater Site 
Seer Global and Dot-Com Monitor.

McGowan Consulting Group, Inc        December 1999 � October 2000
UNIX System Administrator                                       
(Clients � Sikorsky Aircraft and American Skandia)

Responsible for security on the Sun servers. Multi-site support. 
Centralized Syslog and used Swatch to send notification via email. 
Created change process. Logged changes. Installed and secured 
Netscape Enterprise Server. Installed Weblogic Server. Built 
secondary DNS server. Divided development environments into test 
and staging. Generated custom web site statistics in html tables. 
Gave presentations. Drafted purchase justifications. Vendor 
liaison. Strong influence on purchasing process. Hardware: SunE450 
(10), Ultra2 (2), Ultra5, SPARC 2 - 10, Additional Software: 
Veritas/Sun Volume Manager 2.4 � 3.0, Big Brother, Apache Webserver, 
SE Toolkit, Crack, Sudo, Samba, NFS and Sendmail. Operating Systems: 
Solaris 2.5.1 - 2.7 (Supported Oracle)

News America Marketing                                  
UNIX System Administrator                  June 1999 � December 1999 
Company�s sole UNIX System Administrator. Administered 2 Enterprise 
and 7 mid range servers. Significantly increased server security. 
Created all local UNIX documentation. Created standardized program 
of Sun server configurations, documentation and scripts. Scripts 
include security and system monitoring with notification via email. 
Performed Y2K upgrades on all UNIX servers. Centralized Syslog. 
Supervised numerous consultants. Created standby/response program. 
Gave presentations. Drafted purchase justifications. Vendor liaison. 
Strong influence on purchasing process. Hardware: SunE5000, SunE5500, 
SunE450, Ultra60, Ultra10, Ultra2, Ultra1, Periphonics IVR servers, 
SPARC 5 � 20, Software: Sun Volume Manager 2.4 � 2.6, Roadrunner, 
NetBackup, Sendmail, NFS, Epage, Computron, Jetadmin, Network Queuing 
System, EZ Spooler. Operating Systems: Solaris 2.4 � 2.7 (Supported 
Oracle)

United States Air Force                         July 1995 � June 1999

UNIX System Administrator                     August 1996 � June 1999 
Installed and configured system software. Isolated faults, determined 
causes, and recovers from malfunctions due to hardware, software, and 
communications failures. Developed and maintained system/shop standard 
operating procedures. Conducted life cycle management. Had a focus on 
system usability, reliability and the user. Hardware: DEC Alpha 2100 
Software: DEC OSF/1 4.0 and Solaris 2.5.1.

Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO)    August 1996 � June 1999
Performed security testing of U.S.A.F. systems for certification and 
accreditation. Maintained system accreditation. Provided operators 
feedback on basic/in-depth INFOSEC tools/concepts; contributed to 
contingency planning and zero-tolerance security posture.


EDUCATION 

A.A. Information Systems Technology, Community College of the Air Force
A.A. Business Administration, Norwalk Community - Technical College

TRAINING

Solaris TCP/IP Network Administration � Sun Microsystems
Sun StorEdge Volume Manager Administration � Sun Microsystems
Solaris System Administration II � Sun Microsystems
Solaris System Administration I � Sun Microsystems
UNIX Systems Administration Certificate - Advantec Institute
UNIX Shell Programming Certificate - Advantec Institute
UNIX Fundamentals Certificate - Advantec Institute
Internetworking with TCP/IP Certificate - Advantec Institute
Microsoft Exchange Certificate - Computer Learning Center
INFOSEC for ISSOs and ISSMs - Department of Defense INFOSEC Training
Facility (DoD ITF)
Operational Information Systems Security � DoD ITF
Department of Defense Certification & Accreditation Process - DoD ITF
USAF Communications - Computer Systems Operator Certificate (Honor
Graduate)
Automated Message Handling System Administrators Course � Boeing
Corporation
USAF Trainer Certificate

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

The System Administrator�s Guild

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