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Michael R. Brown

Information Technology Security, Information Technology and Services

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Michael R. Brown's Bio:

Michael R. Brown; Sr. IT Security Administrator/Architect for a large sized company/organization. 20 years Information Technology Infrastructure administration, last 9 in the area of Information Security, with increasing levels of responsibility from a single site to corporate level. Master of Computer Science degree CISA & CISSP (working on PMP) Experiences: Security Scanning, Malware and Vulnerability Remediation IT Audit experience (internal compliance and security, SAS 70, SOX, HIPAA-HITECH) Security Metrics and compliance Overseen PCI-DSS system and compliance, SEPM, secure data transfers Business Impact Analysis (BIA), Business Continuety Planning (BCP), Disaster Recovery Planning (DRP) COBIT * ITIL * Six Sigma * CMM/CMMI Trainer/Presenter Attributes Managed projects of increasing complexity from small groups at a site to larger groups at a corporate/global level. Supervised over 20 sites for security compliance (patching, antivirus, site assessments, BCP/DRP, etc) Highly effective and result oriented in the achievement of set goals by ensuring that deliverables are ready when due. Detail oriented, good decision making and problem solving skills, excellent interpersonal and communication skills, ability to work in team and individual environment, work remotely, and work with collegues globally. Ability to handle multiple tasks concurrently.

Michael R. Brown's Experience:

  • HIPAA Privacy and Security Auditor at Stephen Douglas & Associates

    August 2013 - September 2013

    Contracted to conduct IT Security/HIPAA-HITECH audit for a medical practice firm based in Miami-Dade, with over 30 centers in the tri-county area and in other states. Conducted site audits, reviewed & revised internal security policies and created new ones, assisted firm with preparation for roll-out of electronic medical practice system.

  • IT Security Architect at Motorola Mobility

    July 2010 - March 2013

    Global IT Security Architect for Motorola Mobility, involved with IT security operations as part of CISO's team. Responsible for: * PCI-DSS management and compliance * Symantec Endpoint Protection * Full Disk Encryption * Secure file transfers, data security and privacy * OS baseline standards * Security exceptions & security policies Had involvement with: * Security Scanning (using Foundstone/McAfee Vulnerability Manager) * BigFix/Tivoli Endpoint Management * testing & evaluation of security systems such as Nexpose and others

  • Regional IT Security Administration- Americas at Motorola

    January 2010 - July 2010

    Oversaw the security at several Motorola facilities thru out the Americas (North and South), reporting on their results monthly and driving improvements. Security compliance included patching security vulnerabilities, ensuring SAV/SMS compliance, and related. Also oversaw any security outbreaks as needed.

  • Global IT Security Administrator- Compliance at Motorola

    2008 - 2010

    Part of the Global IT Security group for the company. Responsible for: * Security compliance * Security metrics Metrics were reported on a monthly basis, and showed our compliance for security patching, SMS/SAV compliance, security vulnerabilities and more. These metrics I developed myself.

  • Regional Security Administrator at Motorola

    January 2006 - December 2007

    Oversaw IT Security Compliance for several Motorola sites (originally sites in Florida & Latin American, later expanded to Americas West) Responsible for: * Security compliance * Antivirus compliance and remediation * Security patching/remediation * Update/testing of Business Continuity Plan (BCP) and Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) Involved as need with IT Security audits that included SOX, SAS 70 and internal audits. Involved with any security outbreaks that occured.

  • Site Security Administrator at Motorola

    February 2004 - December 2007

    Oversaw IT Security at Motorola's Plantation facility Responsible for: * Security compliance * Antivirus compliance and remediation * Security patching/remediation * Update/testing of Business Continuity Plan (BCP) and Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) Involved as need with IT Security audits that included SOX, SAS 70 and internal audits.

  • Lead Windows Administrator at Motorola

    October 1996 - February 2004

    Involved with site's migration from Unix-based system to Windows NT/2000-based system. Dealt with documentation/standards, setup and maintained servers and Exchange email system. Responsible for backups and system images. Overtime, many of these tasks migrated to others as support group grew, and my involvement was to oversee things. In addition, my organization had a CMM-based development methodology, so was involved with improvement with this methodology over time. We were eventually assessed at CMM Level 3. Later we looked at COBIT and ITIL.

  • Systems Administrator at Motorola

    February 1996 - October 1996

    Was responsible for servers as our local site, which included Unix (Sun/Solaris and HP) and Windows. Later became the Lead Windows NT admin as we setup and moved to Windows from Unix, including the setup of Domain servers and Exchange servers (which I also admined). Also set down procedures and created the first Windows workstation image used.

  • Systems Administrator at IBM

    January 1994 - January 1996

    Administrated the AIX (RS/6000 based and PC-based) servers and workstations for a large development group. This included Unix mail. Tasks included setting up systems and accounts for users, setting up any development systems and networks for teams within the group. Also responsible for setting up and managing access to development work that needed to be secured.

Michael R. Brown's Education:

  • Nova Southeastern University

    1998 – 2001

  • Florida Atlantic University

    1990 – 1993
    Master of Computer Science
    Concentration: Computer Science

Michael R. Brown's Interests & Activities:

IT Security, Endpoint Security, Data Security, Security Compliance, IT Audit, IT Metrics, Mobile Device Security, MDM, IT Governance; Community Service, Scouting




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