Uncommon.

InfoSec.

Investigative & Financial Journalist
Entrepreneur
Consultant
Content Strategist
Thought Leader
…allowing me to master eclectic skills in different industry domains.

Gained access to isolated, 20-acre high-security complex where Australia detained Afghan and Iraqi refugees after 9/11. Wrote story for The New York Times that ran Sunday on A1.
Investigative work resulted in stories that were published in The Wall Street Journal that revealed bank and securities law violations and drew regulatory scrutiny.
Oversaw disaster recovery and risk-management challenges when my consulting firm’s managed service provider suffered a cyber attack 3 years after I started the business.
Created plan to increase security posture — assessed threats, vulnerabilities and risks related to firm’s most critical functions, assets and data.
Took over network administration and all related functions—including Identity and Access Managment— after managed service provider and website host got hacked.
Solely responsible as network administrator since 2013.

Certified Information Systems Security Professional
ISC(2) [ID/Exam# 120183]
(Provisionally passed March 3, 2023.)
Certified Information Privacy Professional/US
International Association of Privacy Professionals [Cert# 0005749651]
CompTIA [ID# COMP00102209136]
Certified Cybersecurity Awareness Professional
[#10241]

"I decipher cyber."

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"I decipher cyber." ~

Effective awareness programs that inspire behavior change and fortify enterprise security posture.

Calm and clear crisis communication with C-suite and other stakeholders around data breaches and incident response issues.

Proactive solutions to mitigate risk and minimize the largest attack surface— the human layer of cybersecurity.