todd harper

senior incident response handler

About

As a security incident responder and handler I am responsible for: incident response, event investigation and analysis and artifact analysis: including system logs, system memory and network traffic. I am an analyst at heart. I enjoy digging into system and network logs and participating in system and memory forensic analysis. I lead change across the organization by performing root cause analysis. The author of Adobe Incident Response Plan. Certifications: GREM GCFA GFNA GCIH GCFE SFCP

Country

united states

City

lehi

Industry

information technology and services

Skill

linux, perl, apache, bash, vmware, mysql, security, php, troubleshooting, integration, javascript, html, windows, scripting, iis, vmware esx, nagios, shell scripting, technical writing, information security, spanish

Experience

security administrator - operations team lead

adobe

2013-5 - 2014-3 · 11 mos

* Network monitoring * Forensic incident response * Operations Team Lead: * Central Authentication System design and implementation * Logical user access across 25000+ devices * Physical access management * Integration with other teams in the environment * Primary contact for all security related issues

security administrator

adobe

2012-2 - 2013-5 · 1 yr 4 mos

* Network monitoring * Central Authentication System design and implementation * Logical user access across 25000+ devices * Physical access management * Integration with other teams in the environment * Primary contact for all security related issues

noc system administrator

adobe

2010-5 - 2012-9 · 2 yrs 5 mos

* Provide Linux system support and troubleshooting for multiple products and devices * Provide prompt response to incoming server issues through individual diagnosis and repair as well as problem escalation * Managed communication across multiple teams to resolve issues * Designed and implemented tool to track unstable hardware * Create Perl, BASH, and PHP scripts that provide automation capability for the NOC environment * Document new processes and procedures, and update existing documentation to online wiki * Collaborate with other teams to provide higher levels of monitoring service for their products

teaching assistant

brigham young university

2008-1 - 2010-5 · 2 yrs 5 mos

* Supervised and coached 25+ students per semester with skills and best practices of web based programming through the use of a semester long lab built into a portable hard drive. * Debug student's faulty code * Languages: CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Perl, JSP, ASP.NET * Technologies: Apache, MySQL, Tomcat, IIS * Platforms: Ubuntu, Windows XP Pro (in VMware)

senior incident response handler

adobe

2014-3 - Present · 12 yrs 6 mos

* Authored Adobe Incident Response Plan * Lead highly sensitive, complex and confidential investigations into information security incidents * Coordinate and synchronize response actions through multiple personnel and organizations * Lead forensic investigations * Analyze impacted systems, logs, memory and other relevant artifacts * Lead RCA and Lessons Learned sessions * Improve policy, procedure and processes across organization * Create run-book processes * Mentor junior analysts