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Nathaniel Smith

Nathaniel Smith

Incident Response Investigator
Sydney,NSW

Summary

Investigator based in Sydney, Australia and part of a global Incident Response team servicing Asia-Pacific. Experienced security professional with a successful track record of delivering consulting services in the areas of incident response, cyber readiness and digital forensics across public, financial and retail sectors.

  • 17 years of experience in cybersecurity.
  • Lead forensic investigations for global companies suffering from ransomware attacks.
  • Facilitate tabletop exercises for executive and technical audiences.
  • Developed Security framework and process development plans for Global Cyber Security Operation Centers

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications

Certification

GIAC Security Essentials (GSEC) - Analyst #35829

Work History

Investigator - Incident Response

Accenture
Sydey , NSW
2020.05 - Current
  • Perform incident response for large enterprise customers dealing with medium to large scope, high impact cyber breaches and support detection and remediation phases.
  • Perform large-scale threat hunting across complex environments, leveraging endpoint and network-based technology.
  • Scope new incident response engagements Consult executives during the time of breach and incident response.
  • Facilitate tabletop exercises for executive and technical audiences.
  • Deliver in-person, first response training to technical staff.
  • Work with sales teams to identify opportunities and provide security solutions

Investigator - Incident Response

Symantec
Sydney , NSW
2019.01 - 2020.04
  • Current Investigator role started within Symantec Corporation. The Cyber Security Services (CSS) division was acquired by Accenture in April 2020.

Incident Responder

QBE Insurance Group Limited
Syndy , NSW
2017.01 - 2019.01
  • Developed a procedural set of responses to security threats.
  • Conducted threat hunts across the organization.
  • Responded to various cyber breaches occurring globally across the organization.
  • Live forensics, memory analysis and incident report writing.

Security Consultant

QBE North America
Madison , Wisconsin
2015.11 - 2017.01
  • Security framework and process development for a global security service including threat management and data governance policies.
  • Conducted workshops with business leaders to identify current threats, critical systems, and existing protection mechanisms.
  • Continuously improved global security policies, alerting, and response procedures.
  • Incident Response involving malware, phishing, permission abuse and facilitated business fraud or misconduct investigations with eDiscovery tools.
  • Verify vulnerabilities and assist application development teams with remediation.
  • Deployed new global PKI framework, key life-cycle management and Hardware security modules.
  • Business continuity manager for Security operations in North America. Created business impact analysis, solution design and conducted tabletop (DR scenarios) for core functions of Security Operations.

IS Technical Services Specialist

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Madison , Wisconsin
2014.10 - 2015.11
  • Web access gateway identity and access management.
  • Designed and implemented secure remote access across department.
  • Security baseline configuration maintenance and template servicing.
  • Server 2003 decommissioning and Application migration.

Network Services Specialist

Wisconsin Department of Justice
Madison , Wisconsin
2012.03 - 2014.10

Administration and Management of technical policies, security policies, standards and procedures which impact all networks, network hardware, software and protocols for the Wisconsin Department of Justice.

  • Conducted network audits of local law enforcement environments and assess controls securing criminal justice information.
  • Developed security incident response procedures and served as handler of events/incidents.
  • Identity and access management for internal and customer directories.
  • Performed internal eDiscovery investigations.

Network Support Specialist

Blain Supply
Janesville , Wisconsin
2005.04 - 2012.02
  • Established security policies and framework for network systems and PCI compliance.
  • Conducted network investigations.
  • Performed internal investigation and reporting for internet misuse and abuse events.
  • Firewall policy management.
  • Operational support for network, Point of Sale hardware and software.
  • Designed and evaluated WAN and LAN connectivity technologies.

Skills

    Incident Response Management

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Education

Associate of Science - Information Technology - Networking

Blackhawk Technical College, Janesville, WI
2003.08 - 2005.04

Timeline

GIAC Continuous Monitoring (GMON) - Analyst 788

2021-03

GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA) - Analyst 14016

2021-03
Investigator - Incident Response - Accenture
2020.05 - Current
Investigator - Incident Response - Symantec
2019.01 - 2020.04
Incident Responder - QBE Insurance Group Limited
2017.01 - 2019.01
Security Consultant - QBE North America
2015.11 - 2017.01
IS Technical Services Specialist - Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
2014.10 - 2015.11

GIAC Security Essentials (GSEC) - Analyst #35829

2014-09
Network Services Specialist - Wisconsin Department of Justice
2012.03 - 2014.10
Network Support Specialist - Blain Supply
2005.04 - 2012.02
Blackhawk Technical College - Associate of Science, Information Technology - Networking
2003.08 - 2005.04
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