Christian Heinrich

Education

• Airtight Networks
• Foundry Networks
• Riverbed

• SANS
• SANS
• TaoSecurity
• TaoSecurity
• TaoSecurity
• Aruba
• CyberGuard
• Enterasys
• Lucent
• SANS Darling Harbour 2002 Conference
• Checkpoint
• Microsoft
• Microsoft
• Microsoft
• Sun Microsystems
• Sun Microsystems
• Sydney Insitute of Technology TAFE
• Sydney Insitute of Technology TAFE
• Northen Sydney Institute of TAFE

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• Public Speaking Schedule
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Christian Heinrich’s Summary

Last Updated: 2 July 2008

Christian Heinrich has over twelve years of professional experience and formal training in diverse disciplines of Security ranging from Locksmith, Shot Firer, Body Guard, IT Engineer and Chief Security Officer.

Christian Heinrich has been promoted several times within the Australian Government based on his performance within projects for the Defence and Intelligence Services. By reputation, this lead to several more projects within the Four Major Banks of Australia and other Critical Infrastructure and is regarded as the "Thought Leader" for Security within the Media and Entertainment industry.

Christian Heinrich has presented on both technical security and governance at a number of professional industry forums, including:
• The recent OWASP AppSec Conference in Australia and upcoming OWASP AppSec Conference in New York in October 2008.
• RUXCON 2K5 and RUXCON 2k6.

Christian Heinrich has contributed to numerous security articles in “The Australian” newspaper, online at ZDNet Australia and Computerworld.

Christian Heinrich is the “Organizer” of the Snort NIDS and IPS User Group (SUG) for Australia and New Zealand.

Christian Heinrich has also been selected for the Australian Attorney General’s Trusted Information Sharing Network for Critical Infrastructure Protection – Computer Network Vulnerability Assessment Program (CNVA).

Christian Heinrich has also completed Security Measure Testing for the NSW Government as part of their Contract 2319 – Information Security Products and Services and presented to their internal Security Management Forum.

Christian Heinrich holds multiple Security certifications, including:
• SANS Firewalls, Perimeter Protection and VPNs (GCFW)
• Aruba Wireless Network Certified Associate (ACA)
• CyberGuard Firewall Security Administrator (CFSA)
• Checkpoint Certified Security Engineer (CCSE)

Christian Heinrich’s Specialties:

Security Clearances:
- DoD SECRET
- DIMA PROTECTED
- AFP Certificate.

Defense Signals Directorate:
- PSM
- ASCI 33
- Gateway Certication Guide

NSW Government Contract 2319

Peneteration Testing and Vuln. Disclosure:
- CNVA
- OSSTMM
- CVSS

Governance:
- ISO 27001, ISO/IEC AS/NZS 17799, AS 4444, AS 7799
- AS 4360
- COBIT
- PCI DSS

Conducting Media Relations as a result of Incident Response (IR).

Physical Security:
- ASIO T4
- Explosives
- Alarms
- Electronics

Christian Heinrich’s Education

• Airtight Networks

  Certification, Wireless Intrusion Prevention, 2007 — 2007

• Foundry Networks

  Course, Installation and Deployment of an IronPoint Mobility Wireless Network, 2007 — 2007

• Riverbed

  Certification, Managing and Deploying Riverbed Steelhead Appliances, 2007 — 2007

• SANS

  Security 452, IP Packet Analysis, 2007 — 2007

• SANS

  Security 550, Google Hacking and Defense, 2007 — 2007

• TaoSecurity

  Tutorial, Network Incident Response, 2007 — 2007

  Taught by Richard Bejtlich during AusCERT2007

• TaoSecurity

  Tutorial, Network Forensics, 2007 — 2007

  Taught by Richard Bejtlich during AusCERT2007

• TaoSecurity

  Masterclass, Network Security, 2007 — 2007

  Taught by Richard Bejtlich

• Aruba

  Certification, Aruba Certified Technical Sales Engineer, 2006 — 2006

• CyberGuard

  Certificate of Completion, CyberGuard Firewall Security Administration, 2005 — 2005

  Qualified for CyberGuard Firewall Security Administration (CFSA)

• Enterasys

  Certification of Accopmlishment, Enterasys Dragon IDS/IPS Secure Networks Advance Course, 2005 — 2005

• Lucent

  Certification, Lucent Security Profesional, 2005 — 2005

• SANS Darling Harbour 2002 Conference

  Certificate of Completion, Firewalls, Perimeter Protection and VPNs, 2002 — 2002

  Qualified for GIAC Certified Firewall Analyst (GCFW) [http://www.giac.org/certifications/security/gcfw.php

• Checkpoint

  Course Completion, Checkpoint VPN Firewall-1 - Management II, 2001 — 2001

  Qualified for Checkpoint Certified Security Engineer (CCSE).

• Microsoft

  Microsoft Certified Professional, Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, 1999 — 1999

  Qualified for Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE).

• Microsoft

  Microsoft Certified Professional, Microsoft Certified Professional, 1999 — 1999

  Qualified for Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP).

• Microsoft

  Microsoft Certified Professional, Microsoft Certified Professional + Internet, 1999 — 1999

  Qualified for Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) + Internet

• Sun Microsystems

  Certification of Completion, Introduction to Java Programming, 1997 — 1997

• Sun Microsystems

  Certification of Completion, Java Application Programming, 1997 — 1997

• Sydney Insitute of Technology TAFE

  Statement of Attainment, Explosives, 1997 — 1997

  Qualified for NSW Powderman's Certificate of Competency for Agricultural Blasting (Class PAA-AGG BLAST-C) and Seismic Blasting (Class PSC-SIESMIC WK-C).

• Sydney Insitute of Technology TAFE

  Statement of Attainment, Electronic Security Installers, 1997 — 1997

  Qualified for NSW Security License

• Northen Sydney Institute of TAFE

  Certificate, Electronics Technology, 1994 — 1995

Additional Information

Christian Heinrich’s Websites:

• Twitter
• Public Speaking Schedule
• Travel Schedule

Christian Heinrich’s Interests:

IT Security - UNIX, Windows, PERL, Python, Ruby Electronics Cryptoanalysis and Discrete Mathematics Physical Security - Alarms, Locksmithing, Locksport (e.g. TOOOL), Safe Cracking, Body Guarding, Covert Surveillance Self Defense - Boxing, Thai Boxing Game Theory

Christian Heinrich’s Groups:

CitySEC - "EurekaStockadeSEC" (AU) and "BlackSheepSEC" (NZ)

OWASP Individual Member
Feb 2008 - Australia AppSec 2008 Conference - "Google Hacking" and “Application Security Threats Commonly faced by Organisations!” Panel


Foundation Member of Aruba "The Edge" Wireless Network Community [http://edge.arubanetworks.com/about].

RUXCON [www.ruxcon.org.au]:
2K5 - Topic "Defeating Network Intrusion Detection and Prevention"
2K6 - Topic "Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)"

AISA
June 2000 - Sydney Branch Meeting -"Transport Layer Security - The Negation of the Firewall"
July 2007 - Risk Management SIG - "Common Vulnerability Scoring System"

Security Camp Oz [http://www.securitycampoz.com/] - October 2007 - "Common Vulnerability Scoring System and the Microsoft Severity Matrix"

ACM Computer Security Day [http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=8172] - November 2007 - "Google Hacking"

•    RSA Conference member
•    Python Community member
•    Society for Computers and Law member
•    Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) member
•    Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) member
•    Professional Speakers and Seminar Leaders member
•    Black Hat member
•    ISECOM member
•    Perl Mongers member
•    SANS Institute Alumni member
•    DEFCON member
•    Penetration Testers Anonymous member
•    NSA-IAM member
•    USENIX Association member
•    IT audit member
•    Ethical Hacker member
•    Security Bloggers Network member
•    SOURCE Boston member
•    The Web Application Security Consortium member
•    Application, Network Performance & Security Testing member
•    GNUCITIZEN Partners & Friends member
•    GNUCITIZEN.NET member
•    Open Compliance & Ethics Group (OCEG) member
•    NYSEC member
•    ChiSec member
•    SecuraBit member
•    ShmooCon member
•    Nagios Users member
•    Security Podcasts member
•    VoIPSA member

Christian Heinrich’s Honors:

News Limited - Received Commendation from CEO, John Hartigan and COO, Peter Macourt for Valentine’s Day web portal, generating revenue in excess of 3.5 million dollars.

News Limited - Provided IT Support for Lachlan Murdoch (News Corporation) when in Australia.

AusCERT2007 - Hosted Richard Bejtlich (TaoSecurity) Network Security Masterclass in Sydney

RUXCON 2K6 - Administered Aruba Wireless Network

Technical Certifications:
- CCSE (Checkpoint Firewall-1)
- CCSA (Checkpoint Firewall-1)
- CFSA (CyberGuard Firewall)
- LSP (Lucent Firewall)
- GCFW (SANS GIAC)
- ACA (Aruba Wireless)
- MCSE (Microsoft)

Current Studies
- CWSP (Vendor Agnostic Wireless Security)
- CISSP

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