Rob Mason

Current

• Director ~ CLAS Consultant at Acasta Ltd.

Past

• Security Architect & Risk Management Consultant at Capgemini UK
• Information Security Consultant at Capita
• Technical Security Architect at Fujitsu Services

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Education

• Infosec Training Paths & Competencies
• Sheffield Hallam University
• Cranfield University

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Industry

Computer & Network Security

Rob Mason’s Summary

Rob is a security cleared and CESG listed Security Architect with advanced academic qualifications and industry certifications. He has over 20 years of valuable technical and business consulting skills acquired in demanding senior roles within UK Government and blue chip organisations. Excellent customer facing skills and expert abilities in: strategical and tactical risk management; project management; bid and proposal development, HMG accreditation; and compliance..

Rob Mason’s Specialties:

Security Skills: ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor qualified, ITPC Government Practitioner, HMG Infosec standards, Risk Management (CRAMM), policy and standards development, compliance auditing (PCI & ISO/IEC 27001).

Technical Skills: TCP/IP, Infrastructure Design, Penetration Testing (OSSTMM & OWASP), UNIX (various flavours), Perl, MUMPS, Visual Basic, SQL (various flavours), Forensic Computing.

Rob Mason’s Experience

• Director ~ CLAS Consultant

  Acasta Ltd.

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  July 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)

  Independent Information Security Consultant specialising in UK Government Information Assurance. Extensive experience across many industry sectors:
  
  ~ Law Enforcement
  ~ Health (NHS)
  ~ Utilities
  ~ Local & Central Government
  ~ Financial
  
  Expert skills in:
  
  ~ RMADS Authoring
  ~ IS1 & CRAMM Technical Risk Assessment
  ~ Technical Security Architecture (Infrastructure)
  ~ Compliance (ISO 27001 & PCI-DSS)
  ~ Procurement & bid team support

Additional Information

Rob Mason’s Groups:

Professional Member of the British Computer Society (MBCS)
Professional (Founder) Member of the Institute of Information Security Professionals (M.Inst.ISP)
ISC(2) Certified Information Security Systems Professional (CISSP)
CESG Listed Advisor

•    Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP)
•    Institute of Information Security Professionals
•    BSAC Divers Group
•    CLAS Consultants Network
•    BCS South Yorkshire Branch

Rob Mason’s Contact Settings

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