John C. A. Bambenek, GCIH, CISSP

Current

• Principal Consultant at CIBER
• Assistant Editor at BC Magazine
• Freelance Journalist (Self-employed)

• Executive Director at The Tumaini Foundation
• Writer at Illinois Review
• Consultant / Course Developer at SANS Institute

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Past

• Research Programmer at University of Illinois
• Columnist at Daily Illini
• Senior Consultant at Cap Gemini Ernst & Young

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Education

• Franciscan University of Steubenville
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Connections

245 connections

Industry

Computer & Network Security

Websites

• My Blog
• My Website
• My Company

John C. A. Bambenek, GCIH, CISSP’s Summary

Information Security - 9 years
Op-Ed Columnist - 3 years
Philanthropy - 2 year

John C. A. Bambenek, GCIH, CISSP’s Specialties:

Network security, information security, intrusion detection, forensics

John C. A. Bambenek, GCIH, CISSP’s Experience

• Principal Consultant

  CIBER

  (Public Company; CBR; Information Technology and Services industry)

  September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

  Security analyst for major financial services firm providing consulting in emerging threat mitigation, cybercrime prevention and incident response.

• Assistant Editor

  BC Magazine

  (Privately Held; Online Media industry)

  November 2006 — Present (3 years 1 month)

  Assistant editor for Politics at BC Magazine (www.blogcritics.org) with 100-150,000 readers daily.

• Freelance Journalist

  Self-employed

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Newspapers industry)

  August 2006 — Present (3 years 4 months)

  Freelance journalism writing political commentary, social commentary, or religious issues. Also doing book and movie reviews.

• Executive Director

  The Tumaini Foundation

  (Non-Profit; Philanthropy industry)

  January 2006 — Present (3 years 11 months)

  Fundraising and organization for charity to send school and medical supplies to Tanzanian schools and orphanages to help AIDS orphans.

• Writer

  Illinois Review

  (Computer & Network Security industry)

  2005 — Present (4 years )

• Consultant / Course Developer

  SANS Institute

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)

  May 1999 — Present (10 years 7 months)

  Wrote course material, graded exams, wrote quizzes, Handler at Internet Storm Center

• Research Programmer

  University of Illinois

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

  February 2002 — September 2008 (6 years 8 months)

  Maintained network and servers for research department. Secured network and investigated incidents. Provided knowledge in information security to researchers.

• Columnist

  Daily Illini

  (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Newspapers industry)

  August 2005 — November 2006 (1 year 4 months)

  Wrote columns on politics, current events, and culture.

• Senior Consultant

  Cap Gemini Ernst & Young

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer & Network Security industry)

  December 1999 — September 2003 (3 years 10 months)

  Sun Microsystems System Engineer
  Project Manager

John C. A. Bambenek, GCIH, CISSP’s Education

• Franciscan University of Steubenville

  MA , Theology , 2005 — 2009

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  1995 — 1999

Additional Information

John C. A. Bambenek, GCIH, CISSP’s Websites:

• My Blog
• My Website
• My Company

John C. A. Bambenek, GCIH, CISSP’s Interests:

journalism, blogging, computer security, information security, philanthropy, computers, internet, religion, catholicism, theology, training, freelancing, opinion journalism, writing

John C. A. Bambenek, GCIH, CISSP’s Groups:

EDUCAUSE, Internet Storm Center, Security Crew

•    Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP)
•    OSSEC
•    Carnival of the Capitalists
•    Internet Storm Center Handlers
•    Security Crew
•    UIUC Networking
•    Black Hat
•    GIAC, Global Information Assurance Certification
•    Information Security Community
•    Computer Security and Forensics
•    Homeland Security
•    University of Illinois Alumni Association
•    Cap Gemini Alumni
•    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Alumni Group
•    InLinked Cyber Crimes Group
•    Security Leaders Group
•    Conservative Networking
•    Financial Crime Risk, Fraud and Security
•    Internet Security Operations Community
•    InfraGard National Members Alliance [READ Directions for Joining Carefully]
•    SANS Authors Only - Courseware Development Group
•    Cognitive Gamers
•    Penetration Testing Experts

John C. A. Bambenek, GCIH, CISSP’s Honors:

CISSP - Certified Information Systems Security Professional
Devos Freedom Center Award
Sprint Values Excellence Award

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