Information Assurance Research Engineer, CISSP, CISA
Lafayette, Indiana Area
- Current
-
- Partner at Watson & Hack LLC
- Information Assurance Research Engineer at Purdue University
- Independent Programmer and Experimenter (Self-employed)
- Past
-
- Product Manager at Sun Microsystems, Inc.
- Project Engineer at Professional Services (Sun Microsystems, Inc.)
- Member of Technical Staff at Sun Labs (Sun Microsystems, Inc.)
- UNIX Systems Administator (Co-Op student) at Northern Telecom and Bell Northern Research (now Nortel Networks)
- Education
-
- Purdue University
- Recommended
-
2 people have recommended Keith - Connections
-
73
connections
- Industry
- Research
- Websites
Keith Watson’s Summary
Engineer at the Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS) at Purdue University focused on a wide range of information security and assurance issues. Primarily interested in practical security and software architectures as well as intrusion detection, prevention, and especially mitigation. Experienced with technical security education of undergraduate and graduate students. Information security consultant to a federally-funded biosecurity network. Always interested in the failure of technology and the resulting impacts. Have non-security interests in social issues related to use and availability of pervasive technology and ubiquitous networking. Former researcher, security consultant, and product marketing manager at a large computer manufacturer.
Keith Watson’s Specialties:
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), NSA INFOSEC Assessment Methodology (IAM) and INFOSEC Evaluation Methodology (IEM) trained and certified, Adult CPR and First Aid certified, consulting, physical security assessment, policy development, research project management, technical product marketing, information assurance and security research, managing undergraduate and graduate students, software development
Keith Watson’s Experience
-
Partner
Watson & Hack LLC
(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)
April 2005 — Present (3 years 6 months)
Stealth mode startup exploring a variety of opportunities in information security and assurance.
-
Information Assurance Research Engineer
Purdue University
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
August 2002 — Present (6 years 2 months)
Manage research projects and students in information assurance and security. Manage research activities for the Poly^2 (pronounced "Poly-squared" meaning Poly-computer, Poly-network) project (NSF-funded). Manage development and distribution of the NIJ-funded File Hound project, a digital forensics tool. Contribute content to a "cookbook" on enterprise biometrics. Propose new research projects and areas of focus. Write research grant proposals to fund research activities. Work with CERIAS sponsors to address security issues. Guide independent study computer science students working on security research projects. Serve as a security consultant for the National Plant Diagnostic Network, a USDA-funded agriculture biosecurity network.
-
Independent Programmer and Experimenter
Self-employed
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 1992 — Present (16 years 2 months)
Constantly learning new software development techniques and tools. Experimenting with various programming languages to solve problems. Built a network of fourteen systems in a basement to practice system management. Customized a variety of UNIX-based operating systems for specific tasks (file and print server, router, firewalls, etc). Have experience with BSD 4.3, SunOS, Solaris, Trusted Solaris, Linux (many distributions), OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD, NEXTSTEP, Mac OS X, AIX, Ultrix, HP-UX, and Windows. Also, have programming experience with BASH/Bourne/Korn shell, FORTRAN, C, C++, Applescript, Objective-C, Cocoa Frameworks, Java, TCL, Ruby, and Perl. Hacked kernel code in FreeBSD for security experiments.
-
Product Manager
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SUNW; Computer & Network Security industry)
January 2001 — March 2002 (1 year 3 months)
Marketing strategy and activities for the security components of the Solaris(tm) Operating Environment and related security products. Manager and content creator for the primary security portal page on www.sun.com. Provided marketing input for the management of security vulnerabilities in Sun products. Collaborated with Solaris engineering and most security experts throughout the organization.
-
Project Engineer
Professional Services (Sun Microsystems, Inc.)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SUNW; Information Technology and Services industry)
November 1998 — January 2001 (2 years 3 months)
Supported Professional Services field engineers on security projects. Developed service methodology and training for secure Solaris projects. Assisted with development of service methodology for enterprise security assessments. Developed security software tools for Professional Services. Wrote several Sun BluePrints OnLine articles on Solaris security. Assisted with development of Titan and the Solaris Security Toolkit.
-
Member of Technical Staff
Sun Labs (Sun Microsystems, Inc.)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SUNW; Research industry)
June 1997 — November 1998 (1 year 6 months)
Developed distributed, decentralized network security software, the Sun Enterprise Network Security Service (SENSS). Conducted security research. Experimented with methods to detect vulnerabilities, manage patches, and collect security reports.
-
UNIX Systems Administator (Co-Op student)
Northern Telecom and Bell Northern Research (now Nortel Networks)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; NT; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 1995 — August 1995 (8 months)
Worked as Co-Op student during undergraduate education. Responsible for central UNIX user account management for North Carolina operations, second-line support for trouble tickets, and technical project work. Provided periodic after-hours support.
Keith Watson’s Education
-
Purdue University
BS, Computer Science, August 1992 — May 1997
Dean's List (Fall 1992, Spring 1993), Semester Honors (Fall 1992, Spring 1993, Fall 1993)
- Activities and Societies:
- Member of Alpha Lambda Delta and Phi Eta Sigma (freshman honoraries), Purdue Student Chapter of the ACM, the Offramp group, Purdue Daemons, independent security research, independent network experimentation
Additional Information
Keith Watson’s Websites:
Keith Watson’s Interests:
information assurance, operating system design, security assessment and evaluation, amateur radio (callsign: KF4HWT), classic arcade games
Keith Watson’s Groups:
International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC)2, Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), Purdue Amateur Radio Club
-
SUNAlumni -
Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP)
Keith Watson’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
