Max Allen

Current

• CLAS Consultant at Platinum Squared Ltd
• Owner at Platinum Squared Ltd

Past

• Manager at Accenture
• Principal Consultant at VEGA
• Principal Consultant at VEGA Group PLC

• Senior Consultant at Parsons Brinckerhoff
• Consultant at Insight Consulting Ltd
• CLEF Evaluator at Syntegra Ltd (BT Consulting)

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Education

• Bournemouth University
• The University of Northampton

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Max Allen’s Summary

A highly motivated and enthusiastic consultant with excellent communication and problem solving skills, a proactive team member with ability to work using own initiative. Max is dedicated to learning new skills and new challenges.

Security Cleared with 13 years IT experience (10 in security), CLAS & CHECK Team Member Qualified, with strong skills in Risk Analysis, BS 7799 procedures, Flash Multimedia development and systems administration. Specialising in Risk Analysis, Risk Management, BS 7799 (Certification and Compliance), NHSnet & GSI connectivity auditing, Internet security and Flash Media design.

Max Allen’s Specialties:

• CLAS consultant; CLAS Consultancy Courses
• Former CHECK Team Member
• Logica BS 7799 course and Insight BS 7799 course
• BSi Lead Auditor Course
• Insight CRAMM v.4 and v.5 user training
• F-Secure Residential VPN Course
• PB Trained Project Manager (multi-module course)
• Trained to use Unified Modelling Language (UML)
• Working towards Charter Engineer Status (CEng)

Max Allen’s Experience

• CLAS Consultant

  Platinum Squared Ltd

  (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

  November 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)

  See Below

• Owner

  Platinum Squared Ltd

  (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

  March 2005 — Present (4 years 9 months)

  Platinum Squared are an independent provider of HMG Information Assurance Services.
  
  Formed in 2005 by Michael Stimson and Max Allen, who have worked together over the last 10 years providing CLAS/HMG IA services.

• Manager

  Accenture

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ACN; Management Consulting industry)

  October 2007 — November 2008 (1 year 2 months)

  As previous. CLAS Consultant for the varied projects Accenture offered. Also sat on MSPIE for the CPNI.

• Principal Consultant

  VEGA

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  August 2004 — October 2007 (3 years 3 months)

  Senior Consultant: May 2005-August 2006
  Consultant: September 2004 - April 2005
  
  Lead Security Consultant on Accreditation programme for multinational Police Organisation
  • Risk Assessment and Management Review using CRAMM;
  • Author of System Specific Security Requirements Document Set (SSSR);
  • Author of derived Policies, Procedures and Metrics for Intelligence System;
  • Compliance Report for Certification.
  
  Security Consultant on a 2-man team for a Government/MoD Department
  • Aided the department in seeking BS 7799 compliance;
  • Risk Assessment and Management Review using CRAMM;
  • Accreditation Documents Set.
  
  Intranet Manager (Information Security)
  
  Lead Security Architect for multi-phase Satellite programme,
  • ADS creation and review;
  • Reviewed and updated the Security Architecture;
  • Author of SyOps, Clampdown Policies;
  • Liaised with DPA’s on Security Issues, Accreditation and CDRs;
  • Member of the project Security Working Group;
  • Managed CHECK reviews.

• Principal Consultant

  VEGA Group PLC

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  2004 — 2007 (3 years )

• Senior Consultant

  Parsons Brinckerhoff

  (Privately Held; Construction industry)

  September 2003 — September 2004 (1 year 1 month)

  • Systems Manager for London Underground project relating to Safety Standards
  • Managed the joint venture with Thales for SCADA Systems and IT Risk.
  • Senior Project Manager for Risk Analysis and ISO 17799 / BS 7799 work.
  • Lead Consultant Risk Analysis and Risk Management projects in Public and Private Sector.
  • Commercial Data Protection contact.
  • Presented to clients at meetings, training sessions and seminars on BS 7799 and Risk.
  • Responsible for the Internal Risk Assessment and Audit within groups in Parsons Brinckerhoff.
  • Written tailored Risk Management material for Internal and External publicity.
  • Thales Sub-consultant.

• Consultant

  Insight Consulting Ltd

  (Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 2000 — September 2003 (3 years 9 months)

  RISK AND CRAMM
  
  • Conducted Risk Analysis and Risk Management projects for both Public and Private Sector.
  • Completed CRAMM reviews for corporate applications and produce a BS 7799 SOA.
  • Written tailored ‘Management of Risk' frameworks across complete organisations.
  • Developed the updated CRAMM model for a ‘Generic Acute Sector’ hospital system
  • Project Manager for the Design and Creation of the Flash Interactive Walkthrough
  • Conducted a risk assessment of Social Services Departments within the London Boroughs.
  
  BS 7799 and BCM
  
  • Involved with many high and low level BS 7799 audits for both Public and Private Sector
  • Written procedures in accordance to BS7799 in Email, Internet, Incident Handling Etc..
  • Assisted a number of Government Departments and Agencies in GSI Compliance.
  • Lead Consultant on carrying out a Security Review against the NHS’s Code of Connection
  • Developed Flash interactive presentations, regarding BS 7799, DPA, RIPA and BCM.

• CLEF Evaluator

  Syntegra Ltd (BT Consulting)

  (Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  August 1998 — February 2000 (1 year 7 months)

  • Worked in the CLEF as a Security Systems Evaluator on ITSEC and Common Criteria evaluations, including MoD communication systems, firewalls and commercial packages.
  • Generated ITSEC deliverables, liaising with CESG and GCHQ.
  • Worked on settlement projects in the role of Security Systems Manager.
  • Operation and Management of secure components within the live network.
  • Performed regression testing on upgrades to key components of the security subsystem.
  • Development and presentation of customer training material.
  • Completed Y2K tests in relation to business continuity plans and strategies for the live system.

Max Allen’s Education

• Bournemouth University

  BSc (Hons) , Computer Science , 1997 — 1998

• The University of Northampton

  Diploma , Computer Science , 1995 — 1997

  Activities and Societies:

  Awarded Graduate of the Year Award - 1997 (Highest Grades for a Graduate in Business, Computing and Finance)

Additional Information

Max Allen’s Interests:

• MG sports cars, motorcycles, cult British films and collecting Rolling Stones memorabilia. • Competent French and basic German, learning Cornish. • Driving Licence: Full, clean.

Max Allen’s Groups:

CLAS Consultant
CHECK Team Memeber
BCS Certificate in IT Assurance
Lead Auditor (BS7799, ISO 27001)

•    Information Security Community
•    SC or DV Cleared Professionals (use it or lose it)
•    CESG CLAS Consultants
•    Hindsight
•    Infosec Training Paths and Competencies (ITPC)
•    CLAS CONSULTANT GROUP
•    UK InfoSec People
•    Rullion Security Cleared Professionals
•    CLAS Work
•    National Security & Resilience Group

Max Allen’s Honors:

• British Computing Society, Certificate in Information Security Management Principles (ISEB)
• WarGames: An overview of War Dialling; Insight on Risk

Max Allen’s Contact Settings

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• new ventures
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