Ron Simmons

Current

• Mentor at SANS Institute
• Sr. Infrastructure Technologist at Sempra Energy

Past

• Security Administrator at San Diego County Credit Union
• Sr Security Administrator at ICW Group
• Professional Services Manager at Rackspace Manged Hosting

• Manager at Data Return

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Education

• My Self

Recommended

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Connections

221 connections

Industry

Computer & Network Security

Ron Simmons’s Summary

Information systems Security professional that enjoys educating the public on how to keep kids safe on line and protection from identity theft. I have experience in forensics, network and systems design for e-commerce, network and system lock down, compliance and regulatory issues, along with policy and procedure.

Ron Simmons’s Specialties:

Compliance, Risk Management, Incident Response, Information Security, Policies and Procedures, Forensics, Penetration Testing, Network Security, E-commerce Security

Ron Simmons’s Experience

• Mentor

  SANS Institute

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

  October 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)

  A Mentor instructor for the Security 504: Hacker Techniques, Exploits and Incident Handling class

• Sr. Infrastructure Technologist

  Sempra Energy

  (Public Company; Utilities industry)

  January 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)

• Security Administrator

  San Diego County Credit Union

  (Non-Profit; 501-1000 employees; Banking industry)

  December 2005 — January 2008 (2 years 2 months)

• Sr Security Administrator

  ICW Group

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Insurance industry)

  September 2003 — December 2005 (2 years 4 months)

  As the SR Security Administrator of ICW Group, my responsibilities included the creation and updating of all policy's and procedures for security, compliance as it related to IT security, security of all application systems, Operating Systems, and network equipment owned and operated by ICW Group. Took on additional responsibilities outside my normal job responsibilities to include, SAN Administration, and Systems Administration. I was the ICW Technical Lead on numerous projects ensuring for security and high availability, while enabling internal employees and our external agents to be more effective in the business they conduct.

• Professional Services Manager

  Rackspace Manged Hosting

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  March 2002 — June 2003 (1 year 4 months)

  As the Manager of Professional Services responsibilities included the management, mentoring, and providing a point of technical escalation for three teams (ten engineers), Information Security and Custom Network department, Acceptable Use (AUP) Department and the Managed Storage department (Backup and Storage Area Network, SAN).

• Manager

  Data Return

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; DRTN; Information Technology and Services industry)

  2000 — 2001 (1 year )

Ron Simmons’s Education

• My Self

  Other , Information Systems , 1999 — 2006

  Obtained, CISSP, GCWN, GCIA, GCIH, and GCFA.

Additional Information

Ron Simmons’s Interests:

Network Security, Digital forensics, Incident Response, System Security

Ron Simmons’s Groups:

CISSP
ISACA
OWASP
InfraGard

•    Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP)
•    Executive Suite
•    The Security Catalyst Community
•    Security Crew
•    GIAC, Global Information Assurance Certification
•    Log Analysis Professionals
•    National Information Security Group
•    Information Security Peers - San Diego
•    GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst
•    Global Security Professional
•    The Web Application Security Consortium
•    Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
•    International Information Systems Forensics Association
•    HISP
•    Internet Security Operations Community
•    Security Twits
•    Forensic Focus
•    Event log management, security and monitoring
•    Risk, Regulation & Reporting
•    Cloud Security Alliance
•    WAST - Web Application Security Testing
•    GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
•    GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA)
•    Metasploit Framework Users Group
•    BankInfoSecurity Forum

Ron Simmons’s Contact Settings

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• new ventures
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• business deals
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