Thomas Ryan

Current

• Security Contractor at Independent Consultant
• Team Captain/Owner at Black Cell Paintball
• Special Projects Chairman at OWASP NY-NJ Metro Chapter

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Past

• Richmond County Chairman at NY Veterans for John McCain
• Senior Security Consultant at Foundstone a Division of Mcafee
• Vice President at OWASP - NY Chapter

• Senior Security Engineer at VeriSign
• Lead Penetration Tester / Trainer at Vigilar, Inc.
• Senior Security Consultant / Lead Penetration Tester at Siegeworks International
• Vice President of Security Research and Development at NET2S
• CityTime Network Security Manager at City of New York
• Application Architect at Scholastic
• Weapons Technician at Department of the NAVY

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Connections

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Industry

Computer & Network Security

Websites

• OWASP NY/NJ Metro

Thomas Ryan’s Summary

Thomas Ryan’s Specialties:

Hacking, Penetration Testing, Security Training, Courseware Development, Social Engineering, Research and Development, Physical Security, Software Development, Document Security, Finding Legal Loopholes, Contract Negotiation, Executive Security, Military Tactics and Planning, Information Mining, Reconnaissance

Thomas Ryan’s Experience

• Security Contractor

  Independent Consultant

  (Computer & Network Security industry)

  May 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

  Sub-Contractor for LARES Consulting, P&G Associates, ASERO
  - Network Penetration Testin
  - Application Penetration Testing
  - Source Code Analysis
  - Red Teaming
  - Electronic Countermeasures
  
  Trainer for Insyte Training and 3SoftUSA
  - US Air Force Security+ Trainer
  - CEH, ECSA Instructor
  - Custom Red Team/Blue Team Training Classes
  - Custom Class Development

• Team Captain/Owner

  Black Cell Paintball

  (Sports industry)

  October 2006 — Present (2 years 10 months)

  National Professional Paintball League tournament paintball team.
  Currently Sponsored by:
  Top Gun Paintball
  Draxxus Paintball
  AllStar Paintball

• Special Projects Chairman

  OWASP NY-NJ Metro Chapter

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)

  August 2004 — Present (5 years)

• Richmond County Chairman

  NY Veterans for John McCain

  (Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  August 2008 — November 2008 (4 months)

• Senior Security Consultant

  Foundstone a Division of Mcafee

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; MFE; Computer & Network Security industry)

  February 2007 — June 2007 (5 months)

• Vice President

  OWASP - NY Chapter

  (Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; Security and Investigations industry)

  December 2003 — March 2007 (3 years 4 months)

  New York and New Jersey OWASP Merger!

• Senior Security Engineer

  VeriSign

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; VRSN; Computer & Network Security industry)

  October 2006 — February 2007 (5 months)

• Lead Penetration Tester / Trainer

  Vigilar, Inc.

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

  January 2006 — July 2006 (7 months)

• Senior Security Consultant / Lead Penetration Tester

  Siegeworks International

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)

  April 2005 — December 2005 (9 months)

• Vice President of Security Research and Development

  NET2S

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)

  May 2004 — April 2005 (1 year)

• CityTime Network Security Manager

  City of New York

  (Government Agency; Computer & Network Security industry)

  May 2002 — April 2004 (2 years)

• Application Architect

  Scholastic

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; SCHL; Publishing industry)

  1998 — 2000 (2 years)

• Weapons Technician

  Department of the NAVY

  (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; USN; Military industry)

  July 1990 — August 1994 (4 years 2 months)

Additional Information

Thomas Ryan’s Websites:

• OWASP NY/NJ Metro

Thomas Ryan’s Interests:

Paintball, Music, Hacking, Training, Drag Racing, NASCAR, Skiing, Social Engineering, Reverse Engineering, Security, Shooting, Military, Foreign Intelligence

Thomas Ryan’s Groups:

OWASP, INFRAGARD, WASC, ASIS, ISSA, BLACK HAT, DEFCON, NPPL, PSP, 2600

•    280 Group: Product Management & Product Marketing
•    OPEN Forum
•    RSA Conference
•    New York Metro InfraGard
•    Link-Military Veterans Employment (500+/Connected Yahoo Group)
•    Facebook.com
•    Plaxo.com
•    Security Crew
•    Mainframe Security Gurus
•    Link-Troops Support Network (250+/Connected Yahoo Group)
•    CISO: Meaningful Metrics
•    Link-Veterans (550+/Connected Yahoo Group)
•    Digital Forensics Association (DFA)
•    Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)
•    Information Systems Security Association (ISSA)
•    Black Hat
•    ISECOM
•    Information Security Community (30,000+ Members)
•    Speakers and Panelists
•    VeriSign Alumni Group
•    IT SECURITY EXPERT
•    Redteam: Association of Penetration Testers
•    New York Venture Community
•    Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
•    ISO 27000 for information security management (2000+)
•    The Web Application Security Consortium
•    Scholastic Employees & Alumni Network
•    Security Scraper
•    Vulnerability Researchers
•    NSA Information Assurance
•    CISO Survival Guides
•    CYBER WARFARE Forum Initiative - CWFI
•    HAKIN9 IT SECURITY MAGAZINE
•    Institute for Certified Application Security Specialist (ASS)
•    Intense School
•    Exotic Liability
•    Cloud Computing and the Tactical Warfighter

Thomas Ryan’s Honors:

Certified Ethical Hackers (C|EH)
EC-Council Certified Security Analyst (E|CSA)

Thomas Ryan’s Contact Settings

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