Thomas Ryan

Current

• Chief Security Architect at Critical Defence
• Team Captain/Owner at Black Cell Paintball
• Special Projects Chairman at OWASP NY-NJ Metro Chapter

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Past

• Security Contractor at Independent Consultant
• 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 Manager at Altria
• 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

• Chief Security Architect

  Critical Defence

  (Privately Held; Computer & Network Security industry)

  October 2009 — Present (2 months)

• Team Captain/Owner

  Black Cell Paintball

  (Sports industry)

  October 2006 — Present (3 years 2 months)

  National Professional Paintball League tournament paintball team.
  Currently Sponsored by:
  Top Gun Paintball
  AllStar Paintball
  Arsenal
  Redz
  Empire
  RPS

• Special Projects Chairman

  OWASP NY-NJ Metro Chapter

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

  August 2004 — Present (5 years 4 months)

• Security Contractor

  Independent Consultant

  (Computer & Network Security industry)

  August 2001 — October 2009 (8 years 3 months)

  Sub-Contractor for The Following Type of Projects:
  - Network Penetration Testing
  - 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

• 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 Manager

  Altria

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MO; Consumer Goods industry)

  2001 — 2001 (less than a year)

• 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, Intelligence

Thomas Ryan’s Groups:

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

•    New York Metro InfraGard
•    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
•    FreeMason Networking
•    VeriSign Alumni Group
•    Global Security Professional
•    Redteam: Association of Penetration Testers
•    NET2S alumni
•    Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
•    ISO 27000 for information security management (2000+)
•    The Web Application Security Consortium
•    Paintball Business Professionals
•    NSA Information Assurance
•    Friends of the Special Operations Warrior Foundation
•    Paintball enthusiast
•    USPL, US Paintball League "Your Paintball League"
•    CYBER SECURITY Forum Initiative - CSFI
•    Cloud Computing and the Tactical Warfighter
•    Jax Desmond Worldwide
•    Jax Desmond Worldwide - Exclusive Members Network

Thomas Ryan’s Honors:

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

Thomas Ryan’s Contact Settings

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