Paul Laudanski

Current

Senior Manager, Investigations at Microsoft
Technical Advisor at Digital Phishnet
Founder and Owner at CastleCops

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Past

Analyst & Engineer at Comcast IP Services
Asst. Vice President at HSBC Securities, Inc
Senior Client Liasion & Webmaster at Bristol-Myers Squibb

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Education

Rider University

Recommended

80 people have recommended Paul

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Security and Investigations

Paul Laudanski’s Summary

Paul is an Internet crime investigator. He speaks at conferences and works regularly with law enforcement and security professionals targeting various threat landscapes. He has the ability to develop the right tools to address crimes on the Internet and forge new relationships which maximize those results.

Paul Laudanski’s Specialties:

Internet security: anti- phishing spam and malware, application development, system hardening. Scripting and programming languages, *nix and windows architectures, security assessment and implementation.

Paul Laudanski’s Experience

Senior Manager, Investigations

Microsoft

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

May 2008 — Present (6 months)

Investigator supporting the company's Internet Safety worldwide enforcement programs. Oversees investigations relating to phishing, spam, and other online (Live.com properties) consumer protection and fraud threats.
Technical Advisor

Digital Phishnet

(Non-Profit; Internet industry)

September 2007 — Present (1 year 2 months)

http://www.digitalphishnet.org/
Founder and Owner

CastleCops

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

September 2001 — Present (7 years 2 months)

Responsible for the day-to-day operations and services of the CastleCops properties including server management, web application development, overseeing technical support, team building, public speaking and innovating new services and products with a central focus on Internet security and privacy.

CastleCops Core Services:

- Hijackthis Malware Removal
- Malware Incident Reporting and Termination
- Phishing Incident Reporting and Termination
- Research Database Lists and Global Mirrors
- Rootkit Removal
- SecCheck Malware Removal
- Spam Incident Reporting and Termination
- SRT
- Webserver Incident Reporting and Termination

Each of these have their own training academies taught on site.

The CastleCops family of sites run on FreeBSD, RedHat, and SuSE with MySQL and Apache/PHP/PERL.
Analyst & Engineer

Comcast IP Services

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CMCSA; Telecommunications industry)

June 2002 — July 2005 (3 years 2 months)

Worked on DHCP/DNS engineering and on configuration management.
Asst. Vice President

HSBC Securities, Inc

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; HBC; Investment Banking industry)

December 2000 — August 2001 (9 months)

Enabled and supported technologies in the fixed income and equities markets.
Senior Client Liasion & Webmaster

Bristol-Myers Squibb

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BMY; Pharmaceuticals industry)

1997 — December 2000 (3 years)

Supported PRI Regulatory Affairs.

Also served as a Deputy Chief for a medical emergency response unit sanctioned by the company.