Paul Laudanski

Current

• Senior Manager of Investigations at Microsoft

Past

• Founder and Owner at CastleCops
• 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

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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.

His online experiences start back in the days of the Commodore-64 with 300 baud connections (experimenting with BBS's and modem file transfer protocols such as Kermit, Ymodem, Zmodem, Xmodem), the creation of the Centipede Network for Poetry and Prose (an alt.centipede remnant), and a SysOp of a Fidonet node (via PCBoard). The more recent milestones include the development of online community portals (such as PHP-Nuke CMS) and CastleCops with its online security vision.

Just prior to his new position with Microsoft, Paul was awarded the volunteer Microsoft MVP in Windows and Consumer Security multiple times.

His goals include enabling netizens in achieving a safer and more secure Internet experience.

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 of Investigations

  Microsoft

  (Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

  May 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

  Paul is an investigator within the Legal & Corporate Affairs Internet Safety Enforcement Team supporting Microsoft's Worldwide Internet Safety Enforcement programs. He oversees investigations relating to fraud, phishing, and spam across Microsoft's Online Services.

• Founder and Owner

  CastleCops

  (Privately Held; Computer & Network Security industry)

  September 2001 — December 2008 (7 years 4 months)

  UPDATE: CastleCops closed on 23 Dec 2008.
  
  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.

Paul Laudanski’s Education

• Rider University

  BA , Mathematics , 1996 — 1998

Additional Information

Paul Laudanski’s Honors:

2005 Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Windows Security
2006 Microsoft MVP Windows Security
2006 NCFTA & IC3 Award
2007 Microsoft MVP Windows Security
2008 Microsoft MVP Consumer Security