Martin Griffiths
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Martin Griffiths
Career Objective
I am seeking a senior management position, as a supervisor and a staff mentor, enabling staff to succeed at all levels.
Professional Profile
Highly skilled technologist with over 13 year’s progressive experience in information technology management. From operation support to enterprise critical support and configuration, with staff interviewing, project management and team lead experience in highly media visible, large scale, government and private industry partnerships. Skilled generalist and information security specialist with a history of technology adaptability.
Work Experience
BC Provincial Government, Citizens Services, Office of the Chief Information Officer, http://www.cio.gov.bc.ca/ September 2007 – Ongoing
Senior Security Analyst
I’m working as a member of the Advisory Services team. I perform Security Treat Risk Assessments as well as joining projects and initiatives to provide best practice security advice and policy. I’, the only member of the Information Security Branch to be privacy qualified as well as security qualified. This has led me to be involved in numerous privacy issues, as well as on the committee for the BC Government’s successful Privacy and Security Conference.
• Analysing the security of government projects and producing reports as required
• Worked on the compliance management team on the installation and use of the BC Provincial wide risk analysis software Citicus ONE
• Assessing project security through the ISO standards, ISF FIRM and Citicus ONEs ISF implementation, as well as recommending follow up actions
• Regularly handles multiple projects concurrently
• Has project and team lead experience
• Creates confidential reports on software and hardware vulnerabilities within the government’s estate
• Involvement with procurement processes and financial/contract negotiations
• Hold MCSE, CISSP, CISM and CIPP/C qualifications
EDS Advanced Systems, http://www.edsadvancedsystems.com April 2007 – August 2007
Senior Security Analyst
• Working within EAS on both internal and Ministry systems (Small Business Revenue, ICBC)
• Providing Threat Risk Assessments for new projects and software
• Creating and writing Security Policies for use within the company
• Providing advice for staff and customers on best practice for information security
• Creating new and higher levels of security infrastructure within the company
• Providing internal auditing for assessing the company’s ongoing security
• FOIPPA and PIPA trained by BC Government courses
EDS, http://www.eds.com
Information Security Consultant Apr 2004 – Sept 2006
• Security Project Manager provided security evaluations for projects within the UK government’s Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) contract
• The DWP contract is the largest civilian Microsoft Windows estate in the world
• Worked simultaneously on multiple projects, bringing every project in on time
• Project teams could vary in size markedly, members were fluid, joining and departing as required
• Provided initial checking and go-live auditing of a project’s security
• Visited and evaluated sites, checking the physical suitability for storing computer installations
• Reported to the head of security for the DWP contract
• Worked on the upgrade from Windows 2000 to Windows XP and on the Windows XP SP2 upgrade
• Secured computer equipment for further forensic investigation by the police
• Consulted at all levels within EDS on information security
• Sourced and supplied software recommendations based on customer requirements and budget
• Gained BS7799 2002:2 accreditation as a team; the first in EDS
• Studied for and passed CISSP
Project Analyst Nov 2003 – Apr 2004
• A highly technical background was a requirement for this position
• Lynchpin role for the organisation of the projects internal and customer facing documentation
• Wrote highly technical documentation for a wide variety of projects that varied in both scale and the technologies used
• Liaised with all levels within EDS to garner the information required for the project
• Created documentation appropriate for the intended audience irrespective of the readers technical ability
• Secured and managed the documentation server and intranet interface
• Created document templates that adhered to EDS standards, client expectations and international legal requirements
Senior Systems Administrator Sept 2002 – Nov 2003
• Managed the mission critical servers on the DWP estate
• Installation and configuration of PDCs, BDCs and servers in secured data centres
• Configuration of and troubleshooting of Forest, Tree, Domains, DHCP and DNS
• Checking and monitoring critical servers for security anomalies
• Troubleshooting and optimising of critical servers above third support
CSC, http://www.csc.com
Antivirus Team Lead Nov 1999 – Aug 2002
• Initially worked as third tier senior support with the CSC British Aerospace account
• Promoted to Antivirus Team Lead for Europe, Middle East and Africa
• Team lead to five members of staff
• Performed security checks of the estate for non-compliant software and images
• Updated antivirus product (McAfee ePO) weekly or on critical releases
• Wrote Visual Basic scripts for various estate functions
• Successfully led a project to reduce the volume of server disk usage across the estate
• Worked on the server and desktop upgrade of the estate from NT4 to Windows 2000.
• Passed MCSE
Schlumburger SEMA, http://www.slb.com/
Second Tier Support Aug 1998 – Oct 1999
Worked as second tier support on desktops and servers across the SEMA group estate. Employed directly after the contract win. This role involved a large number of organisation and set-up duties
• Built NT4 servers on the estate
• Set up local office desks, cabling and phones
• Trained less experienced staff
• Created and distributed ghosted desktops across the estate
• Interviewed potential staff
Vodaphone, http://www.singlepoint4u.co.uk
First Tier Support Feb 1998 – Jul 1998
• First tier support team this role involved desktop troubleshooting
• A hands on role in a busy call centre environment
• Ability to communicate well with non-technical users
• Set-up the NT4 desktop build for use within Singlepoint
• Provided user training and assistance
• Managed the server backup routine
Education
CISM 2010
CIPP/C 2008
CISSP 2006
MCSE, MCP & MCP + Internet 1999 – 2002
BA Honours Politics, University of Guildhall, London 1994-1997
Diploma Software Engineering, University of Salford 1992-1994
Affiliations
A member of ISACA, a global group promoting security awareness and education. Also a member of The International Association of Privacy Professionals.
CISSP, Sponsor is Robert W. Daniels, J.D., CISSP, Executive Vice President ISSA – http://www.issa.org
References
Karen Bolch, Compliance Manager, OCIO
Phil Holmstrom, CEO Nocturnal Security Services
Resume Date
February 28th 2010