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Steven Andrés
is the founder of Special Ops Security and serves as its
Chief Technology Officer. He is a Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) and
earned the distinctions of Certified Information Systems Auditor
(CISA) and the well-respected Certified Information Systems Security
Professional (CISSP). In addition to his for-profit endeavors, Andrés
is a professor of Cybersecurity within the Homeland Security Masters
Degree Program at San Diego State University. His published works
include his thesis Fourth & Fifth Generation Warfare:
Implications on Information Security as well as commercially
published books: the Security Sage's Guide to Hardening the
Network Infrastructure, the internationally best-selling
Hacking Exposed:
Fourth Edition, and
SPECIAL OPS:
Host and Network Security. As a
freelance writer for PC
World Magazine, his
articles on security best practices reached 4.5 million print
subscribers and were syndicated worldwide by IDG and its online
affiliates to over 15 million.
Before forming Special Ops Security, Andrés was the Director of
Technical Operations for Foundstone, a vulnerability management and
strategic security company acquired by McAfee in 2004, where he
created the award-winning Foundstone FS1000 Appliance, a
widely-recognized security platform for rapid-deployment of security
management solutions at dozens of Fortune 100 clients. While at
Foundstone, he designed vulnerability assessment systems for the
largest global ISP and led the team integrating real-world digital
risk telemetry to enterprise systems at the world's largest software
publisher.
Over a decade of cybersecurity attack and defense has allowed Andrés
to accumulate several accolades. In addition to the previously
mentioned CEH, CISA, and CISSP, he has earned distinctions in Architecture
(ISSAP), Management (ISSMP), and Risk (CRISC) as well as the INFOSEC
Professional designation jointly-issued by the National Security Agency
(NSA) and the Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS). He is listed
as a subject-matter expert for the Information Assurance Technology
Analysis Center (IATAC), chartered by the Department of Defense
Technical Information Center (DTIC). Vendor-specific
certifications include the Cisco Certified Network Professional
(CCNP), Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), Cisco Certified
Security Professional (CCSP), and Checkpoint Certified Security Engineer (CCSE).
Andrés earned a degree in Business and in Economics with a
specialization in Computing from the University of California Los
Angeles (UCLA) and advanced his education with a Masters of Science
degree in Homeland Security from San Diego State University. With
extensive experience managing high-availability networks in the
Entertainment, Health Care, Financial, and Higher Education
industries, he is frequently invited to speak on secure architecture
best practices and information security current events.
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