David S.
About David S.
David S. is a Lead Associate at Fannie Mae in Reston, Virginia, with extensive experience in cybersecurity, risk assessment, and compliance frameworks.
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David S. is currently employed as a Lead Associate at Fannie Mae in Reston, Virginia, United States.
Professional Experience
David S. has extensive experience in various roles within IT and cybersecurity. He has served as a Senior Consultant at Optiv Inc for a year from 2021 to 2022, where he mentored lower-level associates and led critical initiatives in financial institutions. Prior to this, he spent five years from 2016 to 2021 as an IT Consultant in Virginia. His career also includes a four-year tenure as a Senior Supervisory Intelligence Analyst at Sotera Defense Solutions, Inc., based in the Washington D.C. Metro Area from 2012 to 2016. Furthermore, David has six years of experience as a HUMINT Targeter at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 2006 to 2012 in the Washington DC-Baltimore Area.
Education and Certifications
David S. completed his Cybersecurity Certification at American University between 2020 and 2021. He also holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Administration from Palm Beach Atlantic University, achieved within a four-year period from 2001 to 2005. Additionally, he earned a Bachelor's degree in Organization Leadership from the same university within a year from 2001 to 2002.
Technical Skills and Cybersecurity Expertise
David S. possesses advanced knowledge in several cybersecurity frameworks such as NIST, COBIT, HIPAA, NYDFS, GLBA, and CSF. His technical skills span networking security, including expertise with SIEM, Whitelisting, Sequel, Splunk, OSPF, EIGRP, and log analysis. He is proficient with tools like Kali, Hydra, Wireshark, Nagios, Honeypots, Nessus, and Swimlane. David has substantial experience in cloud infrastructure administration, specializing in AWS and shared responsibility models.
Projects and Initiatives
David S. has significantly contributed to various projects and initiatives throughout his career. At Fannie Mae, he developed a detailed dashboard for FEDramp product development, incorporating controls such as NIST, IL4-6, CJIS, PCI, PHI, Azure, AzureGOV, AWS, Google, and Zero Trust. He also led the remediation of gaps to compliance with enterprise risk appetite. Additionally, while at Optiv Security, he conducted FFIEC CAT assessments and developed unified control frameworks for financial institutions. His expertise includes performing risk and compliance assessments for federal compliance strategies, implementing frameworks like NIST 800-53, NIST 800-171, CMMC, DFARS 7012-19-20-21, GDPR, and CCPA.