Darren Bounds

Jacksonville, FL

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Who is going to win this year's Super Bowl?

Don't know. Don't care.

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Work history

Vurv Technology April 2005 to the present
Information Security Officer

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How would you describe your time at Vurv Technology?

Development and Management of an Information Security program for an on-demand (SaaS) software suite supporting over 46,000,000 users and 800+ customers including 31 of the Fortune 100.

* Staff of 4 talented security analysts with 10 dotted-line operational reports
* Development of comprehensive policies, standards and technical strategies to balance security recommendations with business needs
* Lead the tight integration of Information Security into the Vurv Software Delivery Methodology (VSDM), resulting in a 91% reduction in pre-release application security vulnerabilities over 18

months
* Implementation of robust, interactive technical security awareness programs targeting application development and operational teams
* Oversee the design and management of the global network security infrastructure, including:
> Intrusion Detection and Prevention systems
> Firewalls and VPNs
> Authentication systems
> Network, Application and Host vulnerability assessment services
* Lead Disaster Recovery and Business continuity efforts resulting in the most competitive published Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) within the Talent Management space
* Management of 3rd party SAS70 and ISO 17799:2005/27002 audit efforts
* Development of a high performance, passive HTTP analysis engine and subsequent behavior-based web application network intrusion detection system and many other valuable custom application

security tools.
* Extensive C, C#, ASP.NET, Perl and Python software development... read more
Office Depot June 2002 to April 2005
Chief Security Architect

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How would you describe your time at Office Depot?

Management of Office Depot???s global security posture and proactive protection of a twenty million dollar a day e-Commerce infrastructure:

* Staff of 7 security professionals
* Development of policies and technical strategies to balance security recommendations with business needs
* Oversee the design and management of the Office Depots global network security infrastructure, including:
> Intrusion Detection and Prevention systems
> Firewalls and VPNs
> Authentication systems
> Network, Application and Host vulnerability assessment services
* Manage Network and Application Security teams through routine customer security assessments to evaluate the integrity of their network, host and application infrastructure and provide

recommendations
* Provide guidance to application development teams on secure development practices as well as assist in regular source code security reviews and web-based application security assessment
* Staying abreast of industry best practices in information security management techniques and integrate new methods and tools as appropriate to improve the Office Depot global security posture and

proactively defend a twenty million dollar a day e-Commerce infrastructure
* Regulatory compliance analysis (VISA CISP, Sarbanes Oxley, HIPAA)
* Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity policy and procedure development
* Provide guidance and consultation to Fortune 150 executives and present IT security strategic initiatives
* Extensive C, C#, PHP, Perl and Python software development... read more
Hush Communications January 1999 to August 2001
Team Leader, Network Security

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How would you describe your time at Hush Communications?

Provide leadership to Network Security team to insure the stability and integrity of Hush security services:

* One of a small group of software developers who created the world???s first web-based email system to provide full end-to-end public key cryptography (http://www.hushmail.com)
* Team leader for 3 information security analysts
* Define overall security strat`egies and procedures
* Develop and implement network-based intrusion detection infrastructure
* Define global firewall / VPN architecture
* Work closely with operations team to monitor stability and performance and ensure 24x7 operation
* Lead network vulnerability assessments and help Hush Engineers by reviewing designs for security issues
* Involved in web application security assessment and source code review
* Research current and emerging products and technologies
* Extensive C, Java, PHP, and Perl software development... read more
Cross Country Staffing August 1997 to June 1999
Security Analyst

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How would you describe your time at Cross Country Staffing?

Design, maintenance, and management of corporate and production infrastructures:

* Responsible for corporate/production network security, including CheckPoint Firewall-1 & Linux-based firewall / VPN solutions
* Perform capacity planning on LAN components and bandwidth
* Penetration testing and methodology design
* Perform multi-platform system administration (AIX, Linux, FreeBSD, Windows) and internal server configuration and maintenance
* Understand, review, and compile technical and administrative security plans, policies, and guidelines
* Collect and translate security requirements into system security documentation... read more
Grant MacEwan College February 1996 to July 1997
Systems Administrator

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How would you describe your time at Grant MacEwan College?

Responsible for corporate/production network and server infrastructure:

* Responsible for production network security infrastructure, including Linux and FreeBSD firewalls
* Responsible for the implementation, administration, support and management of the campus-wide UNIX server farm
* Responsible for the implementation, administration, support and management of the existing LAN as well as assisting with the design and implementation of new LANs
* Design, deployment, and management of development and production network infrastructures
* Ensure that all documentation relative to network topology and support processes are kept current; establish new IT policies and procedures... read more

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