Joseph P.

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About Joseph P.

Cybersecurity professional with 10 years of experience leading security operations in small business and enterprise environments. Experience with Azure Commercial and GCC-High environments applying continuous improvement. Successfully leading enterprise-wide compliance needs in achieving CMMC 2.0 Level 2 & ISO 27001:2022 certification. Proven experience with the Microsoft Cybersecurity Reference Architecture (Defender, Sentinel, Entra, Purview), and the secure integration of AI. Experienced in incident response, tabletop exercises, E-discovery, vulnerability management, and enterprise-wide cybersecurity training. Seeking a leadership role in cybersecurity operations and improving the security posture an organization. I specialize in Cybersecurity operations and security posture review with experience in compliance, data loss protection, and insider risk management. Former experience with highly detailed report writing, negotiations, and requirement to operate in a fast-paced environment. Completed my second bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity (Summa Cum Laude 4.0) at Champlain College. During this time digital forensics and Ethical Hacking captured my curiosity. Other hobbies include sporting clays, tryhackme, gaming, working in my home lab, Flipper, hacker RF1 and spending time with family. Technical Skills • Microsoft Azure (Commercial & GCC-High), Microsoft 365 Defender/XDR,(the full Defender tack), Entra, Purview, Sentinel, Log analytics, KQL • Compliance: CMMC 2.0 Level 2, NIST 800-171r2, NIST 800-53 RMF, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, ITAR, DFARS • Security Tools: CrowdStrike, Qualys, AlienVault, Bitdefender, KnowBe4, ThreatLocker, NinjaOne, KACE • Networking: Fortinet, SolarWinds, Cloudflare, Unifi, IDS/IPS, UTM, Firewall Management, NMAP, Wireshark, networking topology • AI & Automation: Secure AI Implementation with strong focus on Data Loss Prevention, Leakage management, Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Prompt Engineering • Other: AWS Cloud (some), Synology, developing and continuously improving SOP’s, Agile project management, Microsoft DevOps Personal Projects: Pi-Hole, Google Dorks, Maltego, VirtualBox, private VPN, VeraCrypt, YubiKey Security+(Comptia), AZ-900 (Microsoft), SC-900(Microsoft)Course Completion Boot Camp pass and completion for CISSP and CEH, Scheduled to take CHFI course