Nathaniel Black

Background

About Nathaniel Black

With a keen interest in the CIA triad, I have supported, secured, developed, and managed systems in corporate, educational, and healthcare environments.• Experience in deploying, managing, and securing aspects of information technology systems and networks, including the IT infrastructure of a cybersecurity startup with around employees and the public cloud infrastructure spanning multiple regions and thousands of compute resources. • Experience in writing and implementing IT and InfoSec policies, procedures, and technical controls as well as presenting to board of directors for multi-year contracts or projects requiring significant expenditures.• Responsible professional with supervisory, customer service, and user support experience.• Expertise involving a range of technology, such as:• Windows, macOS, Linux, and iOS platforms (including related server and desktop OS)• Infrastructure, directory, and networking services (e.g, AD/LDAP, DHCP, DNS, Proxies, SMB, VPN, IDS, IPS, firewalls, content filters, switches, HA routers, etc.) • Website and web app design and development (e.g, Apache/IIS/nginx and languages HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP)• Scripting and programming (e.g, Python and PowerShell with some Perl, Java)• Database design and support (e.g, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and some MSSQL)• SaaS applications (e.g, Office 365, Google Workspace, Google Apps for Education, Box,Duo, etc.)• Identity Providers (e.g, Active Directory, Azure Active Directory / Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, etc.)• Device management (e.g, Jamf, KACE, Automox, Cisco Meraki, MaaS360)• Security (e.g, EDR/EPP like CylancePROTECT, CylanceOPTICS, SentinelOne Singularity, HIDS, SIEM like Wazuh)• Cloud (e.g, AWS including GovCloud for FedRAMP and some Azure)• Infrastructure as Code (e.g, Puppet, Terraform, Terragrunt, Ansible, and CloudFormation)• CI/CD (Jenkins, CircleCI)• Secure SDLC (SAST, DAST, SBOM, static container scanning, vulnerability management, etc.)• Governance, Risk, and Compliance (e.g, SOC 2 Type 2)