The Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification is considered to be the gold standard in information security. This is so because of all the doors that certification opens to a CISSP professional. Those doors lead to many different types of positions and opportunities, thus making the information security community dynamic and multifaceted.
In support of this, (ISC)² has launched a series of interviews to explore where CISSP certification has led security professionals. In our first interview, we met Javvad Malik and heard about his experiences. This installment features Jerome Leach. He works as Cyber Officer in the Coast Guard Cyber Command for the U.S. Coast Guard. He is a security professional and keen researcher.
What job do you do today?
I am in the United States Coast Guard- Cyber Officer (Battle Watch Captain/Event Detection Team Lead/CGCYBER Command Training Officer).
What problems does your team solve?
When it comes to Cyber, we fulfil a lot of traditional IT roles; however, we are actively engaged with building and deploying our skillsets to assist and respond to Cyber-related incidents that may affect the Maritime industry. We play a huge role in mitigating system outages and ensuring that authorized service interruptions don’t effect overall USCG missions including search and rescue operations and drug interdiction. Our battle bridge host an array of different skill sets and watch positions…that are tasked with network monitoring, Cyber incident investigation, intelligence gathering and sharing amongst other government and DoD counterparts.
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