Mike Boutwell

Giving Practical guidance to help aspiring cyber professionals start a lucrative career in cybersecurity.

➤ Serving in the capacity of a CISO to deliver key security related business strategy
➤ Presented security management reports to C-Level and auditors to address findings and close gaps. 
➤ Defined security requirements for customer systems and implemented security policies and SOPs.
➤ Developed company wide security requirements and selected third party tools aligned to needs.
➤ Led hackathons creating opportunities for software development teams to collaborate on projects. 
➤ Networked and stakeholder management to secure new business opportunities and win contracts.

Key Achievements
➤ Secured work with public and private financial service companies with 1000+ staff across UK and Europe. 
➤ Consistently achieved and maintained technology compliance rates of over 95% in diverse enterprises.
➤ Oversaw security and risk assessment for a national clearing house managing assets valued at $27 trillion.

Senior Information Security Consultant

Euroclear

➤ Overseeing critical initiatives to assure delivery is in line with risk tolerance
➤ Conducting risk assessments for critical business applications and processes
➤ Collaborating with executive stakeholders to apply risk management strategy
➤ Development and management of board level KRIs

Senior Information Security Risk Manager 

➤ Conduct risk assessments for critical financial applications and documents weaknesses for review.
➤ Design and develop security requirements based on the outcome of business impact assessments. 
➤ Work in collaboration with the CISO to build and create security requirements in line with NIST CSF.
➤ Assess third party risk in business and cloud applications and make best practice recommendations.

Key Achievements
➤ Lead for cyber risk assessments on bots and artificial intelligence
➤ Risk assessment of a critical financial application vital to capital markets processing $1Q annually.
➤ Identification of critical risks resulting in RFP to seek a new vendor to remediate open vulnerabilities.

Principal Information Security Consultant - CISO IT Risk

Takeda

➤ Digital transformation project lead in the setup of a US client’s Innovation Capability Centre in Slovakia.
➤ Defined the baseline security standards, security standard toolsets, and phased out unnecessary tools.
➤ Developed supporting SOP and policy documentation and standards and secured approval for rollout.
➤ Established endpoint protection team, a SIEM/SOAR capability, and vulnerability management program. 

Key Achievements
➤ Led global security standard for on-prem and cloud security deployments for digital transformation.
➤ Designed and implemented an executive dashboard to provide a data-driven security program.
➤ Improved executive decision making by enabling access to critical real time data and information. 
➤ Facilitated introductions for executives with Slovakian contacts helping growth from 30 to 300 staff. 
➤ Recruited and trained endpoint protection team overseeing 60,000 workstations and 120,000 servers.

Endpoint Security Team Lead

AT&T

➤	Led the security and IT strategy for the WPP Plc. account agile team, architects, and 30 engineers.
➤	Managed all client services to deliver secure architectures across EMEA, US, and APAC regions. 
➤	Worked in collaboration with the client CIO to implement technical solutions to drive cost reduction. 
➤	Technical SME conducting security analytics, control assessments, vulnerability, and risk assessments. 
➤	Mentored network team and architects to drive professional development and delivery to meet KPIs.

Key Achievements
➤	Transitioned WPP Plc. to enable a work from home setup in response to Covid from scratch.
➤	Created standardised workflows to deliver fast but consistent results for high priority projects.
➤	Appointed as Global Agile Team lead delivering a backlog of work and greatly reducing costs.

Senior Information Security Architect - Global Agile Program Lead

➤ Lead for the Citizens Financial Group account and the technology lead for the network engineers.
➤ Risk assessment and audit to identify all in scope assets and assessed existing configuration and gaps.
➤ Audited accounts to assess security posture, conducted risk assessments, and proposed improvements.
➤ Designed complex secure architectures in campus, WAN, data centres, SDN, and wireless environments.
➤ Produced documentation for RFP, RFI, and proposals, and architectural lead for projects over $100M.
➤ Developed security reference architectures aligned to business strategy and PCI-DSS requirements.

Key Achievements
➤ Achieved PCI-DSS compliance in a complex banking environment reducing enterprise IT risk by 68%.
➤ Responded to an RFP for Dow Chemicals architecting a secure solution resulting in a $100M contract. 
➤ Resolved instability issues which led to outages on 1200 ATMs and implemented enhanced logging.

Senior Network Security Architect - Lead for Citizens Financial Group

First Data Corporation

➤ Secured card and payment systems and networks in compliance with PCI-DSS on two continents.
➤ Strategic lead for disaster recovery planning, testing, and regulatory compliance for payment hubs.
➤ Compliance management including pre-testing, fault finding, resolutions, and regulator liaison. 
➤ Implementation and technical solutions for switches, routers, firewalls, VPNs, and load balancers.

Key Achievements
➤ Lead for 20 EMEA core credit card processing hubs exclusively managing London and South Africa. 
➤ Designed secure data centre and colocation architectures for multiple EMEA countries hubs.  
➤ Developed and rolled out cybersecurity policies and SOPs across EMEA to protect financial data.

Senior Network Security Engineer

T-Systems International GmbH

➤ Supervised the team and implemented security policies in a multi-vendor firewall environment.
➤ Network design SME providing input and advice on a wide range of critical business services.
➤ Deployed secure applications through engineering load balancing services for business continuity.
➤ Conducted risk assessments and made recommendations on best practice technology solutions. 

Key Achievements
➤ Project managed the deployment of the first 4G network in Europe for T-Systems International.
➤ Migration of a large-scale payment service to a greenfield ultra-low latency environment.
➤ Implemented network-based services for EverythingEverywhere’s search oriented architecture suite.

Network Security Engineer

Two words sum up my mission in information security: trust and expertise. With 15 years of security and 10 years of risk management experience under my belt, I've been fortunate enough to work with leading organizations like Cisco, AT&T, IBM, Kyndryl, First Data, and Euroclear.

My portfolio:

→ I help financial services firms secure their business and improve performance metrics with ISO 27001
→ Assessing AI risks in large complex environments and providing solutions to use AI in a risk-aware manner
→ I train teams and organizations on ISO 27001 implementation and auditing. 
→ Speaks to more than 30,000 people annually
→ Coaches and helps young professionals start and enhance their cybersecurity careers

My results:

→ Secured assets worth over $1 quadrillion
→ Delivered projects worth over $100M
→ Recently completed a major project with a world-renown vendor addressing cloud security risks
→ Consistently achieved security compliance rates of over 95% in diverse enterprises
→ Advised on the development of an innovative CNAPP security solution with a major vendor
→ Author of the Ransomware Handbook and Profit-Driven Cybersecurity

→ Contact: https://www.mikeboutwell.com/contact
→ X: @mikeboutwell4

Microsoft

Solution Area Specialist - Cybersecurity & AI

Accenture

Customer Success Manager 

Turner Sports

● Expanded and led team initiatives into Technology and Data Management, worked closely with programmers to develop online applications with user-friendly workflows, improving operational flexibility for directors, producers, and operators by over 50%.

● Manage and organize team projects to maintain the standards for media deliverables, including the preparation and execution of internal awareness and training programs.

● Responsible for tracking and maintaining system alerts for internally custom-made software, online media catalogs, and asset structures for new hires, contractors, and internal design teams.

● Develop and implement processes, policies, and procedures to eliminate media and data leaks to drive business growth and reduce
operational costs.

IT Consultant & Senior Design Coordinator

● Created award-winning game show packages for NBA Game-Time and Inside Stuff, revamped all 30 NBA league team logos for NBA-TV, and designed animations for multiple on-air show packages utilizing 3D modeling, 3D animation, compositing, concept pitching, and storyboarding. Successfully motivated sales investments in on-air primetime game shows with premium sponsors,
KIA, Statefarm, American Express, and Google.

● Generated Python, Mel, and batch scripting solutions for automating 3D Software tasks and server work order commands on internal networks, achieving a 50% increase in work output.

● Took on the responsibilities of an Art Director for a 3-month period to cover an emergency short-staff situation during a mid-season production with high expectations, winning the Turner Sports Outstanding Achievement Award for exceptional performance and surpassing the service expectations of my assigned role.

Senior Motion Designer

Digital Dreams Post

● Responsible for diagnosing and troubleshooting computer hardware, network-related issues, and Stereoscopic API processes.

● Managed and led training initiatives to work collaboratively with teams in India to ensure quality control of work processes.

Stereoscopic Technical Director & CG Artist

Diagnosed and resolved hardware and network issues.
Troubleshooting and redesigning Stereoscopic API's and processes.

Maintenance Technician | Stereographer

Commonwealth Secretariat

Produced a 40-page comic book aimed at educating underprivileged children about the importance of saving money.

Freelance Artist

I am a Global Technical Solutions Area Specialist for the Microsoft Solution Advisor Center - Cloud Migration. I work with clients across multiple geographical regions, managing and navigating complex matrix frameworks by coordinating with an integrated virtual team of technical professionals, strategic partners, and consultants. 

Together, we drive sales mechanisms forward, focused on empowering clients to harness the potential of secure, remote operational frameworks. This involves enhancing workforce communication and collaboration, boosting productivity, and scaling infrastructure, utilizing leading-edge Microsoft technologies, such as Microsoft Teams, Azure Active Directory, and Windows Virtual Desktop, among others. We use strategies designed to give clients a competitive advantage in a business landscape that is increasingly shifting to digital platforms.

I also possess a proven track record in the telecommunications industry with roles at Turner Sports, and NBA TV, contributing to the success of Warner Bros. Discovery Sports, where our teams connected with over 130 million viewers each month across 200+ markets and 20+ languages, engaging fans through various platforms, from TV to online and social media.

Over the years, I have earned accolades for delivering Award-Winning Works and Show Packages for prominent primetime shows such as NBA Draft, NBA Playoffs, NBA Finals, The-Starters, Inside Stuff, NBA Gametime, and The NBA on TNT.

My leadership capabilities, together with my excellent communication skills, have provided me with the ability to be an effective team leader on many projects. I achieve this by my capacity to bridge gaps between different departments to meet organizational goals and ensure timely deliveries.


SOFTWARE SKILLS AND TECHNOLOGIES:
Cloud Security & Virtual Machines (VM), SIEM, Microsoft Azure, Azure Sentinel, Kusto Query Language (KQL), Log Analytics, Event Viewer, Network Monitoring, Server Management, Access Control, Root Cause Analysis, Change Management, PowerShell, Active Directory, Microsoft Office Products, SQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Project Coordination.

SKILLS IMPLEMENTING SECURITY FRAMEWORKS: 
NIST CSF (Cybersecurity Framework), NIST RMF 800-37 (Risk Management Framework), NIST 800-53 Security and Privacy Controls, NIST 800-61 Computer Security Incident Handling Guide.
HIPAA, HITRUST, OSINT, MITRE ATT&CK Framework.

INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS: 
CompTIA Network+ 
CompTIA Security+ 
CompTIA A+

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