Tuesday, November 17, 2009

G. Joseph Kahlich; MBA, CISSP
2417 Havard Oak
Plano, Texas 75074
214 797-3701
joseph@whyjoseph.com

Employment and Responsibilities
MedAssets 2008 - 2009
Information Security Analyst
• Perform internal audits and reporting towards compliance, risk analysis, threats
• Security architecture; research, development, and improvement• Consulting for Customers, RFP’s, Projects, Host External Audits: HIPAA, SAS 70, SOX 404
• Awareness and education employees and vendors• Incident Management and Investigation

A public nationwide technology company providing Group Purchasing Organizations and web based applications to the financial offices of hospitals and doctors offices. Datacenters are located in Texas, Georgia and Missouri; there are 16 physical locations, and approximately 2000 employees. Regulations include HIPAA, HITECH, and Sarbanes.


Accuro Healthcare Solutions
2003 - 2008
IT Manager and HIPAA Security Officer
• 8 direct reports
• IT projects and budget
• Network and system architecture development and enhancement
• Vendor evaluation

A private nationwide technology company providing web based applications to the financial offices of hospitals and doctors. Primarily a Microsoft, Dell, EMC, SonicWall environment with 1 datacenter, 5 physical locations throughout the United States and approximately 800 employees. Regulation included HIPAA.


Innovative Managed Care Solutions
1999 - 2003
IT Supervisor
• 3 direct reports
• IT projects
• Network and Desktop support

A private technology company providing software and web based applications to the business offices of hospitals. This was a single location that primarily consisted of a Microsoft, Dell, and Linksys environment and 180 employees.



Expert Solution Technical Training Center May – Oct 1999
Technical Instructor
• Instruction of hardware, software, programming, and operation
• Prepare and delivering lectures
• Lead classroom discussions and administer “hands on” sessions and scenarios• Create, administer and grade examinations

Education and Certifications

Master of Business Administration in Information Assurance University of Dallas – Graduate School of Management
2007
Irving, Texas

Bachelor of Science in Business / e-Business
University of Phoenix – Dallas Campus 2004
Dallas, Texas

Associates of Arts and Science
Brookhaven Community College 1992
Farmers Branch, Texas
Certifications and Memberships
CISSP, MCSE, MCP+I, A+
ISSA
Information Security Experience and Skills
I am actively attending “Digital Forensics Investigation” training which involves corporate investigation practices, data acquisition, chain of custody, and presentation practices.

Personnel
• Alerts to staff of threats and risks
• Security training employees
Policies and Plans
• Communications Policy
• Disaster Recovery
• HIPAA Privacy and Security
Patching
• Automated AV updates
• Monthly software patching
Investigation and Reporting
• Malicious / Accidental
• Breach / Infection
• Complaints / Notifications

Auditing and Analysis Tools
• MBSA
• Nessus
• NMAP
• Qualys
• WSUS
• SecureWorks
• Snort
• Sourcefire
• Chubb
• NetIQ
• S-Alive
• Video
• Consoles
• Dump Sec
• Log Parser
• Scripts
• SQL Query
Accomplishments

SecureWorld Expo; Steering Committee 2008 and 2009
Participated in advisement on conference topics and direction

IANS Lone Star Security Conference; Speaking Appearance 2007
Intrusion detection/prevention solutions

HFMA; Speaking Appearance 2003
Patient information data security

References upon request or many may be found at LinkedIn.com
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Looking for a New Opportunity

My position of Information Security Analyst was downsized November 16th. I am in the process of updating my resume; in the mean time please feel free to learn more about me on LinkedIn at:

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/joseph-kahlich-cissp/2/145/a33

I may be contacted at: Joseph@whyjoseph.com or 214 797-3701.