[nsp-sec] Vetting: Wes Young

[Joel Rosenblatt]

Hi,

I can vouch for Wes .. I have know him for several years now and have worked with him on several projects .. he will be a great addition to this list.

Thanks,
Joel

--On Wednesday, March 24, 2010 3:43 PM -0500 Rob Thomas <robt at cymru.com> wrote:

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> Hi, team.
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> For your consideration:
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> Name: Wes Young
> E-mail: wes at ren-isac.net
> DayPhone: 716-462-5583
> 24hrPhone: 317 278-6630
> INOC-DBA Phone: NA
> Company/Employer: REN-ISAC
> ASNs Responsible for: 11537
>
> JobDesc:
> Principal Security Engineer for the REN-ISAC (Research and Education
> Networking Information Sharing and Analysis Center). The REN-ISAC
> supports U.S. higher education and research communities by providing
> advanced network security services and supports efforts to protect the
> national cyber infrastructure by participating in the U.S. ISAC
> infrastructure. The REN-ISAC is an integral component of the EDUCAUSE
> and Internet2 strategy to improve network security by providing timely
> warning and response to cyber threat and vulnerabilities, improving
> awareness, and improving communications.
>
> The REN-ISAC receives, analyzes, and disseminates network security
> operational, threat, warning, and attack information within higher
> education. Information is derived from network instrumentation, network
> constituents, network engineers, other sector ISACs, DHS, other network
> security organizations and vendors. In partnership with Internet2 the
> REN-ISAC receives a live feed of NetFlow data from Internet2 routers,
> and monitors the network for active threats. Custom-built analysis tools
> and Arbor PeakFlow DoS are utilized in that analysis. Observed threat
> activity is communicated back to the source institutions which averages
> thousands per month. The REN-ISAC is "actively involved in mitigation of
> NSP Security incidents."
>
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> information related to network security. Our handling of Internet2
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> Internet security references (names & emails):
> Doug Pearson         dodpears at ren-isac.net
> Gabe Iovino        giovino at ren-isac.net
> Phil Deneault        deneault at WPI.EDU
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> http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0x29ECE965DDB6E946
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> - --
> Wes
> http://claimid.com/wesyoung
>
>
> Thanks!
> Rob, for the nsp-sec moderators.
> - --
> Rob Thomas
> Team Cymru
> http://www.team-cymru.org/
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Joel Rosenblatt, Manager Network & Computer Security
Columbia Information Security Office (CISO)
Columbia University, 612 W 115th Street, NY, NY 10025 / 212 854 3033
http://www.columbia.edu/~joel