[nsp-sec] Fwd: Would like to join NSP-SEC

[Jared Mauch]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Mike Acker <macker at internap.com>
> Subject: Would like to join NSP-SEC
> Date: April 25, 2012 5:28:01 AM EDT
> To: nsp-security-owner at puck.nether.net
> Cc: macker at gmail.com
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I would like to join the list on behalf of Internap Network
> Services. I first contacted NSP-SEC back in June 2009,  and
> Scott A. McIntyre [scott at xs4all.net] responded stating he
> had not seen it as he was most likely flying to Singapore.
> Discussions never went anywhere, so I would like to try
> again. This recently came up as we had a flashback C&C on
> our network a few days ago, and found out from my colleague
> Chip. My role as Information Security Analyst for 4yrs now
> is all infosec related tasks, management, operations,
> direction, and leader of Infosec and CSIRT team. We work
> closely with all other teams on a wide variety of issues,
> and 3rd parties in the infosec research community including
> Cymru, Google, a few others on NSP-SEC, to contribute to
> the greater good of security. Our core domain we focused in
> over the years has been forensics and incident response.
> The ASNs responsible for include:
> 
> 10910 (INTERNAP-BLK) 
> 11853 (ASN-INTERNAP-BLK) 
> 12178 (INTERNAP-2BLK) 
> 13789 (INTERNAP-BLK3) 
> 14636 (INTERNAP-BLK4) 
> 14742 (INTERNAP-BLOCK-4) 
> 15421 (UNSPECIFIED) 
> 15570 (UNSPECIFIED) 
> 17675 (JPNIC-JP-ASN-BLOCK) 
> 19024 (INTERNAP-BLK5) 
> 24245 (PNAPSYD001-AS-AP) 
> 24246 (PNAPHKG001-AS-AP) 
> 24247 (PNAPSIN001-AS-AP) 
> 30282 (AS-INAPCDN-OCY) 
> 30637 (AS-INAPCDN-AMS) 
> 48910 (INAP-FRA) 
> 24245 PNAPSYD001-AS-AP
> 24246 PNAPHKG001-AS-AP 
> 24247 PNAPSIN001-AS-AP
> 
> I understand one person from our team will need to drop
> off, and Steven Orchard, SVP of Operations, is fine with
> myself replacing him. His bio is
> http://www.internap.com/about-us-internap/internap-leadership/
> . Existing references on NSP-SEC, and people we work with
> and help out include:
> 
> Stephen Gill gillsr at cymru.com , Cymru Team
> Nicholas Ianelli ni at allyourinfoarebelongto.us , centergate,
> secureworks
> Oliver Fisher oliverf at google.com , Staff Software Engineer,
> Google Ant-Malware Team
> Ian Fette ifette at google.com , Product Manager, Google
> Anti-Malware Team
> Niels Provos niels at google.com , Principal Engineer, Google
> Anti-Malware Team
> Morgan Marquis-Boire mmb at google.com Security Engineer /
> Incident Response
> Fabrice Jaubert fjaubert at google.com incident response
> Glen J – abuse at dreamhost.com , Abuse Coordinater [private
> email withheld]
> 
> [Internap internal]
> Steven Orchard sorch at internap.com , SVP, Operations and
> Customer Support, Internap
> Chip Gwyn cgwyn at internap.com , Network Architecture,
> Internap
> Mike Palladino mpalladino at internap.com ,Director, IP
> Architecture and Operations, Internap
> 
> Mike Acker
> Information Security Analyst
> Internap Network Services, Inc.
> (c) 206.226.9727 (24/7)
> macker at internap.com | macker at gmail.com
> http://www.linkedin.com/pub/michael-acker/1/96/42a
> 
> Bio:
> 
> Mike Acker (nick macker) has been involved in Information
> Technology for the past 15 years, and information security
> for the past 10. Having attended University of Illinois at
> Urbana-Champaign, I worked for the AIM Lab in conjunction
> with the NCSA and Beckman Institute for Advanced Sciences,
> developing multi-user virtual environments and CAVE VR
> applications. After leaving in the year 2000, moved to
> Seattle and co-founded a company with a small team from
> University of Washington that focused on technology for
> improving the online book viewing process. When the dotcom
> period crashed, I went on to work full time at Watchguard
> Firewalls, and then progressed on to work at Grant Thornton
> Business Advisory Services as a Sr. Associate for the west
> coast security practice. After 3 years at Grant Thornton, I
> moved on to Internap. As of March 2012 it is my 4 year
> anniversary with Internap. 
> 
> Outside of our day job, I feel continuing education is
> important, and we helped out with SANS GCFA course
> (forensics), SANS Network Worm and Botnet Analysis course,
> SANS GSNA course, received certification in GCFA, CISA,
> CISM, and certificate in forensics from the University of
> Washington.
> 
> In addition, we served on the Board of Directors for 7
> years, for the Puget Sound ISSA as Director of Vendor
> Relations, the final year as elected Vice President. In
> 2008 we were red team captain for the first annual Pacific
> Rim Cyber Defence Competition [PRCCDC], and have been an
> organizer and participant since. Outside of professional
> organizations, we have attended Defcon since 2003, and have
> a large network of personal friends involved in infosec,
> and it is likely I have crossed paths with others on this
> list not mentioned. One core area we focus on as time
> permits is botnets research.
> 
> On a personal note, I was married 3 years ago to my
> longtime girlfriend, and in the rare occasions not doing
> infosec, I can be found on the mountain bike trails,
> travelling, spending time outdoors, and working on my PADI
> certification for scuba diving.
> 
> I look forward to helping out whenever possible for the
> greater good of companies such as ours, making sure we are
> proactive and reactive in regards to information security,
> and helping out 3rd parties to the best extent we can.
> 
> -macker
> 
> 
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