Allen Smithwick Ms, Cissp, Ceh

Allen Smithwick has a diverse work experience in the field of cybersecurity and IT. Allen currently serves as a Senior Security Analyst at Radio Systems Corporation, where they are responsible for ensuring the security of the company's systems and data.

Prior to this, Allen worked as a System Engineer at Innovative Consulting Group, Inc. Here, they managed external services for customers, including domain registration and external DNS. Allen also implemented redundancy and load balancing using AWS, ensuring the continuity of on-premise applications.

Allen also has experience working at SAIC, where they held multiple roles. As a Security Analyst, they played a crucial role in deploying and revamping the Security Operations Center (SOC) with a focus on multi-tenancy capabilities. Allen developed incident response procedures and facilitated communication between network and security teams.

Additionally, Allen served as a Site Support Admin at SAIC, where they architectured and deployed SCCM for internal organization and customer entities. Allen upgraded the internal architecture from SCCM 2007 to SCCM 2012. Allen also worked as an NT Security Administrator, providing system administration support and troubleshooting user account issues.

Earlier in their career, Allen held roles as a Mercury Administrator and Service Desk Agent for Marathon Oil/Petro contracts.

Overall, Allen Smithwick has demonstrated expertise in security analysis, system engineering, SOC deployment, incident response planning, system administration, and customer support.

Allen Smithwick holds a Masters degree in IA:Cybersecurity from New York University, which they completed from 2011 to 2014. Prior to that, they obtained a Bachelor's degree in Information System Security from ITT-Tech, Knoxville, from 2006 to 2008. Allen also has an Associate's degree in Computer Networking Systems from ITT Technical Jobs USA, which they obtained from 2004 to 2006.

In addition to their education, Allen Smithwick has obtained several certifications. Allen received the CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker) certification from EC-Council in February 2016. In May 2015, they obtained the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification from (ISC)². Furthermore, they achieved NSTISSI 4011: Information Security Professional, NSTISSI 4013: Information Systems Administration (2014), and NSTISSI 4016: Risk Analyst (2014) certifications from CNSS / NSA in August 2014.