KASHIF TAHIR
Crossville,TN
Summary
Information Technology professional with over 25+ years experience. Demonstrated success in supporting the Company mission. Highly recognized as a results-oriented team player with exceptional communication and influencing skills. Focused on creating and supporting a work culture of continuous quality improvement.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
InfoSec and Compliance
Kashif Tahir LLC
05.2022 - Current
- Responsible for overall Cybersecurity and NIST and ISO compliance for a DIBCAC and Private sectors.
- Meet industry compliance with NIST SP 800-171r2/ISO 27001/CMMC 2.0/CUI/ITAR
- Attack Surface Reduction with a Vulnerability patch management and IT Cybersecurity policies
- Advanced protection against Ransomware by system Integrations with NGFW, SIEM, XDR, NAC and other
- RasnomCare and other containment products.
Group IT Infrastructure Director
Summit Interconnect, Inc
01.2019 - 05.2022
- Responsible for providing IT infrastructure roadmap for Summit Interconnect while providing reliable IT services and uptime
- Design, Deploy and Manage IT Infrastructure for Summit sites (U.S And Canada)
- Manage industry compliance of NIST 800-171/DoD DFARS 254/CMMC 2.0 Level 2 for all Summit ITAR sites
- Deployment of Security systems including FortiNAC, FortiSIEM, FortiGate NGFW, FortiEMS, FortiClient
- FortiEDR, FortiAnylizer utilizing Sandboxing and Canary Honeypots
- Manage Cyber Security Program with IRP and KnowBe4 for every growing security needs and threats
- Deploy and Manage VMware virtual platform with NetApp FAS storage Ransomware protection with NetApp snapshot/vault, HD backup and air gapped Tape solution (3-2-1 standard) Configured VPN solution utilizing FortiGate with IPsec tunnels and SSLVPN with Duo 2FA and RADIUS
- Manage/Deploy wireless network with 802.1x authentication
- Recent Projects: Migration to FortiEDR deployment, VOIP 8x8, MS High GCC Office 365.
Group IT Director
Summit Interconnect, Inc
01.2016 - 01.2019
- Responsible for providing IT roadmap for the company
- Also providing quality service and support to the end users
- Manage IT support personnel at multiple Mfg locations in Southern and Northern California
- Establish IT policies and systems to support companies' vision
- Manage and Implementation of ITAR, NIST and DFARS related security standards
- Implement cost effective measures and ROI to reduce the IT budget to 1.45% (IT Costs vs Revenue) Maintain system reliability and up time to 99.9%
Information Technology Manager
KCA Electronics
01.1998 - 01.2016
- Manage IT systems and personnel to meet the company's vision
- Maintain mfg production OT and IT systems.
Education
Working Towards Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+) - Computer And Information Systems Security
CompTIA
CNA - Computer Networking
Mt. Sierra College
Glendale, CAAssociate of Applied Science - Electrical Engineering Technology
ITT Technical Institute
Van Nuys, CASkills
- Data Security
- Vulnerability Management
- Compliance Reporting
- Cybersecurity Frameworks
- Compliance Reviews
- Cybersecurity Protocols
Timeline
InfoSec and Compliance
Kashif Tahir LLC
05.2022 - Current
Group IT Infrastructure Director
Summit Interconnect, Inc
01.2019 - 05.2022
Group IT Director
Summit Interconnect, Inc
01.2016 - 01.2019
Information Technology Manager
KCA Electronics
01.1998 - 01.2016
Working Towards Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+) - Computer And Information Systems Security
CompTIA
CNA - Computer Networking
Mt. Sierra College
Associate of Applied Science - Electrical Engineering Technology
ITT Technical Institute
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