Certified Information Systems Security Professional Prep

Jeff joined CIAS in 2017 and brings over 45 years of security experience with the most recent 38 years focused on information security.

Currently the Co-Founder and COO of LexAlign, Mr. Reich has developed a history of entering situations where little to no security or risk management infrastructure exists or an existing system needs updating. He has started and led the security and risk management programs at a list of companies that includes Rackspace, Dell, CheckFree, ARCO, and others.

He has been actively involved in the Information Security community for decades. Mr. Reich often takes startup and leadership roles and is always found mentoring others in the industry. Most recently, he has led growth at a number of startup companies.

He received his B.S. degree in Education and has earned the CISSP, CRISC, and ITIL Foundation certifications.

He has and continues to hold numerous leadership positions in technology and professional associations, and has delivered hundreds of educational sessions and industry presentations. In 2011, the Information Systems Security Association honored Jeff with the designation of Distinguished Fellow and in October 2015, he was inducted into the ISSA Hall of Fame.

Jessica Hazelrigg is a Senior Information Security Instructor for the Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security (CIAS) at The University of Texas San Antonio. She began with the CIAS in 2017 and brings nearly 20 years of cybersecurity and intelligence experience to the organization.

Ms. Hazelrigg also serves as the Director of the Platform Threat Defense team for USAA, responsible for boundary defense (web and email security), endpoint security, public cloud security (AWS, GCP, Azure), and PKI services.

Ms. Hazelrigg previously led the Cyber Security Infrastructure team, responsible for establishing and maintaining hardening standards throughout the life cycle of platform technologies. The CSI team was also charged with hardening privileged access and managing the PKI infrastructure for USAA. Prior service at USAA includes serving as a lead security analyst on the Cyber Threat Operations Center (CTOC) team. Her responsibilities included improving threat detection and analysis capabilities to ensure the highest levels of protection at USAA. She was a key contributor in identifying new security solutions and data feeds, developing requirements for implementation, and operationalizing tools, techniques, and procedures. Ms. Hazelrigg was instrumental in formalizing the CTOC hunting program and moving the CTOC to a more proactive mindset. She also has six years of experience conducting incident response.

Prior to USAA, Ms. Hazelrigg served as an intelligence analyst in the US Army (1st Information Operations Command (Land)), and later at the Counterintelligence Field Activity. She supported various other intelligence missions over the course of her 11 years in the Intelligence Community.

Ms. Hazelrigg has a Bachelor of Science in Computer and Information Science from University of Maryland University College, and a Master of Science in Information Assurance from Capitol Technology University. She holds the GCIH, GCIA, and GMON certifications, and is a member of the GIAC Advisory Board.

She presents regularly at cybersecurity conferences and professional groups, to include DerbyCon, Texas Cyber Summit, CyberTexas Conference, DHS ATTEs, ISACA, ISC2, ISSA, and the Military Cyber Professionals Organization.

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(ISC)²CISSP Certified Information Systems Security Professional Official Study Guide & Practice Tests Bundle, 3 ^rd edition

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