Justin Howle

Bachelor's

Computer and Information Systems Security

Cyber Security Systems

A.F. Technologies, Inc.

Cybersecurity Engineer

• Conduct comprehensive cybersecurity self-assessments of company infrastructure, assets, and personnel, ensuring compliance with CMMC 2.0, NIST SP 800-171r2, NIST SP 800-53r4, and DFARS. • Create, analyze, implement, and update plans of action and milestones, remediating compliance gaps and enhancing alignment with NIST 800-171 controls. • Collaborate on the development of the system security plan, creating detailed documentation, network diagrams, and security policies, procedures, and agreements to bolster defenses and align with regulatory standards. • Deploy and administer unified endpoint management and security systems across 100+ endpoint devices, improving asset visibility, vulnerability management, and compliance tracking. • Oversee the implementation of help desk support software, streamlining IT support operations and enhancing user experience with efficient ticketing, incident management, and change control processes. • Design and deliver cybersecurity training programs for IT Interns and end-users, increasing security compliance through phishing awareness, incident reporting, and best practices. • Upgrade, repair, and replace hardware (e.g., servers, switches, routers, firewalls, printers, and Windows systems), including provisioning, maintaining baselines, and software version control. • Designed and implemented a centralized logging and SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) system from the ground up, including log ingestion, parsing, normalization, alerting, and dashboarding to enhance threat detection and incident response capabilities.