Selling Myself - Michael Ball Consulting Inc.

As of July 2015, I have been providing Information Security Consulting Services on a contract Basis. 

If interested in hiring me for consulting or a speaking engagement, please contact me at the following:

Michael Ball Consulting Inc. 
61 Baxter St. Bowmanville Ontario, L1C 5P8 Cell: (647) 458-5064
Email: unix_guru at Hotmail dot com or @unix_guru on Twitter

Information Security Consulting and Architecture

Over 25 years Information Security Operations and Governance in the Finance and Insurance Sectors.

Finance Sector:

• AGF Mutual Funds, Toronto (Jan 2016 – Present), Acting CISO
• CIBC, Toronto (Feb 2016), Application Threat/Risk Analysis –Mobile Money Manager App.
• Dundee Capital Markets, Toronto (Oct  2015), Information Security Maturity Model (Cobit / ISO 27001 based)
• Dundee Capital Markets, Toronto (Nov  2015), Information Security Architectural gap analysis and Roadmap
• HPE/TD, Toronto (Mar 2016) PCI QSA Self Assessment consulting and review

Health Sector:

• William Osler Health Institute, Brampton (Aug 2015), Privacy Impact Assessment for Patient Record Viewing Application.
• William Osler Health Institute, Brampton (Sept 2015), Information Security Threat/Risk Analysis for Patient Record Viewing Application.
• Trillium Health, Toronto (Mar 2016), SIEM Infrastructure Migration and Governance Review

Transportation Sector:

• Air Canada, Montreal (Nov 2015), Privileged Password Management Architectural Review (CyberArk).
• Metrolinx, Toronto (Feb 2016), Privileged Password Management Architectural Design (CyberArk). 
• Teranet, Toronto (Sept 2016), Active Directory Risk Assessment and roadmap.
• Teranet, Toronto (Oct 2016), Privileged Password Management Architectural Design (CyberArk).  
• Teranet, Toronto (Nov 2016), Web Application Threat/Risk Analysis.

Industrial Supply:

• Wajax, Mississauga (Sept 2015), Information Security Maturity Model (Cobit / ISO 27001 based)
• Wajax, Mississauga (Oct 2015), Information Security Threat/Risk Assessment (ISO 27002 based)

 Speaking Engagements:

• CIO Innovation Summit 2016 – Top CISO Concerns 2016
• SC Congress 2016 – Top 4 CISO concerns
• Sector  2015 – Cloud Security Access Brokers
• DCD Converged Canada (Nov 2015)  - Cloud Security
• SC Congress 2015 – Cloud Access Security Brokers
• SC Congress 2015 – The Role of the CISO
• CIO Innovation Summit 2015 – Identifying Corporate IS Risk
• SC Congress 2014 – Privileged Identity Access
• CyberArk Customer Event 2014 – Corporate Use Cases
• CIO Innovation Summit 2014 – Cloud Security
• Symantec Vision 2014 – Enterprise Single Sign-On
• Symantec Vision 2014 – Enterprise Host Based Security

 Video:

• ITWorld Canada: Top 4 CISO Concerns for 2016

 Services:

• Office of the CISO - Consulting/Augmentation
• Privacy Impact Assessment.
• Information Security Program Threat/Risk Assessment.
• Information Security Governance Maturity Model Assessment.
• Application Threat/Risk Assessment.
• Network Vulnerability Assessment.
• Cloud Security Consultation and Architecture.
• Cloud Provider Access Review.
• SIEM Governance Review.
• Perimeter Security Review and Architecture.
• Network Security Zoning Review and Architecture.

 Articles:

How CISOs can find and secure rogue cloud applications
Cyber attacks on financial sector three times other industries
#ITWCchats – Breached: Preventing and mitigating data leaks
Darktrace: The enterprise immune system
Jentu: This Canadian company aims to turn virtual desktop infrastructure upside down
BlueLine: This Toronto-based company takes data encryption to new heights
Augmenting Encryption with Tokenization

The demise of excess access: A eulogy for traditional VPN
Specialty retail stores not safe from POS attacks