Val Shaikh

Founder

Addison, Texas, United States24 yrs 5 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in Public Key Infrastructure and Cryptography strategies.
Proven ability to adapt to dynamic environments.
Extensive experience across financial and technology sectors.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a CyberSecurity expert specializing in PKI and data protection across Fintech and technology sectors.

Contact

val.shaikh@cypherstrategic.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

PkiCybersecurityData ProtectionArchitectureSecurity ManagementChange ManagementDatabase Management

Other Skills

Public Key InfrastructureEnterprise Key and Certificate ManagementMicrosoft Certificate AuthorityPKI InfrastructureCertificate services IntegrationSmart card solutionCode signing solutionHardware Security ModuleCertificate Web enrollmentWindows Certificate AuthoritySecurity policiesEntrust PKIThreat assessmentVulnerability assessmentsMicrosoft Active Directory

About

An accomplished Information Systems Security Specialist, concentrating in Risk-driven Public Key Infrastructure and Cryptography strategies with a proven ability to adapt to dynamic and fast-paced environments to accomplish target results. The constant evolution of the threat landscape and attack vectors commands organizations to prepare for countermeasure agility in order to minimize impact and expedite recovery. An appreciation for industry best practices and conformity to security standards and framework i.e. NIST, SANS, ISO and SABSA. Working in various industrial verticals have constantly refined my skills which include: • Attention to detail and organization • Flexibility with changing management, resources, and direction • Collaboration, communication and relationship management • A broad range of experience in the financial, health and technology services space and on a variety of infrastructure and software security related projects • Experience in roles requiring interaction between both internal and external clients • X.509 Standard Digital Certificates/Identity assurance Infrastructure (PKI) • Certificate Authorities: ADCS, Entrust and Symantec • Enterprise Key & Certificate Management (EKCM) • Key Management Systems (KMS) • Hardware Security Modules (HSM)

Experience

24 yrs 5 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs

Average Tenure

9 yrs 4 mos

Current Experience

Cypher strategic

Principal and Founder

Feb 2017 – Present · 9 yrs 4 mos · Dallas, Texas

CyberSecurity advocate concentrating in Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) strategies and deployments (internal and publicly trusted), Standards compliant and security best practices Enterprise Key and Certificate management.

Public Key InfrastructureCyberSecurityEnterprise Key and Certificate ManagementPKI

Pepsico

Principal PKI and Data Protection Strategist

Jul 2016 – Feb 2017 · 7 mos · Plano, TX

PKIData Protection

Hewlett packard enterprise company

Principal PKI Strategist and Architect

Jun 2014 – Jul 2016 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Plano, TX

PKIArchitecture

Bank of america

Vice President; Consultants and Security Engineering - PKI Architect

Mar 2011 – Jun 2014 · 3 yrs 3 mos · Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Architected, implemented and supported the Microsoft Certificate Authority PKI solution
Engineered and supported the all of PKI Infrastructure as a SME for Bank of America Worldwide locations
Collaborated with AD team for Certificate services Integration and created custom GPO’s & security policies to support a robust certificate renewal and revocation process.
Designed and implemented FIM CM to deploy smart card solution for Bank Executives
Designed and Implemented Code signing solution for in house code deployment
Certificate Authority Application owner and Subject Matter Expert for Bank of America
Wrote and executed Root Key ceremonies needed to support the trust and the assurance required to safe guard the CA Private keys for the Root and Intermediate CA’s
Designed and implemented Hardware Security Module (HSM) FIPS Level 3 compliance devices for managing digital keys for Strong Authentication.
Introduced certificate Web enrollment High Availability solution for SSL certificates
Upgraded and migrated Windows Certificate Authority from 2003 to 2008 R2
Worked with Desktop Engineering team to implement certificate based authentication solution for Mobile Access Services VPN solution
Bank of America’s Certificate Authorities have issued certificates for multiple application including S/MIME, Smartcard logon, Wireless security, mobile platform security, device authentication, iOS devices, 802.1x, digital signature of documents, code signing, Web Server security, and VPN access
Architect ed, implemented and created policies to provide cryptography as a service for securing and safeguarding internal Line of Businesses cryptographic materials

Microsoft Certificate AuthorityPKI InfrastructureCertificate services IntegrationSmart card solutionCode signing solutionHardware Security Module+4

Ehealthontario

Technical Specialist - PKI Architecture

Mar 2007 – Mar 2011 · 4 yrs

Identification of assets and estimating their value. Implement Administrative, Logical and Physical controls in place.
Implement, administer and maintain Entrust (Public Key Infrastructure) for security initiatives of online laboratory communications systems.
Conduct a threat assessment. Include: Accidents, malicious acts originating from inside or outside the organization.
Conduct vulnerability assessments, put mitigation measures in place and calculate the probability that will be exploited. Evaluate policies, procedures, standards, training, physical and technical security.
Identify, select and implement appropriate controls.
Evaluate the effectiveness of the control measures. Ensure the controls provide the required cost effective protection.
Implement, administer and maintain Microsoft Active directory 2003.
Administer, upgrade and maintain ESXi 4.0 servers to support VMware virtualized infrastructure for the DTE (Development and Test Environment.
Introduced and Integrated software load balancing device ISA 2006 (Internet Security.

Entrust PKIThreat assessmentVulnerability assessmentsMicrosoft Active DirectoryVMwarePKI+1

Marketaxess

2 roles

Technology Change Management Role

Jan 2004 – Mar 2006 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Manage MarketAxess Trading, Bondticker, STP and Pivotal application releases, code changes and deployments of newly developed MarketAxess applications across windows 2000 and UNIX platforms.
Management of the Source Code Control system and library by applying ITIL process.
Automation of repeatable procedures and builds for development, QA and Production.
Manage and administer perforce repository server for IT Change management group.

ITILChange ManagementSource Code Control

Production Support

Jan 2001 – Jan 2006 · 5 yrs

Production, Demo and Staging SQL Server Backup strategy implementation.
Designed/Implemented/Deployed SQL Server DR site.
Dealer portal support for a Tier 3 web based application.
Migrated Pivotal systems from Pivotal version 3.2 to Pivotal 5.7 .NET Platform
Architected, Administered, Deployed and Maintained SQL server and Pivotal CRM systems for MarketAxess consisting of Development, QA, Staging, Staging2, Training, DR and Production sites.
Wrote documentation for Pivotal systems environments for Production support personnel.
Migrated pivotal systems globally from exchange to HTTP Web sync technology
Deployed tier 3, web interface for MarketAxess dealers.
Troubleshooted Pivotal application stability & Database performance issues.
Deployed, Administered and Maintained Pivotal Satellite servers in NY & UK offices.
Innovated solutions to deploy pivotal system on QA DMZ Network segment as per security specifications.