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John Collins
Sr Director Analyst
John Collins is a Senior Director Analyst. Mr. Collins' work focuses on infrastructure security, specializing in network detection and response (NDR), threat intelligence applications for infrastructure security, and security operations for cloud.
Previous experience
Mr. Collins is a seasoned veteran of the information security industry with a wide range of experience to include intrusion analyst, packet analyzer, incident responder, building a SOC, blue team assessments, SOC co-lead, and operations manager for a threat hunting team.
He has also consulted security leaders on strategy and operations in a professional consulting role and has experience in engineering security solutions for both enterprise and SMB organizations in a business development role.
Professional background
Gartner, Senior Director Analyst, ITL Security Operations , 4 years
Secureworks, Director of SaaS Security Application Solutioning, 9 years
United States Air Force, Signals Intelligence, 9 years
Areas of coverage
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Security Operations
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Infrastructure Security
Education
B.S., Information Systems Management with Minor in Business Administration, University of Maryland University College
A.S., Communication Applications, Community College of the Air Force
Top Issues That I Help Clients Address
Network detection and response (NDR) strategies and capabilities
Strategy and application of threat intelligence to security infrastructure
Instrumenting cloud infrastructure to support security operations
Identifying sources of critical security telemetry in an environment
Understanding the evolving threat landscape