Randall Hall

randall@randallhall.com

I have been in IT (Information Technology) for more than thirty years, and I realized a long time ago that IT isn't about the infomation or the technology.


IT is about the people.


Helping people solve their IT issues is my passion.

Certifications

  • AWS SysOps Administrator – Associate
  • AWS Solutions Architect – Associate
  • EC-Council Associate Certified Chief Information Security Officer (CCISO)
  • Microsoft Certified System Engineer: Security
  • CompTIA Secure Infrastructure Specialist
  • Professional Scrum Master I

Technical Skills

Database Administration & Cloud Technologies

  • Microsoft SQL Server (Administration, Performance Tuning, SSIS, Clustering, Replication)
  • AWS (RDS, EC2, IAM, S3, Route 53, System Manager, CloudWatch)
  • Microsoft 365 (Exchange Online, SharePoint, Teams, Azure AD)

Systems Administration & Security

  • Microsoft Windows Server (Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP)
  • Vulnerability Management (Tenable, Nessus, CrowdStrike, Qualys)
  • Multi-Factor Authentication (Duo Mobile, Microsoft 365)
  • Backup & Disaster Recovery (Veeam, StorageCraft, Symantec, Altaro)

Threat & Vulnerability Management

  • Tenable, Nessus, Qualys, AppDetective (Vulnerability scanning, remediation, risk mitigation)
  • CrowdStrike (Endpoint protection, behavioral analytics, incident response)
  • Patch Management (WSUS, SCCM, Automox)

Security Information & Event Management (SIEM)

  • Splunk (Consolidating Windows Event Logs, setting up security alerts)
  • AWS CloudTrail & GuardDuty (Monitoring AWS account activity and security anomalies)
  • Incident Response (Log analysis, threat hunting, forensic analysis)

Compliance & Governance

  • NIST 800-53, FedRAMP, SOC 2, PCI DSS (Compliance audits, security framework alignment)
  • Security Audits & Risk Assessments (Enforcing policies, ensuring regulatory compliance)
  • Security Awareness Training & Policy Enforcement

Network & Endpoint Security

  • Firewall Management (SonicWALL, WatchGuard, AWS Security Groups, NACLs)
  • Intrusion Detection & Prevention (IDS/IPS) (Snort, Suricata, AWS WAF)
  • Data Loss Prevention (DLP) & Email Security (Microsoft 365 Security, DKIM, DMARC, SPF)

Scripting & Automation

  • PowerShell, Windows Batch, Visual Basic Scripting