CyberDefenses CEO and leadership

Robert Castaldi is a Chief Financial Officer at CyberDefenses Inc. and Controller, Head of Finance, Acctg, IT, HR, Admin at Yarbrough Solutions Worldwide and is based in Austin, Texas. He has experience at Saint Joseph s Hawks men s basketball and has worked as Director of Finance, Systems Engineering at Visa Inc.; Controller - Consultant/Contract Basis at Various Assignments; and FP&A Manager at MFS Intelenet (Worldcom). Robert attended Archbishop Wood Catholic High School, SJSU between 1998 and 2000, and University of Colorado Boulder between 2002 and 2004.

Bridge builder focused on spanning the gap between perception and reality for information security and privacy in a world where change is constant and risk is ever present.Results-oriented executive and leader with over 20 years of progressive experience in Information Technology and Information Security across the government, healthcare, manufacturing, financial services, technology, telecommunications and retail verticals. Specialties include risk management, project management, and cost effective delivery of appropriate security solutions within organizational risk tolerances. Consummate generalist with a background in effective incident management, security and network operations, vulnerability and threat management, as well as technical compliance evaluation and gap analysis.CISSP - Certified Information Systems Security Professional, (ISC)2Previously held CISA - Certified Information Systems Auditor, ISACA from 2010 to 2019

I am an attorney and experienced information security professional primarily focused on how emerging law affects personal privacy at the State, Federal, and International Level.

I have worked on and managed technical teams performing all aspects of information security from credentialing functions, firewall and IDS deployment and monitoring, to penetration testing. I have also developed information security policies, standards, and guidelines that balance protection of information assets with legal and functional requirements.

I am a licensed member of the State Bar of Texas. I am also a Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM), Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E), a Certified Information Privacy Professional/Government (CIPP/G), a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), and a Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH).

Specialties: I am a geek with a legal education tweeting @JurisHacker

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Experienced leader and consultant who has over 20 years of demonstrated performance in the IT and security consulting arena. Provided Security Architecture and Project Management services to several Federal Agencies, Business Continuity services to the Alaska Pipeline Company and consulting services in Security Engineering to several commercial and federal accounts. Hands-on experience designing and implementing security solutions and teaching others those skills. An effective and proven team leader and project manager. Develop detailed Security Policies and Disaster Recovery Plans. Presented proposals and project status to internal and external groups at the CXO and VP levels. Detailed understanding of computer networking, including hardware and software for both client-server and enterprise architectures.