Ed Ferrara

Career Synopsis

• A proven information IT executive with over 20 years of security business management experience. Specific experience developing and implementing security strategy, management frameworks, and technology for both in-house and managed security services.

Selected Accomplishments

• Create global identity management to address single-sign-on, and system account provisioning, de-provisioning, and role changes. The new solution will replace a manual identity and access management process with an automated process cutting identify provisioning from weeks to hours – saving $1.8M in administrative costs annually, streamlining account provisioning and de-provisioning, and ensuring better security and compliance. 

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Developed the strategy and led a team of security architects and engineers to:

• Create a worldwide multi-zone network to harden the global network using segmentation gateways and zero-trust networking as a design approach. The project will provide a new design that includes a complete redesign of the network, implementation of next-generation firewall technology (IDS/IPS), network access control, and micro-segmentation in the enterprise core. The new network system provides the ability to control application and system access at the network layer.

• Create a modern and secure global manufacturing infrastructure using an old village, a new village model for network, compute, and storage capabilities, modernizing seven manufacturing process control and manufacturing execution systems.

• Create global identity management to address single-sign-on, and system account provisioning, de-provisioning, and role changes. The new solution will replace a manual identity and access management process with an automated process cutting identify provisioning from weeks to hours – saving $1.8M in administrative costs annually, streamlining account provisioning and de-provisioning, and ensuring better security and compliance. 

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• Developed the strategy and led a team of security architects and engineers to:
  • Create a worldwide multi-zone network to harden the global network using segmentation gateways and zero-trust networking as a design approach. The project will provide a new design that includes a complete redesign of the network, implementation of next-generation firewall technology (IDS/IPS), network access control, and micro-segmentation in the enterprise core. The new network system provides the ability to control application and system access at the network layer.
  • Create a modern and secure global manufacturing infrastructure using an old village, a new village model for network, compute, and storage capabilities, modernizing seven manufacturing process control and manufacturing execution systems.
  • Create global identity management to address single-sign-on, and system account provisioning, de-provisioning, and role changes. The new solution will replace a manual identity and access management process with an automated process cutting identify provisioning from weeks to hours – saving $1.8M in administrative costs annually, streamlining account provisioning and de-provisioning, and ensuring better security and compliance. 

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Governance, Compliance, Security & Risk

• Met with the CSL Board of Directors bi-annually and Board Risk Committee quarterly to characterize cybersecurity risk globally for a $12B global bio-pharma manufacturing operation. Worked with the board and risk committee to make cybersecurity a true addressable board-level issue.

• Developed a comprehensive security and infrastructure strategy to create a more secure business, focusing on cloud and hybrid network, server, and endpoint security.

• Designed and implemented a cybersecurity and compliance organization from the ground up. This strategy focuses on four core security competencies – compute, network, data, application, and identity & access management.

• Designed and implemented a robust information security management system (ISMS) using ISO 27001/2.

• Developed the strategy and led a team of security architects and engineers to:
  • Create a worldwide multi-zone network to harden the global network using segmentation gateways and zero-trust networking as a design approach. The project will provide a new design that includes a complete redesign of the network, implementation of next-generation firewall technology (IDS/IPS), network access control, and micro-segmentation in the enterprise core. The new network system provides the ability to control application and system access at the network layer.
  • Create a modern and secure global manufacturing infrastructure using an old village, a new village model for network, compute, and storage capabilities, modernizing seven manufacturing process control and manufacturing execution systems.
  • Create global identity management to address single-sign-on, and system account provisioning, de-provisioning, and role changes. The new solution will replace a manual identity and access management process with an automated process cutting identify provisioning from weeks to hours – saving $1.8M in administrative costs annually, streamlining account provisioning and de-provisioning, and ensuring better security and compliance. 

  Schedule Time with Ed Ferrara

  Use Microsoft Bookings to schedule a consultation. Bookings

• Governance, Compliance, Security & Risk
  • Met with the CSL Board of Directors bi-annually and Board Risk Committee quarterly to characterize cybersecurity risk globally for a $12B global bio-pharma manufacturing operation. Worked with the board and risk committee to make cybersecurity a true addressable board-level issue.
  • Developed a comprehensive security and infrastructure strategy to create a more secure business, focusing on cloud and hybrid network, server, and endpoint security.
  • Designed and implemented a cybersecurity and compliance organization from the ground up. This strategy focuses on four core security competencies – compute, network, data, application, and identity & access management.
  • Designed and implemented a robust information security management system (ISMS) using ISO 27001/2.
  • Developed the strategy and led a team of security architects and engineers to:
    • Create a worldwide multi-zone network to harden the global network using segmentation gateways and zero-trust networking as a design approach. The project will provide a new design that includes a complete redesign of the network, implementation of next-generation firewall technology (IDS/IPS), network access control, and micro-segmentation in the enterprise core. The new network system provides the ability to control application and system access at the network layer.
    • Create a modern and secure global manufacturing infrastructure using an old village, a new village model for network, compute, and storage capabilities, modernizing seven manufacturing process control and manufacturing execution systems.
    • Create global identity management to address single-sign-on, and system account provisioning, de-provisioning, and role changes. The new solution will replace a manual identity and access management process with an automated process cutting identify provisioning from weeks to hours – saving $1.8M in administrative costs annually, streamlining account provisioning and de-provisioning, and ensuring better security and compliance. 

    Schedule Time with Ed Ferrara

    Use Microsoft Bookings to schedule a consultation. Bookings

• Governance, Compliance, Security & Risk
  • Met with the CSL Board of Directors bi-annually and Board Risk Committee quarterly to characterize cybersecurity risk globally for a $12B global bio-pharma manufacturing operation. Worked with the board and risk committee to make cybersecurity a true addressable board-level issue.
  • Developed a comprehensive security and infrastructure strategy to create a more secure business, focusing on cloud and hybrid network, server, and endpoint security.
  • Designed and implemented a cybersecurity and compliance organization from the ground up. This strategy focuses on four core security competencies – compute, network, data, application, and identity & access management.
  • Designed and implemented a robust information security management system (ISMS) using ISO 27001/2.
  • Developed the strategy and led a team of security architects and engineers to:
    • Create a worldwide multi-zone network to harden the global network using segmentation gateways and zero-trust networking as a design approach. The project will provide a new design that includes a complete redesign of the network, implementation of next-generation firewall technology (IDS/IPS), network access control, and micro-segmentation in the enterprise core. The new network system provides the ability to control application and system access at the network layer.
    • Create a modern and secure global manufacturing infrastructure using an old village, a new village model for network, compute, and storage capabilities, modernizing seven manufacturing process control and manufacturing execution systems.
    • Create global identity management to address single-sign-on, and system account provisioning, de-provisioning, and role changes. The new solution will replace a manual identity and access management process with an automated process cutting identify provisioning from weeks to hours – saving $1.8M in administrative costs annually, streamlining account provisioning and de-provisioning, and ensuring better security and compliance. 

    Schedule Time with Ed Ferrara

    Use Microsoft Bookings to schedule a consultation. Bookings