MANDIANT Expands Professional Services Management Team.MANDIANT welcomes Stephen L. Surdu as new Vice President of Professional Services; promotes Bret Padres to Director of Incident Response. ALEXANDRIA, VA -- MANDIANT, an elite provider of information security services, announced today that Stephen L. Surdu will join the company as its new Vice President of Professional Services. He will manage the continued growth of MANDIANT's consulting and education teams and ensure that the company continues its track record of excellent client service. "Steve's 25 years experience in directing consulting and technology groups will be a great asset for MANDIANT," stated Jim Hansen, the company's Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. . "Steve's proven success with both the private sector and government agencies will be critical in our expansion of the services group in North America and globally." Surdu was formerly the Vice President of Solution Services at SYSCOM, Inc., where he managed the professional services division. Prior to that he was with Foundstone/McAfee in their Washington, D.C. office. Steve holds a Bachelor of Business Administration “BBA” redirects here. For other uses, see BBA (disambiguation). The Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) is a bachelor's degree in business studies. from the University of Michigan (body, education) University of Michigan - A large cosmopolitan university in the Midwest USA. Over 50000 students are enrolled at the University of Michigan's three campuses. The students come from 50 states and over 100 foreign countries. . MANDIANT also announced that Bret Padres has been promoted to Director of its Incident Response program. Bret is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) is a vendor-neutral certification governed by the non-profit International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (commonly known as (ISC)²). (CISSP) with over twenty years experience in the field of information security, computer forensics, law enforcement and counterintelligence matters. Said Hansen, "MANDIANT is pleased to have Bret heading up our Incident Response group. He is a skilled field agent and an innovator who develops tools to improve the capabilities of incident responders. I'm looking forward to Bret's enhancement of our team's skills and capabilities." Prior to joining MANDIANT, Bret was the Director of Cyber Operations with Athena Innovative Solutions. He was also a Special Agent with the United States Postal Service Office of the Inspector General Office of the Inspector General (or OIG) is a common sub-agency within cabinet-level agencies of the United States federal government and serves as auditing and investigative arm of the agency's programs focused on identifying waste, fraud and abuse. , and a Special Agent in the United States Air Force United States Air Force (USAF) Major component of the U.S. military organization, with primary responsibility for air warfare, air defense, and military space research. It also provides air services in coordination with the other military branches. U.S. Office of Special Investigations. Bret holds a Bachelor of Science Noun 1. Bachelor of Science - a bachelor's degree in science BS, SB bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies degree in Computer Information Systems from Excelsior College. About MANDIANT MANDIANT is an information security company with offices in the Washington, DC area and New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . We provide professional services, education and software for major corporations, government agencies, financial institutions and law firms. With extensive experience in the military, intelligence, law enforcement and the private sector, MANDIANT's security consultants are specialists in incident response, computer forensics, network security, application security, and education. To learn more about MANDIANT, please visit www.mandiant.com. |
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