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About Me

 

Rob VandenBrink

 

Rob VandenBrink is a consultant with Coherent Security in Ontario, Canada.

 

He is a volunteer with the Internet Storm Center (https://isc.sans.edu), a site that posts daily blogs on information security and related stories.   Rob also contributes as a volunteer to various security Benchmarks at the Center for Internet Security, notably the Palo Alto Networks Firewall Benchmark.

 

His areas of specialization include all facets of Information Security, Network Infrastructure, Network and Datacentre Design, IT Automation,  Orchestration and Virtualization. Rob has developed tools for ensuring policy compliance for VPN Access users, a variety of networking tools native to Cisco IOS, as well as security audit/assessment tools for both Palo Alto Networks Firewalls and VMware vSphere.

 

Rob has a Master's Degree in Information Security Engineering from the SANS Technology Institute (www.sans.edu), and holds a variety of SANS/GIAC, VMware and Cisco Certifications.

 

CISSP

CISSP 

CISSP ID Number: 434714

Obtained: 2012-09-11

GSEC 

 

GSEC 

Obtained: 2006-09-06

Analyst# 5737

GIAC Gold Papers: VPNScan: Extending the Audit and Compliance Perimeter

GSNA 

 

 

Obtained: 2007-02-20

Expires: 2022-06-30

Analyst# 926

GAWN 

 

Obtained: 2007-07-11

Analyst# 551

GCIA 

 

 

Obtained: 2007-12-05

Analyst# 2771

GIAC Gold Papers: IOSMap: TCP and UDP Port Scanning on Cisco IOS Platforms

GCIH 

 

 

Obtained: 2008-08-22

Analyst# 9459

GIAC Gold Papers: IOScat - a Port of Netcat’s TCP functions to Cisco IOS

GPEN 

 

 

Obtained: 2009-02-13

Analyst# 1489

GIAC Gold Papers: One Admin's Documentation is their Hacker's Pentest

GCPM 

 

 

Obtained: 2009-12-01

Analyst# 168

GIAC Gold Papers: Brains for Hire / Blame for Hire - The Life and Challenges of a Consulting Project Manager

GWAPT 

 

Obtained: 2010-11-22

Analyst# 2183

GCFE 

 

Obtained: 2013-11-21

Analyst# 1376

IEEE member

Member ID 90352924

VCP5-DCV

VMware Certified Professional

Obtained (original VCP 1): 2005-01-21

Obtained (VCP5-DCV): 2015-04-22

Retired Certification

Link for SANS / GIAC Certs: https://www.giac.org/certified-professional/robert-vandenbrink/110952