Author: David K. Shepherd, CISSP, PMP

David K. Shepherd is a Senior Consultant in LMI’s Enterprise Technology Services Division. He is an IT Service Management and Security professional with extensive experience managing enterprise quality web sites and applications for federal clients. He is a certified information systems security professional (CISSP), Program Management Professional (PMP) and certified ITIL practitioner with more than 25 years of experience designing, developing, managing and maintaining applications for federal clients. He also advises federal clients on IT infrastructure issues, the effective use of tools & techniques, and security engineering. He can be reached at dshepherd@lmi.org. 

From the Winter 2017 Issue

Security through Planned Destruction— Using the Cloud to Reduce APT Risk 

Author(s):

Chris Rutherford, CISSP, CAP, Senior Strategic Cyber Consultant, LMI

David K. Shepherd, CISSP, PMP, Senior Consultant, LMI

Many network attacks gaining attention today are advanced persistent threats (APT) that aim to maintain access for long-term data exfiltration. The advent of cloud infrastructure provides a new avenue of defense against persistent network attacks. The ability to plan the destruction and re-creation of virtual machines in the cloud environment can dramatically reduce the time … Read more