Colby Farley, GCIH, GMON, GCED, CEH, MCITP, VCP, eJPT
Greater Houston
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US Votes to Rid of Internet Privacy - What You Can Do
US Votes to Rid of Internet Privacy - What You Can Do
By Colby Farley, GCIH, GMON, GCED, CEH, MCITP, VCP, eJPT
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Infragard Site Has an Evil Twin
Infragard Site Has an Evil Twin
By Colby Farley, GCIH, GMON, GCED, CEH, MCITP, VCP, eJPT
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Always a fun day at Academy when the MLB Commissioner Trophy and Astros's World Series ring is in!! Let's go Astros!!! Defend the title!!!!
Always a fun day at Academy when the MLB Commissioner Trophy and Astros's World Series ring is in!! Let's go Astros!!! Defend the title!!!!
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End of an era! Finished my Army contract and going to focus on other things. It has been an experience and glad to meet the people during my time!
End of an era! Finished my Army contract and going to focus on other things. It has been an experience and glad to meet the people during my time!
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I'm proud to announce after 5 years of being on the floor and managing one of the best stores in Houston, I've gotten the opportunity to advance my…
I'm proud to announce after 5 years of being on the floor and managing one of the best stores in Houston, I've gotten the opportunity to advance my…
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Experience
Education
Licenses & Certifications
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GIAC Continuous Monitoring Certification (GMON)
Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
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Volunteer Experience
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Volunteer
Houston Security Conference
- Present 9 years
Science and Technology
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Moderator
Bsides Austin
- Present 8 years 7 months
Science and Technology
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Facilitator
SANS Institute
- Present 8 years 2 months
Science and Technology
Helped facilitate for the SEC504 class at SANS Dallas 2016.
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Advisor
University of Houston College of Technology
- Present 8 years 1 month
Science and Technology
Assisted a team with guidance and instruction on a cloud based unified threat management platform. Leveraging the processing of cloud architecture to provide faster results to a group of computers.
Publications
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Shellshock
Alert Logic
This was a presentation on Shellshock including a demonstration in action. Those in attendance were able to see the significance in why the vulnerability needed to be patched.
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Introduction to Group Policy
Alert Logic
This was a presentation and lab on the basic of Group Policy and how they affect information security. People who participated walked away with key areas of Group Policy they could advise others to harden their defenses.
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Windows Auditing Policies
Alert Logic
This was an introduction on auditing policies and how the affect the logging done on Windows systems. With a focus on the lack of auditing and how that can impede correlation and forensic research.
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Windows Event Log Guidebook
Alert Logic
This was a guidebook to fellow employees in understanding a set of event logs. Allowing greater correlation and see the big picture when it comes to timelines in a computer's log history.
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Windows Event Log Review
Alert Logic
This was an introductory subject for Windows Event Log. Such as the major types of logs that Windows keeps and how new versions of Windows have iterated and improved logging.
Courses
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Creating Splunk Knowledge Objects
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Hacker Tools, Techniques, Exploits and Incident Handling
SEC504
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Pen Testing Student
PTSv3
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Searching and Reporting with Splunk
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Splunk Enterprise Data Administration
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Splunk Enterprise System Administration
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Using Enterprise Security
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Using Splunk
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VMware vSphere Install, Configure, Manage
VCP 5.5
Projects
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Splunk Implementation
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Enterprise Switch Management
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Ensure that the switches at the MDF and IDF are configured correctly. Including naming descriptions, troubleshooting connection issues with end nodes, and other switching problems. Using the CLI on Cisco equipment including 2950, 2960, 3550, and 3560 series switches.
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RFID Equipment Maintenance
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Maintaining RFID equipment for employee location handling. Fed into network for distribution on company intranet site.
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New Hire IT Familiarization Training
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Learning HTML to use the intranet to create a course for new hires to learn the technologies used at the company.
Provide documentation on common server errors (both software and hardware)
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Data Center Administrator
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Using change control documentation and change control boards, maintained data centers in Houston (TX), College Station (TX), Dayton (OH), and Birmingham (UK). Ensuring confidentiality, integrity, and high availability.
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Standard Operating Procedures for Windows OS Logs
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System Administrator
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Various assigned projects to improve efficiency at the law firm.
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Junior System Administrator
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Honors & Awards
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Texas Adjutant General's Individual Award
36ID
• Received medal for work done during mission at Fort Hood for the development and deployment of critical server infrastructure
• During the mission deployed Windows Server 2008 R2, Exchange 2016, SharePoint 2016, SCCM 2012 R2, SQL Server 2012, and other critical battlefield server equipment.
• Escalated issues from helpdesk to the server team for remediation of issues and timely return on tickets.
• Supervised machines and performed maintenance to ensure optimal performance for the…• Received medal for work done during mission at Fort Hood for the development and deployment of critical server infrastructure
• During the mission deployed Windows Server 2008 R2, Exchange 2016, SharePoint 2016, SCCM 2012 R2, SQL Server 2012, and other critical battlefield server equipment.
• Escalated issues from helpdesk to the server team for remediation of issues and timely return on tickets.
• Supervised machines and performed maintenance to ensure optimal performance for the entirety of the mission.
• Managed Exchange mailboxes, configured autoresolving, and other Exchange/Outlook issues.
• Worked on core Windows Server configuration such as Active Directory DS, ADAC, DHCP, and DNS.
• Audited DNS entries daily for signs of DNS cache poisoning and other security related events.
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