Brian J. Gastwirth

Cybersecurity Consultant & Strategic Advisor

Security-minded technologist with a knack for turning complexity into clarity. Glad you're here.


Featured Projects

Cybersecurity Maturity Acceleration

Developed customized assessment toolkit for a growth-stage healthtech company based on NIST CSF controls, yielding 127 metadata-rich improvement opportunities across 22 security domains to guide the CISO's Security Roadmap through 2026.

Security Education & Awareness Program

Launched refreshed Security Education program for mission-driven fintech by executing Cybersecurity Awareness Month campaign. Analyzed data to send targeted reminders, achieving 90% developer training completion goal.

Product Analytics Operational Hardening

Authored Access Control Policy for major video game studio's 50-person data science team. Restructured chaotic knowledge base with 18 automated templates, reducing reliance on institutional knowledge.

Partner Success Program Optimization

Created refreshed Global Partner Sales Portal with automated, partner-specific training and enablement content for 75+ sales partners at a leading emergency notifications provider.

Asana Implementations

Architected and implemented Asana work management solutions for Energy, Ecommerce, SaaS, Legal, and Manufacturing clients through firm partnership.

Expertise

Security Analytics
IT Program Management
Cybersecurity Maturity Modeling
Security Education & Awareness
Access Control
Cloud Security
SQL
Business Intelligence Tools
Google Apps Script

Certifications

Education

Vanderbilt University August 2015 - May 2019

Bachelor of Arts in Economics


Publications


Books

Apple in China

Apple in China

Patrick McGee

A Time of Gifts

A Time of Gifts

Patrick Leigh Fermor

This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends

This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends

Nicole Perlroth

11/22/63

11/22/63

Stephen King