About the Speaker
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    Jeffrey Groman
    Senior Manager, Mandiant Global Consulting Services

    Mr. Groman is a Senior Manager in the Mandiant Global Consulting Services organization and a senior member
    of the Mandiant Central Region leadership team. He is an Information Security veteran with over 18 years of
    experience as a practitioner, mentor, and trusted advisor. His primary focus is helping clients prepare for a
    security breach. He also works with clients scoping and delivering technical and strategic assessments and
    forensic investigations.
    Mr. Groman has assisted customers in the Fortune 10-500 building security programs ranging from Vulnerability
    Management, Application Security, Incident Response and SOC implementations. He also has extensive
    experience running assessments and investigations across industries such as healthcare, manufacturing, retail,
    finance, and hospitality.
    Regional Manager
    Mr. Groman served as a regional services manager for a Security Product and Services Company, helping their
    largest customers build and mature their security programs. Elements of these security programs included
    developer training, prioritizing fixes, and metrics reporting and analytics. Mr. Groman played a pivotal role in
    identifying the right set of tools and augmenting customer staff with rightly skilled resources and building out
    repeatable processes.
    Program Manager
    Mr. Groman worked for a large Health Insurer building out their Application Security Program and internal
    Forensics capability. The capabilities did not previously exist in-house, and Mr. Groman was responsible for
    building these capabilities through a combination of in-house staff and trusted partners.
    EDUCATION
    » BS Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1995
    PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND CERTIFICATIONS
    » Certified Information Security Systems Professional (CISSP) #58218
    » GIAC Certified Web Application Defender (GWEB) 2011
    » GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA) 2008