Orlando Stevenson

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Gender Male
Occupation IT Security Supervisor
Location Columbus, Nebraska, United States
Introduction I'm an information technology leader and assurance professional with 20+ years of IT and cyber security experience, including a 10+ years supervision in technical infrastructure and security areas for a vertically integrated Midwest electric utility. Currently an IT Consultant, past positions include IT Security Supervisor, Senior Systems Analyst, Dev. Methods Analyst, CAD Systems Mgr, Eng. Systems Analyst, Eng. Programmer. Education includes MCSM (aka MS-ITM), MBA, and BSCS w/EE minor; certs include CISM, CISA, CISSP, NSA-IAM, MCSE-NT. My cyber security focus these days centers on balancing the urgent against pursuing longer term, risk informed, sustainable improvements- policy and compliance, arch/design, audit issues, teamwork, partnering, and strategy.
Interests Cyber Security, Information Technology, Information Security, Genetic Engineering, Nanotechnology, Technological Singularity, Nuclear Energy, (Note: I'm a big nuclear energy fan and geek since having the opportunity to work several BWR outages starting in 2006 with a Radiological Protection group and learning more about the industry thanks to folks like Rod Adams w/The Atomic Show and John Wheeler w/This Week in Nuclear)- Fission Rocks!, UFC, Krav Maga, Hapkido, Options Trading
Favorite Movies Inception, Gattaca, Brave One, Vanilla Sky, Falling Down, Fight Club, Gran Torino, Unforgiven, Never Back Down, Firewall, 300, Hackers, Dirty Harry, Terminator, Matrix, Jumper, The Butterfly Effect, Blade, Blade II, Blade: Trinity, Dark City, Stargate, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Contact, Forbidden Planet
Favorite Books Power to Save the World, Trading in the Zone, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, The Singularity is Near, The Dark Tower Series, Foundation, Cities in Flight, Chronicles of Amber, Without Remorse, Daemon, Freedom