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VPLS’s Senior Security Engineer, John Headley, highlights key preventative steps from NIST’s Cybersecurity Framework.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
John Headley
John Headley, CISSP and Fortinet NSE8 #003155, is a Senior Security Engineer at VPLS where he splits his time between both pre-sales and post-sales engagements. His expertise is in security architecture and engineering, with a strong focus on network and endpoint security. During his time at VPLS, he has led many security-related professional services projects, including a 35-location FortiGate firewall deployment for a publicly-traded social media company. Connect with John on LinkedIn or email your feedback to [email protected]
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