Alexander Dabbs

Alexander Dabbs

Alex is a Cybersecurity Defense Professional with experience in Supply Chain Risk Management and Governance, Risk, and Compliance

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Selected work

Projects

A few examples of risk, governance, network, and cloud security work.

Risk & governance

Northstar GRC Risk Dashboard

Tracks findings, residual risk, overdue actions, and remediation updates in one view.

Controls assessment

CES ISO 27001 Gap Assessment

Reviews five ISO 27001 controls and maps gaps to risk-ranked remediation.

Network security

Computer Networking with Cisco

Segments a mock bank network with VLANs, OSPF, ACLs, and secure device access.

Cloud security

AWS Cloud Security

Secures AWS workloads with IAM, Inspector, Organizations policies, and WAF.

Professional background

Experience

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Security Risk Assessor

Fortress Information Security · Remote

  • Assessed 30+ vendors monthly against NIST, SOC 2, and ISO 27001 for regulated utility clients.
  • Summarized 750+ security findings in annual reports to help leadership prioritize remediation.
  • Reduced AI-assisted evidence review time from two hours to 45 minutes while retaining analyst validation.

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Security Risk Analyst

Fortress Information Security · Remote

  • Drove remediation of 120+ high-risk findings monthly, improving vendor response rates by 65%.
  • Automated risk scoring, saving 30 minutes per record and increasing projected monthly capacity by 25%.
  • Contributed to 300+ annual SBOM and software attestation projects for public and federal utility clients.

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Senior Cybersecurity Research Analyst

Fortress Information Security

  • Conducted 25+ monthly quantitative risk assessments for energy and utility clients, identifying domain weaknesses.
  • Tested AI-assisted procedures through source verification, input validation, and reproducibility checks.
  • Monitored company and prospective domains for malicious or brand-damaging content.

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Cybersecurity Research Analyst

Fortress Information Security

  • Reviewed security incidents, vendor compliance, vulnerabilities, and domain configurations for client risk reports.
  • Helped clients identify vendor risks and address regulatory and security concerns.

Core capabilities

Skills

Risk & Governance

  • Quantitative and Qualitative Risk Assessments
  • Automation Configuration
  • Breach Analysis
  • Finding Remediation
  • Evidence Review

Controls & Standards

  • ISO 27001
  • NIST 800-53 and NIST RMF
  • NERC CIP
  • SOC
  • PCI DSSGDPR

Tools & Delivery

  • Jira
  • ServiceNow
  • SIEM
  • Risk Dashboards and Reports
  • Continuous Evidence Delivery

Academic background

Education

Florida State University

Tallahassee, Florida

Bachelor of Science, Psychology

University of Central Florida

Orlando, Florida

Cybersecurity Defense Professional

Contact Alex

Alex is based in Seattle, Washington. Connect for conversations about Governance, Risk, and Compliance, Cybersecurity, or Supply Chain Risk Management

alexdabbs@me.com