David Marcoux, CISSP, CISM, CCSP

    Portfolio

    Integrate and Synthesize Pollen Data

    Custom RESTful API integrations

    AustinPollen.com is a service project and labor of love inspired by allergy sufferers in my life, including my amazing wife. I believe you deserve clear, complete, up-to-date information about what’s causing you to feel sick. Most pollen websites only show you a single data point once a day. I share every relevant original data point for pollen, mold, air quality, and weather. The data format is easy to compare, and charts are updated frequently throughout the day.

    Creative Use of Nessus

    Bash Shell Script

    Created a command-line tool that harnesses the power of Nessus 2.x (circa 2004) by flipping the traditional paradigm. Nessus was like a lumbering bulldozer, and my tool made Nessus act like a lightning-fast scalpel. Featured easy-to-use text input and .csv output files.

    Wrote Security Policies & Procedures

    Protected Data

    Defined rules and expectations to maintain the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the organization’s data in the following documents.

    F5 Application Security Module (ASM)

    Monitored Web Security

    Wrote scripts to ease the daily security monitoring of the F5 ASM (WAF) in the following scripts.

    FOSS Linux-based IDS and Packet Recorder

    Automated build and deploy script

    Wrote this script to automate the build of Snort IDS sensors or Packet Recorders. The script hardened the Linux OS installation, removed all unneeded packages, and deployed a Snort sensor and/or network traffic recorder.

    Joined SQL Data

    Custom Integration of Enterprise Tools

    Wrote SQL scripts to join data from two enterprise databases in the following samples.

    Make SSL Key Pairs

    Simplified Custom Tool

    Using OpenSSL to generate key pairs can be a  frustrating and error-prone exercise. This tool simplifies the entire process and ensures success every time. The tool also enables additional and unlimited Subject Alternative Name (SAN) entries.

    Juniper Firewall Audit Tool

    Monitored Log

    Wrote a Juniper Netscreen Firewall Log Analyzer/Parsing tool for routine firewall rule auditing in the following document.

    PCAP Log Parser

    Clarified Search

    Simplified the task of searching through large network packet capture files (PCAP). Enabled search by date, date epoch, hours back, or pcap filter syntax.