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John Korpal

IANS Faculty

    John is an IT Security Engineer for Verizon Wireless and is a member of OWASP, ISC2, and ISSA. In his career, John has architected solutions that allowed companies to be PCI-DSS compliant, protected 100 million customers sensitive information and over 6 billion sensitive data elements, and created one of the first complete Enterprise Mobile Application Security policy for a major telecom company. He has also served by developing high-performance aircraft test systems for the US Department of Defense aircrafts such as B-1, B-2, and YF-22.

    Expertise
    • Compliance & Governance
    • Application Security
    • Mobile Device Security
    • Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)
    • Data Protection (Encryption, Tokenization)

    Achievements & Contributions

    • Former Enterprise Architect for Alltel Wireless, a wireless telecommunications provider
    • Former Senior Technical Lead for Computer Sciences Corporation, a multinational corporation that provided IT and professional services
    • Former Team Leader & System Analyst for ITT Inc., an American worldwide manufacturing company

    Certifications & Credentials

    • MS, Computer Science –West Coast University
    • BS, Computer Science –California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
    • CISSP –(ISC)2
    • C|EH –EC-Council
    • CRISC –ISACA

    Hobbies & Fun Facts

    John holds an FCC amateur license and loves to build objects with his 3D printer.