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.