Team Lead: Ben Bolam

Leading the INVULNERABLE team, Ben is a highly skilled and results-oriented IT professional with extensive experience in security operations and integration of diverse cybersecurity tools. He has demonstrated proficiency in developing strategic process improvements and ongoing support and is committed to fostering strong relationships with clients. With 20+ years of successful implementation of comprehensive cybersecurity strategies, Ben has a strong track record of onboarding clients with a range of security solutions, ensuring effective threat detection and response. 

• Network and System Security
• Risk Management
• Security Architecture Design and Integration
• Compliance and Regulatory Adherence
• Cloud Security
• Endpoint Security
• Incident Response and Management
• Documentation and Build Books
• Data Integrity and Disaster Recovery
• Technical Specifications  Development
• Technical and Financial Evaluations
• Proof of Concept Design and Build

Platforms:

• Linux (Red Hat, SUSE, Ubuntu) and UNIX (Solaris, HP-UX, AIX)
• Windows Server (2008, 2012, 2016, 2019, 2022)
• Cloud Providers (Azure, AWS)

Networking:

• TCP/IP, UDP, IPSEC, SSH, SMTP, SSL/TLS, HTTP, SNMP, FTP, NTP, SMB, NFS, DHCP, RADIUS, NetFlow

Tools:

• SIEM (ArcSight, Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk, ELK, IBM QRadar, FortiSIEM, McAfee Nitro)
• EDR (McAfee ePO, Trend Micro Deep Security, Microsoft Defender, Symantec Endpoint Protection)
• Virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V, Citrix XenApp)
• Vulnerability Management (Tenable Nessus, Snort, Wireshark)
• IAM (CA IdM, RHEL IdM, Entra ID, Active Directory, Microsoft NPS, LDAP, RSA SecurID, Cisco ISE)
• Automation Tools (BMC Server Automation, HP Server Automation, Puppet/Chef/Ansible, Intune)
• Infrastructure Monitoring (rsyslog, syslog-ng, BMC BPPM/Patrol, Nagios, SNMP)
• Firewalls (Checkpoint FW-1 and Secure Gateway, iptables)
• PKI (Microsoft CA, Entrust Entelligence)
• Office Tools (Microsoft O365 Suite, MS Visio, MS Project/Planner, Jira and Confluence)
• ITSM tools (Infoman, IBM Maximo, BMC Remedy, ServiceNow)
• Scripting (Bash/KSH, PowerShell, Python)

Hardware:

• Cisco UCS, Dell, IBM, HP, Sun, HP Itanium, EMC, Hitachi, NetApp, NetBackup Appliances
   

• NATO/GAC/DND
• Shared Services Canada
• Bank of Canada
• Bell Canada
• PWGSC

• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (2025)
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) 2025
• Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) 2025
• Microsoft Azure Fundamentals - AZ-900 - 2024
• Splunk Core Power User Certification - 2019
• Splunk Enterprise Data Administration – 2019
• Splunk Enterprise System Administration – 2019
• ArcSight Activate Framework – 2017
• ArcSight Advanced ESM Admin – 2016
• ArcSight Management Center – 2016
• ArcSight Flex Connector Training – 2016
• Trend Micro Deep Security Certification – 2015
• ITIL Foundation Certification – 2003