Chad S.
Bucyrus, KS 66013 · GRC Security Analyst · Rings and Cages LLC
Johnson County Community College
15 followers
About
Results-driven compliance and risk professional with extensive experience in governing regulated operations, enforcing policies, and improving control effectiveness across various industries. Skilled in applying industry-standard frameworks like NIST, ISO, COBIT, HIPAA, SOX, and SOC 2 to mitigate risks and ensure audit readiness. Recognized for proactive risk identification, strong communication, and a commitment to continuous improvement.
Specialties
- Ethical Hacking
- Governance & Compliance
- Hardware Hacking
- Penetration Testing
- Threat Hunting
Skills
- COBIT
- CMMI
- ISO
- NIST RMF
- NIST CSF
- Zero Trust
- SOX
- AS5
- SOC 2
- PCI
61 skills in total
Licenses & Certifications
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Cyber Security: DevOps
Marquarie University
Issued Aug 2026
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CISSP Training
ISC²
Issued Aug 2026
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CompTIA Security+ and CompTIA CySA+ Exam Readiness
CompTIA
Issued Aug 2026
36 certifications in total
Experience
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Rings and Cages LLC
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GRC Security Analyst
Sep 2010 — Present
Bucyrus, KS
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Owner / Operator
Dec 2006 — Present
Bucyrus
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Owner / Operator
Dec 2006 — Present
Bucyrus
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14 experiences in total
Education
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Johnson County Community College
Criminal Justice
Unknown
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Johnson County Community College
Criminal Justice
Unknown
5 education entries in total
Recent posts
[celebration:new_certification]Has successfully verified **TCP/IP, Routing, and 2 more certifications
Good morning to everyone. No matter how stressful instances or life in general may become, there are always little things you can enjoy to have a "woo sah" moment. Others depend on you to be at your best, everything needs to "woo sah" now and then however that may be.
[celebration:new_certification]Has successfully verified **Certified Information Systems Security Professional** (ISC²)
Good morning everyone. Some holiday in the US yesterday. I've personally always worked during holidays but I get bored easily and people to to me dealing with goofiness so better to work. But I spent my day doing more courses online, mowing and applications while to dog talked smack (Ok he looked like he did). Got another rejection email this morning and I tell you, this has never happened to me but then again, I've never been in this field before. The others I really didn't have competition at all and jobs from US into the islands. But no matter how many certs I have gotten for cybersecurity, literally have not even gotten 1 interview yet out of over 100 apps I'm putting in weekly. Everything meets ATS so people are receiving the applications just not even a call. That's new to me. It's taking a lot of blowing it off and thinking ok, sooner or later. Man i've heard about this age (51) but I thought surely that's just junk, I hired whoever wanted to work and was capable of doing the duties. Now I'm on the other end of it hahaha. Haven't had to find employment since 1998 and I walked into that and the next was just an application I put in because wife at the time didn't want to move to the islands. So this whole job hunt thing is basically new to me at this age.
[celebration:new_certification]Has successfully verified **Cybersecurity in the AI era** (University of Maryland)