About

Adam M. Lechnos is a highly experienced professional with over 23 years of experience in engineering and promoting stable Information Technology infrastructures for various institutions in the start-up, non-profit, government, legal, health care, and financial sectors. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator (CHFI), and Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH). Adam has expertise in conducting assessments and providing assurance in accordance with the NIST series of '800' frameworks. He ensures that applications, vendors, and other third parties are aligned with such standards, communicates gaps in controls, and furnishes risk acceptance where necessary and in a time-bound fashion or with sanctioned compensating controls. He has also created and adopted key metrics, KPIs, and KRIs to communicate the efficacy of ongoing and new programs to provide risk assurance to the business. Adam is a leader who provides motivation and change in large and complex professional environments. He builds solutions, creates frameworks, and empowers a collaborative and open culture to achieve challenging technological business requirements. He has experience in various frameworks and compliance, including NIST CSF (Cyber Security Framework), NIST 800-53, FISMA, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley), CIS CSC (Critical Security Controls), OWASP Top 10, CSA (Cloud Security Alliance) STAR, and Axelos ITIL. Currently, Adam is working as a Lead DevOps Engineer for Real-Time Market Data at FactSet. In the past, he has worked as a GRC & Risk Management Consultant for Business Innovation & Security at Clear Clearme.com and as a GRC & Risk Management Consultant for Cyber Security & Risk Management at the Hospital for Special Surgery. Adam holds a Master of Science (M.Sc.) degree in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance and a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in Cloud Computing from Western Governors University. His tech stack includes DevOps, AWS, Azure, and Web.