Derrius Marlin, IT Security Engineer
Biography
Derrius Marlin grew up in Melbourne, FL and moved to Gainesville in 1984 where he subsequently married, started a family, and landed his first real job involving computers. That first job was with the Mid-Florida Area Agency on Aging where he provided general PC support, wrote DBMS applications in Clipper, and ran a BBS. Derrius has spent the last 16+ years at the University of Florida where he's been primarily involved in UNIX systems administration using the Sun Solaris and Linux operating systems, but has also administered servers in Novell Netware and Microsoft Windows Server environments. His time at UF has taken him from the Departments of Psychology, Statistics, Biostatistics, and Chemistry.
During his time in support and systems administration activities, Derrius developed an interest in computer security issues. Over time his interest in computer security grew from a simple fascination, to a hobby, and now to a career as an IT Security Engineer with the UF Security Team where his duties include intrusion detection, incident response, and various security related projects.
When he's not working or catching up on some recent trade rag or blog, Derrius enjoys spending time with his wife and two kids or delving into one of his collected books (currently at 85) in self study of his favorite historical figure, Abraham Lincoln.
Job Description
Engage in risk assessments driven by legislation, policies and best
practices. Enable campus as a whole, and individual departments, to
make use of risk assessment data to better protect against and prepare
for threats.
Analyze threats to recommend UF security strategies. Design, create,
and maintain software code systems and processes to implement those strategies. This
includes active vulnerability scanning software, the campus intrusion
detection systems, and a variety of other processes. Advises committees
on the best security approach and policies for the University. Evaluate
and review security products and methods appropriate for the
University's environment. Helps manage and design security web site.
Represent
the University at training events, conferences and additional awareness
activities. Communicate to campus via presentations on security topics
of interest to local administrators, as well as the UFIRT blog and
podcasts.
Updated: March 2008
