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Innovative approaches . . MW NE01i LrNSa a" N"c oli practical results James Humphrey Computer Services Manager Years Experience: 32 Education: B.S., The University of Texas at El Paso, 1968 M.B.A., The University of Texas at Arlington, 1978 M.S., Civil Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington, 1983 Mr. Humphrey is the Chief Technology Officer at Freese and Nichols. He manages the Computer Services Operations. His responsibilities include planning, budgeting, purchasing, installation of hardware and software, repairs, file management and inventories. Mr. Humphrey also designed and implemented the Wide -Area Network and Local -Area Network for the local offices. Project Experience: Vulnerability Assessments — Brown County WID# 1, Cities of Abilene, Beaumont, Carrollton, Denton, Garland, Irving, Plano, North Richland Hills and San Angelo, Texas - Assessments as to the vulnerability of SCADA systems to bioterrorism, according to the H.R. 3448 Bioterrorism Act. The assessments included reviews of physical protection features and cyber protection features including firewalls, proxy servers and other security and intrusion detection devices used to prevent unauthorized access to equipment and data. Port scans and the use of routable and non - routable Internet protocol (IP) addresses were studied to identify exposed systems. The level of security patches, encryption schemes and security logging were also investigated. Reviewed password policies, file and folder permissions, user /group privileges and equipment /data access. Computer System Design - Dallas /Fort Worth Airport, Texas - Project manager for computer system consultation, design and installation for the Airport Development Department. The project involved the conversion of the departments network from Novell NetWare to a Windows NT based system. Workstations, a network server and a variety of software were specified, ordered and placed into service. Interfaces to a Banyan Vines and Unix network were included. WAN Implementation - Freese and Nichols, Fort Worth, Texas - Implemented a Wide -Area Network (WAN) for eight local offices. The WAN is a Virtual Private Network (VPN) utilizing routers based on the Linux operating system and Pentium computers, Ipsec encryption and Internet Service providers (ISPs). Various combinations of broadband technologies were used that included T1 lines, . . Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) and Digital Subscriber Line (DSL). TCP/IP Network - Freese and Nichols, Fort Worth, Texas - Installed and maintains a TCP/IP network of approximately 290 workstations and 20 servers at nine local offices. This project included the use of the Windows (95/98/NT/2000), Linux and Open VMS operating systems. Activities include installation and maintenance of routers, proxy servers, firewalls and Domain Name Service (DNS). Water System Vulnerability Assessment and Emergency Response Plan