Dan Nguyen

IT Audit & Information Security Advisor

Cyber and Information Security Team

Dan is an experienced cybersecurity and information security practitioner focused on aiding public sector, educational institutions, and small/medium businesses in securing the systems that allow them to achieve their missions. 

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About Dan

Dan is a graduate of the University of Minnesota’s Master’s of Science in Security Technologies (MSST) program, and works for the university as the Principal IT Auditor. As a security expert, Dan holds multiple industry-leading certificates including the CISSP, CISA, and Certified Penetration Tester (GPEN), along with extensive experience and training related to cybersecurity, internal audit, IT auditing, and critical infrastructure protection.

Dan helps clients remain compliant, operational, and secure. As a security consultant, he works with in-house teams to aid in auditing procedures, or conducts third-party audits of critical systems to ensure clients can prevent, detect, and respond to information security incidents as they happen. Prior to his work at the University of Minnesota, Dan helped protect the U.S. mail infrastructure working at the USPS Office of the Inspector General by overseeing red team assessments, developing rules of engagement for USPS’s wireless networks, and hacking Post Office systems and partnering with cybersecurity coworkers to fix systems and protect U.S. infrastructure.

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