Betsy Herrera
Betsy Herrera

Information Security Analyst

Open to offers · Member since 21 Oct 2026
Location
Richmond, United States
Desired salary
Unspecified
Work preference
Remote Only / Full Time
Experience level
Senior

About

Professional summary

I am an Information Security Analyst with more than 10 years of experience supporting governance, risk, compliance, vulnerability management, identity governance, and audit readiness initiatives.

I have worked across financial services, state government, and healthcare environments, applying security and compliance frameworks including SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR, ISO 27001, HITRUST, NIST CSF, NIST SP 800-53, and SOX.

I specialize in conducting gap and risk assessments, testing controls, collecting audit evidence, developing remediation plans, and tracking findings through closure. I have served as a primary liaison for internal and external auditors and have supported security policy, standards, and procedure development.

My technical experience includes enterprise vulnerability management, application security testing, security monitoring, privileged access management, and identity and access governance. I have used platforms such as SailPoint, ServiceNow, Tenable Nessus, Splunk, Rapid7, CyberArk, and Microsoft Entra ID.

I am known for delivering measurable security outcomes, including helping reduce application vulnerabilities by 95% at Wells Fargo and building the first accurate enterprise asset inventory across IT and OT environments at VDOT.

I bring a collaborative, detail-oriented approach to working with auditors, system owners, application teams, vendors, and business stakeholders to improve security controls and reduce organizational risk.

Skills

18 capabilities

Tech stack & tools

Working toolkit

Monitoring

Experience

Career history

Exposure, Vulnerability & Compliance Analyst Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT)

Conducted SOC 2, HIPAA, and GDPR gap assessments, identified control weaknesses, and documented remediation recommendations.

Developed and revised security and privacy program SOPs within ISO 27001 and HITRUST frameworks. Managed vulnerability remediation across more than 900 IT and OT assets using Tenable Nessus, Security Center, and ServiceNow.

Built the first accurate enterprise IT and OT asset inventory to support VDOT's vulnerability scanning migration. Supported SailPoint identity governance administration, provisioning, and access reviews for workforce and contractor identities.

Information Security Specialist KeyBank

Audited identity and access controls for customer-facing applications to support SOX compliance, corrected broken controls, and reviewed risk exception requests.

Performed third-party and vendor risk assessments, vendor evaluations, and security reviews. Administered SailPoint identity governance, including RBAC, workflow configuration, access certification campaigns, and application provisioning.

Created and tuned Splunk detection rules, alerts, and dashboards for security operations monitoring.

Senior Information Security Engineer – Critical Security Infrastructure Wells Fargo

Served as the primary contact for internal and external auditors, collecting audit evidence and developing mitigation plans for identified findings.

Supported risk management activities aligned with NIST SP 800-53 RMF controls. Tracked vulnerability findings from Nessus, Qualys, and Rapid7 Nexpose through remediation using ServiceNow Vulnerability Response.

Supported enterprise security operations tooling and Splunk reporting for security monitoring.

Vulnerability Remediation Analyst – Application Competency Center Wells Fargo

Drove a 95% reduction in application vulnerabilities across the portfolio through vulnerability validation, prioritization, and remediation coordination with application teams.

Performed web application security testing with Burp Suite and trained and mentored junior analysts.

Information Security Analyst VCU Health Systems

Operated Rapid7 security tools, including InsightVM/Nexpose for vulnerability management and InsightIDR for detection and response, in a HIPAA-regulated healthcare environment.

Performed container and image vulnerability scanning with Aqua Trivy, reviewed FireEye alerts, and delivered weekly security briefings to the CISO.

Security Analyst Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (via Apex Systems)

Supported privileged access management in a highly regulated financial environment.

Used CyberArk to vault privileged credentials and rotate passwords.

Education

Learning history

Northeastern University

Bachelor of Science, Computer Information Systems (CIS)

Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems (CIS).

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