Many CloudWave employees have spent their careers in healthcare IT.
As a CloudWave Cloud Security Engineer David Afnani helps his team “keep the bad guys out”.
With the growing number of bad actors finding creative ways to intrude into hospital infrastructures, David works not only to prevent entry but detect when a bad actor is attempting to break in. In addition, he checks other systems for entry and ensures relevant security controls are in place and are working properly. And in the rare case where there is a security incident, he’s there and ready to help.
Before a recruiter reached out in January 2018 to introduce him to CloudWave, David spent 8 years traveling the country doing “endless penetration tests,” physical security site reviews and onsite social engineering engagements. He was looking for a change.
“I instantly liked the name of company and the prospect of playing defense again for patients and their doctors.” He goes on to explain, “My wife is a PA and has complained about poor connectivity and slow EHRs affecting her patient care. I understand how important it is for the doctors and the patients to have readily available, accurate healthcare records. Unfortunately, bad actors understand this too.”
David is working toward obtaining an AWS Certified Security certification. He currently holds CompTIA Security + and GIAC Web Application Penetration Test certifications.
When David isn’t helping to protect hospitals he enjoys golf, running and the great outdoors.
“If I can do any of these things with my family then there’s nothing better.”
