About: Glenn Roast BSc (Hons) MBCS CITP DCSE MCP
I graduated in 1999 at the University of Portsmouth with a Degree in Computer Science
I am an active professional member of the British Computer Society (MBCS). I am also a Chartered IT Professional.
I attend self selected seminars across the UK and I read BCS materials online to further my knowledge interests and career.
Hello, and thanks for visiting my website. This page aims to give you a little more information about my work, myself and my interests.
I am 35 years of age, working for a global IT outsourcing company on a large client site as a 3rd line desk-side support analyst.
I can support 2K/2003/2008 Servers on a corporate LAN & WAN, Digital and Analogue Phones, Linux, Macintosh and currently MS-Windows 7 and XP with Office and all mainstream & 3rd party applications.
It's a great job with a mix of technical skills required to solve various IT problems. I document technical processes to build a strong knowledgebase of answers.
I have worked on a variety of customer sites across the UK including London, Wales, Scotland and most home counties and I always aim to provide the best IT service possible during any chosen appointment.
I live in the South of England, Great Britain. I commute to work with a new company car and fuel card.
I have an honours degree in computer science and an MCP in Windows XP. I am considering the next exam topic as the CompTIA N+ certification in network security as a primer to a CISSP exam in IT Security.
I passed and obtained certification for Dell Certified Systems Engineer taking 3 hardware exams that covered portables (laptops), diagnostics (finding faults with hardware) and desktops. This helps me fix any desk-side computer hardware problems.
I have passed an ITIL Foundation course in IT Service Management. I passed the exam with 34/40 and hope to take a Practitioner course in the future but at the moment I want to concentrate on excelling at all aspects of IT security.
The training I have received in Windows, DOS, Unix and Server software compliment my interests in computer security. I believe that many aspects of security are under looked within the workplace, and I like to advise on improvements where I can.
I have written several security applications and utilities, including whitepapers on securing operating systems. This includes the implementation of operating system security patches, anti-virus, personal firewalls, backup solutions, intrusion detection and encryption to secure home computers for myself and for my friends. I wish to use this practice going forward to become an IT security officer within a mid to large sized business, as this offers me a better challenge to further the subject and my career.
My final year dissertation at University was an anti-virus project in two parts. First part being a guide to prevent computer viruses in any company and the second part is a word virus scanner that detects and removes all word viruses.
It does so without an update needed for the scanner. It aimed to be always up-to-date by adopting a generic design. It does need more improvements if it is to be used in the future with the latest version of Microsoft Office due to file extension changes.
The documentation was interesting for me to write, and I hope it is interesting for you to read. The link for the project is here if you wish to download it. http://www.glennroast.co.uk/av.htm It contains all object, source code and documentation.
Hobbies I have include martial arts, swimming, chess, badminton, pool & snooker, motoring, music, origami, ten-pin bowling, photography, multi-gym, internet shopping and adding new content to my number of different web-pages and websites :-)
I like going to pubs, internet cafes & local countryside for walking. I like seaside holidays when on vacation. I joined a gym with my wife and I like to keep fit. I belong to the "Budo Warriors" school where I learn Ninjitsu as a form of Japanese martial art.
If you would like to know anything more specific about me, or you need advice on any aspect of IT, I may be able to answer your questions by e-mail. If you want a secure chat encrypted with my PGP public key, send me your key to allow a secure reply.
My main e-mails are GlennRoast@GlennRoast.Com and GlennRoast@GlennRoast.Co.Uk which are read in the same place by me, so either is fine for you to use. Please e-mail me to report any missing links or faults with the site or anything else!
My CV on the main page is a public one without contact details apart from email. If you need my contact details you will need to email me requesting this if you are a recruiter or agency. I can then email a private copy of my CV with my contact details.
This website was first created on the 16th January 2006, and continues to be updated on a regular basis. There is a date-stamp on the main page to track my last update.
If you ever want to get to my website easily, just remember that you can type:
"glenn roast" at any Google, MSN, Yahoo and Lycos search engines. Many other engines can also be used to find me!
You can use either www.glennroast.co.uk or www.glenn-roast.co.uk
I also own the domains www.glennroast.com and www.glenn-roast.com
Not forgetting www.itsecure.me.uk and www.hacker.me.uk
Also www.cyberdude.co.uk and www.glennroast.it
My favourite is www.ComputerScientist.Me.Uk
any of these 9 domains will visit my website