Security Project

SAMUEL OWUSU

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OBJECTIVE: A challenging creative opportunity where I can apply my skills in a dynamic organization with plenty of

room for advancement

SECURITY SKILLS SUMMARY

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IS Governance and Risk Management Big Data/Web Data Mining/Analysis

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Security Operational Management Ethical Hacking/Penetration Testing

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Cyber Law & Ethics Forensic Analysis/Examination

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Regulatory Compliance: FISMA Guidelines, Cyber warfare

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NIST Guidelines, OMB, HIPAA, FedRAMP standard, Information Integration

etc.

• Applications of Intelligent Systems

WORK EXPERIENCE

Part Time Faculty: Network Security: Howard Community College- Columbia, MD July, 2014-Present

• Develop course materials and assessed student mastery of academic work.

• Design students’ course curriculum.

• Teach introductory courses in network security-IDS/IPS, Firewalls, Operational Security, etc.

• Conduct lab exercises in a laboratory environment for student in Firewalls, IDS/IPS, VPNs, etc.

Security Risk/Analysis /Research Assistant: UMBC Baltimore, MD August, 2011- May, 2014.

• Provided Cost and benefit analysis on chosen security project

• Performed vulnerability detection, impact assessment, and mitigation

• Provided risk assessment and deployment coordination of security patches

• Involved in documentation on system security planning and lifecycle management

• Recommended, reviewed, updated, and/or developed existing Security policies, standards, or

procedures.

• Maintained an understanding of vulnerabilities, response, and mitigation strategies used in cyber

operations.

• Analyzed and reported cyber threats as well as assisted in deterring, identifying, monitoring, investigating

and analyzing computer network intrusions.

Incidence Response: UMBC Baltimore, MD August, 2012- May, 2013

• Supported in the detection, response, mitigation, and reported cyber threats affecting client networks

• Maintained an understanding of the current vulnerabilities, response, and mitigation strategies used in

cyber operations.

• Analyzed and reported cyber threats as well as assisted in deterring, identifying, monitoring, investigating

and analyzing computer network intrusions.

Technical Support: UMBC Department of Information Systems Baltimore, MD October, 2011-June, 2012

• Monitored and maintained computer systems and networks

• Troubleshooted client system and network problems face to face/over telephone to resolve issues

• Provided support, including procedural documentation and relevant reports

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS

University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) Baltimore, MD

M.Sc. in Information Systems August, 2014.

Security Certifications: Security+ Ce, CEH, ECSA May, 2014

Project Management Certification: PMI-CAPM) January, 2012.

RESEARCH/PUBLICATIONS OTHER SKILLS

Security Tools: Retina Network Security Scanner, SSH; SSL; Anti-Virus Tools (Norton), Nmap, Nessus, Wire shark,

Snort, SharePoint, etc.

Operating Systems: Unix-Based Systems, Windows (all).

Office Tools: MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Access, PowerPoint, MS Visio, and MS Project.)

Programming Language: XML, PHP, HTML, JavaScript, Ruby, etc. RESEARCH/PUBLICATIONS

RESEARCH/PUBLICATIONS RESEARCH/PUBLICATIONS

Cyberbullying Behavior: Development, Characteristics, and Prevention : Master’s Thesis Presented to the Pro-

Quest and Graduate School of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in Partial Fulfilment of the requirements

for the Award of the Degree of Masters in Information Systems (July, 2014).

Discovering Online Review Characteristics: A Research Paper Presented to CFP SNA-KDD 2014: The 8th

International Workshop on Social Network Mining and Analysis.

Social Networked Based Recommender Systems: A research Paper submitted for publication at the 2013

International Conference on Social Computing (SocialCom 2013)

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