Cybersecurity and Penetration Testing Professional

CYBERSECURITY & PENETRATION TESTING PROFESSIONAL

Focused and detail-oriented Cybersecurity and Penetration Testing Professional with experience working in higher education, non-profit, and government environments with an emphasis on efficient internal procedures, flexibility, reporting, and superior customer service. Analytical team leader who excels at creating solutions for external constituents, internal employees, and the company as a whole. Successful record of managing competing priorities and meeting cyclical and emergent deadlines. Outstanding verbal and written communication skills and excellent attention to detail. Expertise includes:

Business and Professional Writing Policies and Procedures Social Engineering Networking and Host Scanning

Vulnerability Scanning and Discovery Networking and Security Concepts Defensive Cybersecurity

SUMMARY OF TECHNICAL SKILLS

Extremely proficient with Microsoft Windows and proficient with Linux operating systems, including Kali and SecurityOnion

Proficient with penetration testing software tools including nmap, OpenVAS, Metasploit, Meterpeter, Burpsuite, and others

Proficient with social engineering concepts (offensive and defensive) and useful tools including SET

Proficient with network security concepts including firewall implementation, VPNs, IDS use, security policies, etc.

Proficient with network sniffing tools including tcpdump and Wireshark

Proficient with web application testing including SQL injections

Able to perform escalation and lateral movement within networks

Extremely proficient with Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access)

Extremely proficient with Google and other web applications, Internet research, and online communications

Proficient with Python and C# programming languages. Able to read shell scripts.

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Cyber Defender Certificate Program 01/2019 - 05/2020

Augusta University (Augusta, GA)

Coursework included:

Offensive cybersecurity/penetration testing lab exercises including black box testing, capture the flag, and red team versus blue team

The principles of writing quality penetration testing reports including methodologies, vulnerability assessments, remediation recommendations, and executive summaries

Lecture and hand’s on instruction with penetration testing tools and software from all stages of penetration testing with special attention to nmap, OpenVAS, Armitage, WebScarab, and Wireshark

Penetration testing group projects which required planning the testing procedure, discovering hosts in a black box environment, scanning for vulnerabilities, and exploiting the hosts as possible. Project also required submitted full reports detailing summary of findings, methodology with screenshots, and remediation steps.

Defensive cybersecurity lecture and lab instruction related to information security strategies, securing enterprise networks, firewall implementation, sniffing tools and packet analysis, wireless security, IDS use, and the SecurityOnion linux distribution.

Principles of ethical hacking and ethics in the digital age

Scripting and automation coding with Python including web scrapping, regular expressions, and automating user input

Fundamentals of networking and security with coursework designed to lead to Network+ and Security+ certifications.

OTHER RECENT EXPERIENCE

Compliance Analyst 03/2019 – 06/2020

Office of Compliance, Ethics, and Risk Management, Augusta University (Augusta, GA)

Responsible for review and revision of Enterprise policies to ensure alignment with state and federal laws and USG policies and requirements. Provide advice to other University units in review of unit policies to ensure overall congruence in Enterprise policies.

Review and investigate conflict of interest disclosures to ensure compliance with policy and regulatory expectations

Monitor incoming compliance and ethics complaints and assign them to appropriate staff for investigation

Investigate compliance or regulatory concerns related to the University and/or the Health System

Serve as a Title IX investigator for the University. Completed USG Title IX training Summer 2019.

Lead Enterprise project to implement new policies and procedures for programs involving minors on campus after a need was identified by the institution

Maintain the website for the Office of Compliance including serving as task lead on new websites and major website revisions

Provided system support for the Office of Compliance including EthicsPoint, COI Smart and other HealthStream products, and the D2L learning management system.

Program Coordinator for Accreditation & Planning 06/2016 – 03/2019

Institutional Effectiveness, Augusta University (Augusta, GA)

Led several project initiatives for the department and the University including implementing an accreditation compliance toolkit, file storage revisions, web content updates and revisions, and others.

Served as project coordinator, including meeting scheduling and communications with team members, for the 2018 Strategic Planning process that developed the Beyond Boundaries strategic plan.

Ensured IE practices related to accreditation and planning are consistent with AU and Board of Regents/University System of Georgia policies and procedures.

Served as site administrator and primary point of contact for the Compliance Assist software suite, used by all University units for annual planning and the Colleges for student learning outcomes.

Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer 02/2012 – 07/2016

Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (Atlanta, GA)

Assisted the CEO and professional staff in interpreting ACEN policy and U.S. Department of Education regulations.

In conjunction with the CEO, review and edit ACEN policies to better serve constituent programs and ensure compliance with federal regulations.

Served as the primary agency liaison to ACEN legal counsel, U.S. Department of Education staff, and representatives from other regulatory and national agencies.

Researched and prepared reports and presentations to be used for internal process improvement, informing the ACEN Board of Commissioners and other constituents of important matters, and external presentation.

Supported constituents, including students, parents, faculty, nurse administrators, and other representatives of accredited institutions, with accreditation information and interpretation of policies and procedures.

EDUCATION

Cyber Defender Certificate

Augusta University – Augusta, Georgia (2020)

Bachelor of Arts Degree in Global Politics

Washington and Lee University – Lexington, Virginia (2008)

References and letters of recommendation available upon request.

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