Sophie Pokorney
Information Security Analyst
Email *.**********@******.*** LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/sophie-pokorney Summary of Qualifications
ˇ Strong work ethic from working and volunteering since high school, as well as from holding two jobs while being the president of a club on campus and a full-time student.
ˇ Leadership roles from position as a former Vice President and President for the CybHer club on campus, involvement in student government in college, and from leadership with CRU.
ˇ Knowledge of many different programming and scripting languages, including Python and C++.
ˇ Knowledgeable about different penetration techniques and how to implement them.
ˇ Forensically audited computers through school. ˇ Thorough understanding of network security. Experience
5/2020 8/2020 Information Security Intern
Huntsville, AL Northrop Grumman
Assured compliance with Risk Management Framework (RMF) - Worked in Powershell to audit logs - Took a network forensics course that utilized Wireshark
8/2019 - 2/2020 Cyber Resident
Sioux Falls, SD South Dakota Bureau of Information and Telecommunication (SDBIT) Identifying compromised Social Security Numbers and banking information - Monitored State servers for malicious attacks 5/2019 8/2019 Information Security Intern
Huntsville, AL Northrop Grumman
Audited hardware according to government security standard - Training on penetration testing 8/2018 8/2020 Technology Fellowship
Madison, SD Dakota State University
Provided technological support to the students and faculty - Creating tutorials for navigating the University s website - Scripting to find the location of TOR servers
5/2018 7/2018 Gen-Cyber Counselor
Madison, SD Dakota State University
Provided support to teachers - Aided in student’s classwork Education
8/2017 - 8/2021
Graduation: 8/2021
GPA: 3.5
Degree GPA: 3.7
B.S. in Cyber Operations, Minor in Computer Forensics, & Minor in Center of Excellence in Information Systems Clearance
9/2019 - PRESENT Secret Clearance
Technical Skills
Technical
Extensive use of software on Kali
Linux
Wireshark and other network analysis
software
Malware Analysis Computer Forensics
Network Analysis Computer Networking
Risk Management Techniques Git
Linux Windows
MS Office Suite
Programming
Python 2/3 SQL
PHP PowerShell
HTML CSS
x86 Assembly C/C++
Bash Scripting JavaScript
Scholarships / Competitions
2020 Wild West Hacking Fest 2020 Scholarship
2020 WiCyS Scholarship for 2020 Conference
2019 MUDAC (Midwest Undergraduate Data Analytics Competition) 2019 SBS Cybersecurity Scholarship
2018 GHC 18 Research Scholar CRA-W
Volunteer Work / Community Service
1/2018 - 5/2020 GenCyber Vice President / President Planned and lead meetings, organized volunteer opportunities 8/2019 - 3/2020 DSU AdapT Labs Volunteer Helped built mobility vehicles for kid with developmental issues 8/2018 - 10/2018 CRU Bible Study Leader Lead Bible Study meetings 3/2017 - 8/2018 Sioux Falls Humane Society Volunteer Cared for various animals 3/2017 - 8/2017 Avera McKennan Hospital Volunteer Helped in the acupuncture office 3/2017 - 5/2017 Lifescape Volunteer Volunteer Helped with special needs children