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Skills

  • Incident Response Improvement
  • Advanced network penetration techniques
  • Process improvement
  • Regulatory compliance
  • Post-exploitation analysis
  • Firewall breach testing
  • Qualys Cloud Platform
  • Problem resolution
  • Report Generation and Documentation
  • Organization

Work Experiences

  • Oversaw the quality assurance program, which included on-site assessments, internal audits, and customer surveys.
  • Advised on critical changes.
  • Based on penetration test results.
  • Conducted targeted phishing assessments.
  • Conducted in-depth vulnerability assessments for 15 clients.
  • Transported QuickBooks to three years customer locations.
  • Assisted in the automation of penetration testing procedures, cutting down time-to-stakeholder-report by 8% and boosting overall operational efficiency.
  • Assisted in the automation of penetration testing procedures.
  • Collaborated with DevSecOps teams to identify security gaps in CI/CD pipelines and contributed to the automation of security checks, reducing manual interventions by 2 processes.
  • Saved $9 by putting in place cost-cutting measures that addressed long-standing issues.

Summaries

  • Achieved a 53% improvement in overall security.
  • Collaborated with security teams across multiple industries.
  • Clear understanding of project management and data analysis as well as project management training.
  • Completed 2 comprehensive reviews.
  • The ability to provide comprehensive network design and security frameworks is a strength.
  • Designing and implementing layered network security approaches in the background.
  • Consistently lowered MTTD by 3 hours.
  • Conducted custom attack simulations.
  • Conducted penetration tests.
  • Adept at leading external audits.

Accomplishments

  • Resolved product issue through consumer testing.
  • Integrated continuous penetration testing tools with CI/CD pipelines, reducing vulnerability-handling time by 58%.
  • Discovered a rate-limiting failure in Power BI authentication mechanisms, which could have led to a brute-force password attack, and drove critical patch application.
  • Worked with Security Operations Center (SOC) to refine incident detection capabilities post-penetration test, enhancing response times by 55%.
  • Collaborated with team of 6 in the development of initiative.
  • Designed CTF (Capture the Flag) exercises to train and assess penetration testing teams, promoting a learning environment that increased vulnerability detection accuracy.
  • Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.
  • Identified weaknesses in Wi-Fi networks through monitoring and packet analysis, securing 17 corporate networks from potential attacks.
  • Documented and resolved framework which led to process.
  • Devised multi-client phishing simulation campaigns, achieving a 7% compromise rate and prompting significant improvements in staff security awareness training.

Affiliations

  • Defensive Security Certified Practitioner (DSCP) Forum
  • Society of Human Resource Management
  • International Consortium of Minority Cybersecurity Professionals (ICMCP)
  • International Association of Computer Security Professionals (IACSP)
  • Society of Women Engineers
  • Information Systems Security Association (ISSA)
  • Cybersecurity Professionals Meetup Group
  • Association of Information Technology Professionals
  • Technical committee member, Cyber Defense Institute
  • GIAC Global Information Assurance Certification holder group

Certifications

  • Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
  • SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP)
  • GIAC Web Application Penetration Tester (GWAPT)
  • Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
  • Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
  • ServSafe
  • EC-Council Certified Security Analyst (ECSA)
  • Cybersecurity Fundamentals Certificate - 2023 - Ironclad Systems
  • PCI-DSS Implementer
  • Salesforce

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