Committed to Helping People Stay Safe & Secure in a Digital World.
I am a Utica University Cybersecurity graduate with a specialization in Cyber Operations. I am currently working as a Firewall Administrator for the great State of New York. My pronouns are he/him.
A passion for Cybersecurity!
My interest in Cybersecurity started in the 5th grade when I received Kevin Mitnick’s book “The Art of Intrusion” as a gift. Since then, I have had a passion for Cybersecurity that has not slowed down since.
Programming
Experienced and skillful in the programming language Ruby. Experienced in the Programming language Python3.
Keep Current by Reading Cybersecurity News
Reads Cybersecurity news from a bunch of different publications daily.
Proficient in the Following Products
Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams, WebEx, ITSM, SSH, WinSCP, Windows, VMware, Putty, SpiceWorks and VirtualBox
Certifications
- Cisco’s Introduction to Cybersecurity certification.
- Cisco’s Python Essentials 1
- Palo Alto’s Fundamentals of Network Security
- ISC2’s Certified Cybersecurity
Personnel Projects
SnackHack2, Blue vs Blue, Deploying Cowrie Honeypot, Rmap and Cowrie Toolkit
Skills & Knowledge
TCP, UDP, Wireshark, Nmap, Nessus, Kali, Parrot OS, Snort, Ubuntu, OpenVAS, Metasploit
An Array of Different Skills!
Classes I took during my time at Utica University
- CYB 101 – Introduction into Cybersecurity
- CYB 205 – Software Foundations for Cybersecurity.
- CSC 225 – Intro to the UNIX Operation System
- CYB 333 – Information Security
- CYB 339 – Cyber Operations Tools
- CYB 362 – Information System Threats, Attacks, and Defense.
- CYB 348 – Information Assurance Risk and Compliance
- CYB 400 – Select Topics in Cybersecurity
- CYB 438 – System Vulnerability Assessment
- CYB 439 – Intro to Malware Analysis
Employers
- General Control Systems as Cybersecurity Engineer
- NYS DCN Operations as Firewall Administrator
“It’s not where you start but where you finish that counts”
Zig Ziglar
American author