Certifications & Education
Certifications
May 8, 2021
Cal State University, Long Beach
Cybersecurity Professional Program
Digital Badges
Graduates of the Microsoft Security Course show the ability to work with Active Directory Domain Services in a small internal network have put in place the proper security practices of least privilege model as well as endpoint security to reduce insider threats and privilege escalation. Achieved on December 8, 2020
Graduates of Cloud Security Course understand different CSPs, the services that are provided with hands-on experience dealing with virtualization, cloud security through the proper practices of least privilege model with the use of GPOs, and basics of an SDN. Achieved on February 7, 2021
Graduates of the Network Course show the ability of networking fundamentals with an understanding and importance of separating networks, creating ACLs, and setting up port security. The separation of networks through VLANSs or subnetting to minimize network intrusions from internal or external threat actors. Achieved on January 21, 2021
Graduates of the Cyber Infrastructure Technology Course show the ability to protect and secure a network architecture through different layers of security such as physical, endpoint, and infrastructure. The use of SIEM & SOAR operations to help increase the productivity of a blue team through aggregation and correlation alerts in a working environment. Achieved on April 25, 2021
Graduates from the Digital Forensics Incident Response Course show the ability to do a live and dead analysis of both Windows and Linux systems with proper documentation, understand each stage of the Incident response plan with the importance of threat hunting to prevent future occurrences per business continuity and management to remain compliant with standards and regulations. Achieved on August 1, 2021
Graduates from the Game Theory Course show an understanding of abstracted threat modeling applicable for securing organizations by using strategic and tactical applied analysis and decision theory. By using the techniques learned in this course, the graduates will be better prepared to understand the risks and threats which will assist them in improving any organizations security posture. Achieved on August 8, 2021
Graduates of the Introduction to Python for Security Course show the ability to complete basic programming challenges in the Python language with an understanding of secure coding practices for both defensive and offensive purposes. Achieved on May 20, 2021
Graduates of the Linux Security Course understand terminal fundamentals in Unix operating systems with users’ permissions, system, and networking management. Additionally, the security practices of Hardening the Linux OS and the network. Achieved on February 25, 2021
Graduates of the Network Security Course show a basic understanding of protecting endpoint mechanisms through a layered approach with traffic analysis. The use of authentication systems and port security to help prevent certain exploits in a network in both layer two and three with the help of firewalls, IPS, and IDS. Achieved on March 28, 2021
Graduates of the Offensive Security: Ethical Hacking Course show the ability to ethically perform and document the process of the cyber kill chain model for the reasons of hardening a company’s network/website to prevent themselves from being exploited by actual threat actors. Achieved on June 22, 2021
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Communications with emphasis in Journalism
May, 2012