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Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States

• Worked with system-owners to identify and implement appropriate changes to mitigate vulnerabilities, driving continuous improvement across vulnerability management processes throughout the systems development lifecycle.
• Formalized internal audit processes to measure security control effectiveness and to systematically validate security controls while resolving deficiencies.
• Collaborated on risk assessments and security controls including the deployment, integration, and configuration of new security solutions.

Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States

• Built automated reports using Python to call APIs of various security tools, designed and implemented a prioritized vulnerability remediation process that monitored emerging threats, managed vulnerability scans.
• Provided strategic risk assessments in project planning and design, including the evaluation and recommendation of technical controls, while working closely with technical architecture teams to support alignment.
• Participated in the deployment, integration, and configuration of new security solutions and enhancements to existing security solutions.
• Administered and monitored operation of security solutions including the evaluation of security logs, events, and reports while providing on-call incident response support.
• Developed, maintained, and published information security policies, procedures, standards and guidelines.
• While working as part of a team to proactively improve our organization's overall security posture, encouraged team member's long term professional goals by highlighting training opportunities, discussing industry.

Merrill, Wisconsin, United States

• Automated a weekly Tenable Nessus vulnerability report using Python, reducing the manual workload from three hours to less than three minutes.
• Established a process to validate an existing hardware asset database against CyberArk and Tenable Nessus reports to assess end point management.
• Updated and expanded existing documentation to improve the step by step breakdown while adding illustrations to help navigate complex procedures.

Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States

• Assessed the security of UWEC systems, policies, and networks by using penetration testing methodologies to pinpoint ways that attackers could exploit associated weaknesses.
• Presented documentation of findings, discussed solutions with IT teams and management, and provided feedback after remediation is in place, after conducting thorough research and testing.
• Reviewed security research to remain current on emerging vulnerabilities and tools while helping to keep my fellow team members informed as well.
• Led efforts to standardize, reorganize, and improve team’s internal documentation and external reports to more clearly communicate vulnerabilities, mitigation strategies, and remediation steps, in part by associating.
• Administered and script an open-source vulnerability manager to empower other team members efforts in addressing known system vulnerabilities.

Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States

• Advised students in CS145 - Introduction to Programming in class, through office hours, and remotely as they began their journey in computer science.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Science

Associate Of Arts - Aa