Christopher Zhong Email & Phone Number

Reston, Va, Us

Blacksburg, Virginia, United States

• Organizer for professional events featuring Deloitte, EY, PwC, KPMG, CGI Federal, and social events with Accounting Society and NABA.• Assisted the President in overseeing 12 member executive board operations including meetings, fundraising, and DEI initiatives.

Mclean, Virginia, United States

Reston, Virginia, United States

Blacksburg, Virginia, United States

• Utilized Terraform and AWS CloudFormation to deploy networked Linux and Windows cloud instances across geographical regions.• Performed security vulnerability assessments in on premise and cloud systems with Nmap, OpenVAS, and Nessus.• Built and deployed AWS EC2 instances and Azure virtual machines configuring user access to SSH, RDP, and Azure Bastion connections.

Mclean, Virginia, United States

• Co-authored in-depth technical whitepaper on COSMICENERGY industrial control system (ICS) malware and 14 cyberattack scenarios on IEC 60870-5 SCADA electrical power grid systems utilizing the MITRE ATT&CK Framework• Researched the tactics, techniques, and procedures of prominent Russian, Chinese, and North Korean APT groups and presented attack and incident response strategies in a presentation to senior managing directors• Evaluated risk management frameworks to model cyber risk within organizations using SysML diagramming tools• Reverse engineered application security controls of proprietary IoT firmware using Ghidra and binwalk

Reston, Virginia, United States

• Developed the company Malware Incident Response plan for the CISO utilizing NIST 800-53 Security Controls and CIS Security Benchmarks. • Worked with the Director of Sales Engineering to develop a 50GB dataset for software demos used in ActiveNav Cloud utilizing Google Dorking and web scraping. • Assisted the Senior Manager of Global Operations in cross referencing ISO 27001 controls.• Conducted market research on federal agencies and government contractors for the Federal Accounts team, relating the Discovery Center product to Zero Trust Architecture mandates and presenting research to senior management.

Reston, Virginia, United States

• Developed a comprehensive cybersecurity curriculum for the Startcyber summer program.• Conducted in-depth research and created training slide decks on Ransomware, Networking, Network Attacks, Cryptography, Group Policy and Active Directory, PowerShell, Offensive Security.• Created hands-on activities practicing simulated phishing attacks, malware sample analysis with any.run, and network packet analyzer tools.

Reston, Virginia, United States

• Gave weekly lectures at Langston Hughes Middle School centering around information security topics of the following: • Windows 10 System Hardening• Windows Server 2019 Active Directory Security• Batch Scripting• Windows Group Policy Objects• Windows malware identification and analysis• Cisco Packet tracer• Coach of 15 students for the Air Force Association Cyberpatriot Cybersecurity Competition

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Cybersecurity Management And Analytics, 3.94/4.0

Activities and Societies: BIT Club Vice President, CyberVT, Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers, IC CAE ScholarDean's List all.

Advanced Diploma

Activities and Societies: President of the Seahawk Cyber Club, Science Olympiad Competitor, National Honor Society