Jacob Branco Email & Phone Number

Odenton, Md, Us

• Conducted research using open-source data, as well as various passive/active collection sources to enable follow-on development and exploitation.• Executed advanced ad-hoc queries using custom criteria to effectively enumerate network nodal information and contribute to target development efforts.• Identified, tasked and maintained selectors of interest to target communications necessary for development.• Performed daily compliance reviews for peer analyst queries to ensure legality criteria of research efforts are met.• Developed tools using Python and Bash (Jupyter Notebooks) to support network traffic analysis efforts, as well as automate research functions of specific content/metadata.• Authored fingerprints in order to continuously assess target areas of interest and evaluate intelligence priorities.• Created and contributed to comprehensive network maps, highlighting critical nodes, system information and possible vulnerabilities to enable Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF) operations.• Conducted static/dynamic analysis of software and user-mode applications to identify potential vulnerabilities necessary for offensive cyber operations.• Coordinated with Computer Network Operations (CNO) and other Intelligence Community (IC) counterparts to identify avenues for exploitation and support to analytic efforts

Experience with developing Splunk playbooks, leveraging threat intelligence and performing advanced queries to hunt for malicious threats on networks and endpoints. Well-versed in APT tactics, techniques and procedures based on the MITRE frameworks. Experienced in activity triage as well as dynamic and static analysis techniques and tools.Led 6 team members in 3 named cyber operations, including a coordinated effort involving numerous Joint-Service components, resulting in the identification and remediation of 21 name set incidents impacting U.S. Navy endpoints.Leveraged Microsoft Cloud Application Security, Defender for Endpoint and Sentinel to identify malicious cyber activity in DODIN-N systems and networks.

Monitored threat activity via SIEM playbooks, IDS/IPS and AV alerts and performed in-depth traffic analysis. Wrote and provided quality control for cyber intrusion reports. Developed and deployed critical countermeasures using Snort to detect and mitigate known malicious endpoint and network behaviors.Authored over 350 technical reports, highlighting malicious cyber activity and anomalous events impacting U.S. Navy networks of interest, and coordinated incident handling procedures with external command technicians.Conducted on-site forensic analysis for 12 affected organizations in support of incident response efforts for a high priority supply chain compromise, efforts helped to confirm that organizations were unaffected by malicious cyber activity and trained site IT staff on security best-practices.

Master Of Cybersecurity - M.S.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Cybersecurity, 3.2 Gpa