Matthew S. Email & Phone Number

United States

United States

As part of the Cybersecurity Division of CISA, I support the ongoing development and maintenance of the.Gov domain registrar.

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

After completing my fellowship in the Senate, I converted to a full time staffer position in order to finish important remaining projects. This work focused heavily on Customs Modernization, AI Policy, and Privacy.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Lead the Technology Portfolio of Senator Bill Cassidy, including driving transformative legislation enhancing the privacy of children (COPPA), empowering individuals to avoid abusive data brokers (DELETE Act), and re-imagining large portions of US trade policy. Portions of the DELETE Act inspired legislation which passed in the state of California, and.

Remote

At a fast paced, innovative digital identity startup on the forefront of security and privacy technology, I provided all manner of services including software development, cyber security analysis, customer support, devops, and technical writing. Evernym successfully exited in 2021 and is now a part of Gen Digital. My contributions included:Development and.

- Lead Texas A&M's premier cybersecurity student organization through the unprecedented disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic. Managed to grow enrollment an member engagement despite the fully remote environment and the chaos of the pandemic. - Taught aspiring cybersecurity professionals the skills necessary to break into the industry.- Partnered with.

- Selected to be part of the NSA's first ever virtual internship- Utilized the Naval Postgraduate School's Monterey Phoenix tool to create behavioral models- This internship served as a pilot for the 'Emergent Behavior Analysis' discipline, a new cryptologic field of practice- Presented findings to senior NSA leadership

- Selected as one of the first 10 students to start A&M's Cybersecurity Apprenticeship Program (CAP)- Aggregated and analyzed data using Splunk and a variety of other tools- Responded to incidents on the College Station Campus, and worked with departments to resolve them

San Antonio, Texas

- Worked with USAA's incident response team to automate low level security incidents- Aggregated data from multiple sources in Phantom SIEM using multiple Python playbooks- Cut average time to complete relevant incidents by ~80%, resulting in estimated 400 man hours/year saved