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• Serve as Critical Infrastructure Protection lead and advisor for technical solutions to adhere to federal reliability standards in OT/ICS environments.
• Interface with key cross-functional teams to identify, document, remediate and enhance system security, potential risks, vulnerabilities, system accounts, authentication systems, and other cybersecurity components.
• Design, implement, and advise of solutions for security patch change management, cyber asset baseline management, vulnerability assessment, and security control validation to ensure system security and operational.
• Develop, edit, and review technical procedures, policies, standards, and job aides to meet regulatory requirements for Critical Infrastructure Protection.
• Establish and maintain security for ICS/SCADA environments, transient, and substation cyber assets.
• Contribute to OT/IT SCADA Technical Advisory Group.

• Serve on leadership board to assist with strategic planning of multi-award winning organization.
• Support local efforts to advance the presence of women in cybersecurity in the San Diego area and beyond.
• Cultivate existing relationships with community members and vendors with the goal of ensuring resources and access to services.
• Set and track program goals, progress, and performance according to the strategic objectives of the organization.
• Speak on behalf of organization at community/marketing events, meetings, webinars, and industry conferences to promote organizational goals.
• Create and develop outreach/youth impact program.

San Diego, California, United States

• Advocate for the Women in Cybersecurity San Diego Affiliate in social media spaces.
• Engage in dialogues and answer questions to grow the WiCyS presence on community sites.
• Contribute to the development of campaigns designed to attract new and diverse audiences.
• Attend monthly meetings to plan and execute social media posts and organizational strategies to advance the presence of women in cybersecurity.

San Diego County, California, United States

• Developed and implemented security policies, procedures, and standards to mitigate identified risks and ensure compliance with regulatory and industry standards for critical infrastructure protection in the electric.
• Maintained information security policy requirements, standards and guidelines, operation procedures and controls.
• Identify, validate and document substation asset classifications. Maintain substation asset tracking systems and databases, oversee credential management system.
• Deploy security patches and updates with regulatory considerations for Transient Cyber Assets.
• Assess and perform change control testing and documentation for planned and unplanned outages, or changes which impact systems and/or the operation of critical assets.
• Manage technical processes across cross functional departments, including IT, Regulatory Affairs, HR, Corporate Security and Legal.

• Monitor operational support systems from Network & Security Operations Center to identify service-impacting events for Next Generation 911 operations.
• Protect mission-critical network infrastructure of Public Safety Access Points from cyber attacks and threats.
• Implement solutions for Windows Desktops, Windows Servers, Linux Servers, Out of Band Management Solutions and networking devices.
• Advanced network monitoring, endpoint security, patch installation/management, and virus protection to address vulnerabilities and avoid network disruption.
• Disaster recovery of critical incidents and escalation to Network and Security Management to facilitate governmental reporting requirements.
• Administering CRM and monitoring solutions to manage IT assets.

• Create and manage a queue of Incident and Service Request tickets with troubleshooting documentation.
• Monitoring and reporting any issues with critical environmental, networking, security, and server systems.
• Communicating and working with team members to coordinate efforts to support customers.
• Escalate incidents as required by provided Standard Operating Procedures.

• Build & enhance relationships with suppliers, vendors, & customers to cultivate retention & growth opportunities.
• Collect data using digital acquisition tools, quality control, program/manage database, manage logs, data entry.
• Create reports to provide performance metrics to upper management for customer support functions.
• Review & migrate legacy reports into new, centralized reporting database to meet procedural compliance standards.
• Produce weekly operational reports to executive management, prepare materials and agendas for meetings.

• Forensic analysis, comparisons, evaluations, and verifications of physical and digital latent fingerprint evidence collected to support investigations of high-profile crime scenes.
• Produce analytic written deliverables on technical investigations for evidence documentation and courtroom trial purposes.
• AFIS, IAFIS, IDENT, AFIX, automated database entries and queries.
• Prepare analytical laboratory service reports and conduct technical/administrative reviews.
• Evidence acquisition procedures (collection/storage/packaging/submission) with strict adherence to regulatory standards and forensic chain of custody protocols.
• Collect major case prints, including post-mortem recovery through conventional, chemical, and digital means.

• First responder to major crime scenes and medicolegal autopsies for the documentation, collection, preservation, and transport of evidence without contamination.
• Forensic evidence analysis and biometric queries (AFIS, IAFIS, AFIX, IDENT) using manual and digital methodologies.
• Locate/develop/preserve latent fingerprints using sequential processing & photographic techniques (visual, physical, chemical, digital, optical, laser and alternative light sources).
• Latent print analysis, comparisons, exclusions, and verifications using all three levels of identification.
• Collect major case fingerprint/palmprint/footprint recordings to include post-mortem recovery.
• Crime scene photography

• Vetted for federal Secret security clearance on high-priority matters pertaining to national defense
• Examination of criminal biographical and biometric data to assess and identify potential threats to the United States
• Monitor system data and update event logs for U.S. Border Patrol inquiries
• Produce technical reports & ad-hoc briefs for an accurate depiction of immigration entry landscape
• Respond to radios and multi-channel communications
• Update information management systems as required

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Cybersecurity And Information Assurance

Associate Of Science - As, Cybersecurity

Activities and Societies: National Dean's List Honoree, Phi Theta Kappa

Associate Of Science - As, Forensic Technology

Activities and Societies: National Dean's List Honoree, Phi Theta Kappa

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Psychology/Administration Of Justice

Certificate, Desktop Support Technician Ii

Security Essentials, Network Technician, Cybersecurity