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Experience

University of New Haven

Graduate Cybersecurity Researcher • August 2021 - Present

Worked as a Cybersecurity Graduate Researcher where I worked on various research topics related to critical problems in cybersecurity. Some of the work includes:

  • Currently working on research on a subset of Android applications where discovered were several security vulnerabilities that resulted in implications such deanonymization and other privacy issues.
  • Employed on a grant funded by the NSA to reverse engineer the V8 JavaScript engine to recover objects in memory forensics to aide in investigations.
  • Primary responsibilities include: reverse engineering V8 data structures, testing recovery approach, data analysis (pandas, jupyter-notebook, etc), and memory layout documentation.

The MITRE Corporation

Cybersecurity Engineer • May 2019 - August 2020

Worked as a Cybersecurity Intern in the Summer of 2019 and Remotely in Summer of 2020. Some of the projects & achievements are I worked are on:

  • Designed systems for automated exploits, covert mesh networking communications, software loaders, and ICS tampering (specifically MODBUS). Made specifically for custom C2 system.
  • Created a reverse engineering tool to allow researchers to rapidly identify open source libraries used in various Android applications which saved researchers thousands of hours.
  • Developed tools for complying with the Cyber-investigation Analysis Standard Expression ontology. Learn more: https://caseontology.org/
  • Received Spark Award for work ethic and technical challenges solved.

Education

University of New Haven

Master of Science, Cybersecurity & Networks • 2021 - 2022

  • Graduate December of 2022
  • GPA 4.0

University of New Haven

Bachelor of Sciences, Computer Science • 2017 - 2021

  • Concentration in Cybersecurity and Minor in Mathematics
  • GPA 3.74
  • Magna Cum Laude

Projects

Android Application Vulnerability Analysis

Researcher • 2021 - Present

Researching Android phone applications where multiple security vulnerabilities were discovered.

Exploratory Study of Offensive Security Tools

Researcher • 2020 - 2021

Wrote a research paper that analyzes various used offensive security tools and their current state.

Penetration Testing using Reinforcement Learning

Researcher • 2020 - 2021

Developed a prototype capable of being trained and used to autonomously conduct penetration tests.

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