Using Snort was a great way to practice real world skills in network monitoring and automating alerts with an IPS. Snort is a widely used open-source Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) that can use both custom set rules and community-set rules to find and analyze malicious traffic. Snort can be used as a packet sniffer, packet…

Content Analysis of Job Advertisements Caleb Mayo Old Dominion University IDS 493 Dr. Kat LaFever 9/28/2024 Introduction Security Consulting is a high-level career for security professionals and can be critical in protecting companies from cyber security threats, and like many IT jobs out there, they are in need of trained candidates to take on these…

Reflective Essay Caleb Mayo Old Dominion University IDS 493 Instructor Kathryn LaFever 11/16/2024 “The professional holds knowledge, not only of how—the capacity for skilled performance—but of what and why” (Parkes, Dredger, Hicks 2013) is an excerpt that provides reason as to why it is important for a professional to be able to reflect on their…

I Serve as Parliamentarian/Senator for the Old Dominion University Chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers. Working with my amazing board to provide Engineering Students and STEM students alike opportunities for growth, activism, and career development as well as a chance to meet others in their field and build a community.

Not only attended but Volunteered to assist with Break-out rooms and Vendor ActivitiesListened to keynote speakers in Cybersecurity on various topics including Penetration Testing andModern-Day Information Security with AI

Experiential learning initiative where I employed innovation, creativity, active learning, and critical thinkingto develop a solution to a problem in the Cybersecurity Industry while working along with a research team. The goal was to find ways to close the gap in knowledge of cyber hygiene in K-12 Students.Placed in the Top 3 Winning Teams with…

Oct 2024 Through this Virtual internship, I completed a job simulation where I served as an analyst on Mastercard’sSecurity Awareness Team. I started out by identifying and reporting security threats such as phishing and suspicious emails. Then I practiced creating fake phishing emails to test against the simulated employees. After that, I analyzed and identified…

A Narrative Story about my path so far and what drives my passion for my career. Personal Narrative  Caleb Mayo  Old Dominion University  IDS 493  Instructor Kathryn LaFever  11/2/2024  From an early fascination with technology to overcoming the hurdles in my field, my journey to becoming a Senior Cyber Security major has been filled with…