Reflection #3

Over the last few weeks during my Cyber Clinic internship, my group and I have begun to prepare all the information our client has given us and come up with solutions and feedback to improve her security hygiene and lock down her devices. One thing that’s been a struggle regarding the development of our project is that the business does not have a huge digital footprint, or even a network at all, at least for the time being. At first, it was somewhat difficult to find a direction to take our presentation because our client’s current scenario is so different from a typical business. 

After thinking more about it however, I realized that most companies are never running under ideal circumstances, especially ones that have a lower budget to spend on IT infrastructure. Even if she did have a network or database, there would be other shortcomings that would take its place. These thoughts have made me realize that if every business is different, then every presentation should be different, so my group and I can just tailor our powerpoint to what best fits our clients current setup, and anything regarding a network can be presented as ideas for the future of the business.

Nonetheless, It’s been interesting to see how a small business approaches cybersecurity, especially when my views on how IT departments worked before starting this internship were mainly limited to big business with a decent level of money and employees dedicated to keeping a network running and secure. Working on this section of the clinic has definitely been an eye opening experience and I hope that I can use my new perspectives to deliver exactly what my client needs in the remaining few weeks.