Throughout my time at ODU in the cybersecurity program I have gained many skills. Below I will list and briefly talk about some of my skills as they pertain to work skills, soft skills, and technical skills.
Essential Work Habits
Listed below is an example of some work I did in my business plan I talked about in my reflection paper.
“The Phishing Spear AI is an Artificial Intelligence based phishing platform that protects companies from attempted phishing attacks. This AI-based platform is an AI model that will learn overtime and continuously get better at mitigating phishing attacks. The Phishing Spear AI will be a subscription as a service, which will require companies to pay either at a monthly or yearly rate to gain access to our anti phishing software.” (Jacob, Business Plan)
In this work I was noted by my professor for being creative in communicating my vision for what an anti-phishing AI company could look like.
- Very creative in communicating vision for the presented company
- Adaptable and always has a contingency plan
Soft Skills
Attached below is a presentation I conducted when I was in public speaking that helped me with my communication skills. This ultimately prepared me to speak publicly in the job I’m in now and will continue to help me when I’m presenting presentations in my next job.
- Excellent presentation and communications skills to effectively communicate with management and customers
- Ability to clearly articulate concepts both written and verbally
Solid Technical Foundation
Attached below is an assignment that I did on ethical hacking. I talked about this assignment in my reflection essay, this assignment helped provide with skills in proficiency in coding with Linux.
Assignment 4 – Ethical Hacking – Google Docs
- Understand architecture, administration, and management of operating systems, networking, and virtualization software
- General programming/software development concepts and software analytical skills
- Proficiency in programming in Linux and Python (PHP or shell)
- Understanding of how the different type of firewalls and network load balancers work
Detailed Knowledge of Key Technologies
Attached below are additional assignments throughout my time in the cybersecurity major that have provided me with some of the skills listed below.
Assignment 5 – Password Cracking – Google Docs
Assignment 8 – Shell Script – Google Docs
Assignment 7 – Storage Management – Google Docs
- Open Source Applications
- Linux Operating Systems
- Ethical Hacking related experience
- Shell Script experience