Throughout my time at ODU, I have garnered a wide array of skills. In this essay, I discuss three of my most pertinent skills and elaborate on them with artifact evidence available on my e-portfolio. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Throughout my academic career at ODU, I have developed numerous talents and skills related to cybersecurity and technology. With the fostering environment provided by the university, I was allowed to explore these new arenas and concepts without fear of failure or hesitation. Using this e-portfolio, I want to reflect upon the many projects and assignments that have helped me develop these skills. By curating a select few artifacts, I plan to discuss the importance of each one and the process that was involved in order to create it. Finally, I want to discuss the outcomes of each artifact, as they steadily built on each other as my degree progressed. In totality, I want to discuss these three skillsets: Linux operation, ethical hacking procedures, and interpersonal skills. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Linux Operation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The first artifact that I\u2019d like to discuss is an assignment from my CYSE 270 course, or Linux for Cybersecurity. This course was my first introduction to the Linux operating system; it was quite jarring. I\u2019d only ever interacted with MacOS\/Windows prior to taking this course, and believed that it would be quite difficult for me to catch on. Unexpectedly, I found myself enjoying interacting with different Linux distributions, and I also gained valuable insight into Virtual Machine management. Although this artifact isn\u2019t the first assignment that we completed for the course, it was a culmination of weeks of learning. We\u2019d taken weeks of basic Linux commands and compiled them in order to complete the listed tasks. We were tasked with creating new user accounts, changing their passwords, and adjusting the directory owner. From there, we were tasked with changing the permissions associated with a directory and file permissions for each user. By doing this, we could see account management in action and how administrators can utilize Linux commands to change the reading\/editing permissions for different users as they pertain to certain resources in a system. Also, we were able to deploy root privileges whilst working on this assignment, highlighting how important they are. This was a good assignment to work on, as it was the culmination of weeks of learning and experimenting with a new OS.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n