Hello, My name is Solen Grossman. I’m currently a student enrolled at Old Dominion University for a Bachelor’s in Cybersecurity.

My planned Cybersecurity career field is Identity and Access Management. IAM is critical to enterprise security, which is a field which strongly desires making processes and systems robust and well designed. I also appreciate how structured the IAM field is and desire to implement solutions that can bring clearly measurable protections for organizational assets. I seek to obtain the needed certifications to be prepared for the tasks required in Identity Access Management.

I also plan on studying into cybersecurity regarding Linux. I strongly believe Linux’s decentralized, open-source, and robust architecture makes it the future of Operating Systems for both business and personal use. Because of this, I desire to learn how Linux-based systems work and use this knowledge to aid in further development of Linux.

Birth Date: July 2001

Education

-Graduated Smithfield High School (2015-2019)

-Virginia Peninsula Community College (2019-2023)

-Currently enrolled at Old Dominion University (2023-)

Studied Fields

-Mathematics

-Cybersecurity

Knowledge

-I have an understanding of foundational cybersecurity concepts such as the CIA triad

-I have conceptual knowledge of the relationship between vulnerabilities, threats, exposures, and countermeasures

-I understood the differences between Identification, Authentication and Authorization, as well as the importance of Role-Based Authorization
-I received a primer of how encryption works, and it’s role in Public Key Infrastructure
-I developed an understanding of “Defense-in-Depth” – the Onion Layered approach to cybersecurity

-I am familiar with several fundamental threats and technologies used to mitigate those threats

-I am familiar with additional security related concepts such as Man-in-the-middle attacks, DNS, SQL Injection, Supply Chain Attacks and others

-I am aware of several measures enterprises use to safeguard data, systems and detect threats

Extracurricular

-I am a member of Orthodox Christian Campus Ministries on ODU

-I am a member of the Orthodox Christian Fellowship on ODU

-I am a member of Cyber Security Student Association on ODU