Cybersecurity Internship

Internships provide a personalized exploration of structured employment within the major. This course mandated an initial or ongoing internship that the I needed to obtain, as assignments are rooted in my concurrent internship experience. Course assignments defined the employment relationship, articulate learning outcomes, and offered opportunities for reflection to enhance my academic, career, and professional readiness. I needed to complete 50 hours of site work per course credit totaling to 150 hours. My internship was with the Griffiss institute Viceroy maven program in Whitemarsh, MD from June 3rd, 2024 – August 9^th, 2024. The company works as a contracting cybersecurity group for the department of defense which gained my interest in trying to obtain more professional experience.

My skills in various areas of greatly increased to become valuable assets in my professional career after completing this internship experience. To start, my skill of communication has improved significantly after this experience due to routinely detailing plans and actions throughout my projects and preparing speaking points when needed for meetings. My skill of leadership had enhanced greatly as well due to having more confidence in my ability to lead in a team setting and seeking guidance when needed to better lead my team. One last skill I’ve improved on is my patience in various situations to make the best decisions and not put myself or other in a jeopardizing position.

Evidence

• Reflection paper 1
• Reflection paper 2
• Reflection paper 3
• Final paper

For the course, I was instructed to make reflection articles per 50 hours I spent for the course credit. I will include all three reflection papers due to them providing a chronological timelapse of my though process throughout the entire experience. The paper serve as key pieces of understanding to my internship experience and the direction I want to take in my cyber career.

This course allows students to volunteer to work in an agency related to cybersecurity. Students must volunteer for 150 -300 hours per course credit and complete course assignments.

In each 50 hour increment, I journaled my experiences and how they’ve progressed at each moment. Below includes each of these descriptions:

Below includes my final paper for the course which goes into further depth of my experiences and my development growth in areas of technical skill and career development along with my in-depth thoughts of the entire internship opportunity: