James H.

Cybersecurity Support Engineer (Intern) @Log N Pacific

US

Vulnerability Management: • Conduct vulnerability scans, provide detailed reports, and implement PowerShell-based remediations, contributing to a 100% reduction in critical, 90% in high, and 76% in medium vulnerabilities for the server team. • Perform vulnerability assessments and risk prioritization using Tenable across Windows and Linux environments. • Execute secure configurations and compliance audits (DISA STIG) with Tenable to meet industry standards. • Automate remediation processes and STIG implementations using PowerShell to address critical vulnerabilities. • Develop strong rapport, trust, and transparency to align vulnerability management with business needs.Security Operations: • Perform threat hunting with EDR, detecting IoCs from brute force attacks, data exfiltration, and ransomware. • Design, test, and publish advanced threat hunting scenarios for incident response tabletop exercises. • Develop custom detection rules in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint to automate isolation and investigation of compromised systems. • Reduce brute force incidents by 100% by implementing inbound NSG/firewall rules to limit Internet exposure. • Create Microsoft Sentinel dashboards to monitor logon failures and malicious traffic using threat intelligence. • Leverage KQL (similar to SQL/SPL) to query logs within the SIEM and EDR platform for advanced investigations.

Western Governors University

Bachelor's degree