Mike Fernez

Work History

Information Security Analyst - Adelphi University (2019 - present)

• Served as the main contact for incident response and digital forensics, maintained and developed the university’s SIEM (Splunk), and generally provided guidance on policy and security software to management
• Significantly reduced attack surface by providing data on inactive user accounts and implementing account retirement procedures.
• Assisted with securing the remote workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic. Facilitated policy changes and implementation of an EDR solution.
• Improved and expanded university incident response plans.

Data Entry, Lien Representative - Health Plus Management (2017 - 2019)

Math Tutor - Mathnasium (2016 - 2017)

Research Assistant - Adelphi University (2012 - 2015)

• Under direction of Adelphi’s Laser Lab coordinator, assisted with troubleshooting, maintaining, collecting, and analyzing data from optics experiments (molecular spectroscopy, trace gas detection). Publication here

Education

Master’s Degree: Digital Forensics and Cybersecurity

• John Jay College of Criminal Justice, May 2019
• Fieldwork (for degree completion): Engineered a unique data management and visualization software in contract with NCFTA, New York Office
• Maintained and developed 2019 - present

Bachelor’s Degree: Physics

• Adelphi University, May 2015

Technical and Vocational skills

Professional knowledge (in order of familiarity)

• Cybersecurity Incident Response and Triage
• Scripting languages: Bash, Python
• Forensic and Data Recovery Software: FTK, Autopsy
• Technical Writing/Documentation
• Linux system administration
• SIEM: Splunk, ELK
• REST API conventions

Personal knowledge

• Programming languages: C, Python, x86 assembly
• Operating systems: Windows, Linux, BSD
• Electronics and circuit design: AVR, Arduino, Raspberry Pi
• Software Debuggers: GDB, PDB, Ghidra
• Amateur music production/composition: Audacity, Musescore, Sonic Pi