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<h1 id="mike-fernez">Mike Fernez</h1>
<p><a href="mailto:mjf@mjfer.net">mjf@mjfer.net</a></p>
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<h2 id="work-history">Work History</h2>
<h3 id="information-security-analyst---adelphi-university-2019---present">Information Security Analyst - Adelphi University (2019 - present)</h3>
<ul>
<li>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</li>
<li>Significantly reduced attack surface by providing data on inactive user accounts and implementing account retirement procedures.</li>
<li>Assisted with securing the remote workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic. Facilitated policy changes and implementation of an EDR solution.</li>
<li>Improved and expanded university incident response plans.</li>
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<h3 id="data-entry-lien-representative---health-plus-management-2017---2019">Data Entry, Lien Representative - Health Plus Management (2017 - 2019)</h3>
<h3 id="math-tutor---mathnasium-2016---2017">Math Tutor - Mathnasium (2016 - 2017)</h3>
<h3 id="research-assistant---adelphi-university-2012---2015">Research Assistant - Adelphi University (2012 - 2015)</h3>
<ul>
<li>Under direction of Adelphi’s Laser Lab coordinator, assisted with troubleshooting, maintaining, collecting, and analyzing data from optics experiments (molecular spectroscopy, trace gas detection). <a href="https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/9486/94860H/Real-time-measurement-of-the-NOsub2-sub-concentration-in-ambient/10.1117/12.2179501.short?SSO=1">Publication here</a></li>
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<h2 id="education">Education</h2>
<h3 id="masters-degree-digital-forensics-and-cybersecurity">Master’s Degree: Digital Forensics and Cybersecurity</h3>
<ul>
<li>John Jay College of Criminal Justice, May 2019</li>
<li>Fieldwork (for degree completion): Engineered a unique data management and visualization software in contract with NCFTA, New York Office</li>
<li>Maintained and developed 2019 - present</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="bachelors-degree-physics">Bachelor’s Degree: Physics</h3>
<ul>
<li>Adelphi University, May 2015</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="technical-and-vocational-skills">Technical and Vocational skills</h2>
<h3 id="professional-knowledge-in-order-of-familiarity">Professional knowledge (in order of familiarity)</h3>
<ul>
<li>Cybersecurity Incident Response and Triage</li>
<li>Scripting languages: Bash, Python</li>
<li>Forensic and Data Recovery Software: FTK, Autopsy</li>
<li>Technical Writing/Documentation</li>
<li>Linux system administration</li>
<li>SIEM: Splunk, ELK</li>
<li>REST API conventions</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="personal-knowledge">Personal knowledge</h3>
<ul>
<li>Programming languages: C, Python, x86 assembly</li>
<li>Operating systems: Windows, Linux, BSD</li>
<li>Electronics and circuit design: AVR, Arduino, Raspberry Pi</li>
<li>Software Debuggers: GDB, PDB, Ghidra</li>
<li>Amateur music production/composition: Audacity, Musescore, Sonic Pi</li>
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