James Graves

Information Security Specialist at United States Department of Defense

Ft. Washington, MD, United States

Details

Education: Graduate Certificate

Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking

SANS Technology Institute

2018 : 2019

Master’s Degree

Telecommunications Management

University of Maryland University College

2006 : 2010

Experience: 2020 : Present

United States Department of Defense

Information Security Specialist

Effectively facilitate course materials through lecture, labs, group/team activities and research. Undergraduate course materials revolve around curriculum focused on Cisco Networking and Ethical Hacking. Provide clear and effective communications with students to properly gauge and evaluate progress in order to maximize student understanding of materials.

 Received Faculty Recognition Award for outstanding dedication and commitment to the success of UMUC students

 Recognized by the Dean of the Adjunct Faculty for an outstanding instructional quality.

 Course evaluations submitted by students averaged 4.85 out of 5. Only 14 of 160 adjunct faculty received ratings on average of 4.5 or higher.

2010 :

University of Maryland University College

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Cyber Security

2019 : 2020

Resource Management Concepts, Inc.

Cyber Network Defense Analyst

Performed Host, Network, and Web App penetration security assessments. Developed documentation resources to support the life-cycle of our Penetration Testing engagements, such as Rules of Engagement, Scope and Final Reporting of outcomes. Clearly and effectively documented analysis of vulnerability testing and exploitation activities to provide the customer accurate and repeatable results and findings. Experiences leading teams, including engineers and technicians, through highly technical system design and analysis.

 Creation of a sandboxed environment for malware analysis and network infection patterns

 Designed, configured and deployed networking and server based environments for clients

 Scoped and evaluated the security posture of complex network infrastructures

 Deployed a virtualized Red and Blue Team lab environment for training and testing technologies

2017 : 2019

Smartronix

Senior Information Assurance Specialist

Instructional Experience :

Excelled in a team oriented environment focused on the creation, implementation and delivery of content to our student base. Instructional expertise is surrounded in the areas of Cyber Security, Penetration Testing, Cisco Networking and Digital Forensic concepts. Developed and maintained content for several upper level Cybersecurity courses. Designed and implemented a physical Cybersecurity Lab for a Faculty and Student based learning and research environment.

Technologies included the following :

 Air gapped Internal/External networks

 WSUS, DHCP, DNS and Web Based Services

 Encase Forensics Enterprise

 Vulnerable and alternative Secured communication services/channels

 Cisco based routing and switching devices for configuration and exploitation exercises

 Proposed remediation strategies in order to decrease system vulnerabilities

Cyberlab implementation contributed towards the following awards and recognition :

 Mentor to CSM Hawks cyber team which placed 1st in a regional Maryland competition - May 2017

 Nominated for the Faculty Excellence Award by fellow faculty peers - September 2016

2012 : 2017

College of Southern Maryland

Associate Professor of Cybersecurity

Company: United States Department of Defense

Years of Experience: 23

Skills Active Directory, Bash, Cisco Systems Products, Cyber Analyst, Cyber Defense, Cyber Warfare, Information Assurance, Information Security, Information Security Management, Linux, Network Administration, Networking, Network Security, Network Traffic Analysis, Penetration Testing, Public Speaking, Python, Red Teaming, Research, SC Clearance, Servers, System Administration, Systems Analysis, Teaching, Top Secret/SCI, Troubleshooting, Windows 7, Windows Server

About Accomplished, self-motivated and goal oriented professional in areas of Cyber Security, Forensics, Networking, and Systems Support. Excellent oral and written communication skills. Thrives in a Team-Oriented environment revolving around collaboration, research and cutting edge technology.

Experienced in the usage of several OS platforms, tools and languages for the purposes of system exploitation and forensic analysis. Skilled in areas of Networking Design, configuration and management. Passionate professional and hobbyist in areas Red Teaming, Penetration Testing, threat detection and mitigation.

Pursuing opportunities to assist and support an active Red Team environment in a fast paced, results driven organization.