Javon Manning
Tyrone,GA
Summary
Logical Penetration Tester polished in infiltrating computer systems to detect and address vulnerabilities and reviewing and providing feedback for information security fixes. Offering 4-year background in Information Security paired with excellent insight into computer security, forensics and systems analysis. Meticulous and detail-oriented professional certified in Ethical Hacking. Bringing outstanding troubleshooting, problem-solving and documentation abilities.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Information Technology Security Specialist
United States Army National Guard
06.2017 - Current
- Developed risk assessment reports to identify threats and vulnerabilities.
- Conduct vulnerability assessment and review results. Collaborate with client's IT staff to rank vulnerabilities. Validate high risk vulnerabilities on specific targets. Develop remediation action plan.
- Research emerging threats, develop test plan environment, test exploits, tools in lab prior to deployment in production environment.
- Ongoing skill set development: cyber security news, tools, vulns, exploits, remediation, blogs, courses. Always on the hunt for custom tools, tweaks, methods to be more effective during engagements.
- Implemented remediation strategies for identified vulnerabilities, reducing the risk of cyber attacks.
Penetration Tester
Fortified Health Security
11.2023 - 04.2024
- I conducted penetration testing assessments across web applications, external and internal networks, and wireless networks for Fortune 500 companies, identifying and helping mitigate security vulnerabilities in healthcare (plan, discover, attack, report).
- We utilized advanced tools, including Impacket for exploiting Active Directory environments, Burp Suite Pro for web application assessments, and Nessus Expert for network scanning.
- Conducted client debriefs at strategic and technical levels, effectively presenting complex security findings and recommended resolutions. These interactions ensured clients fully understood the vulnerabilities, leading to the successful implementation of crucial security enhancements across their systems.
- Web application testing (manually and with tools such as Burp, Dirbuster, Nikto, SqlMap).
- Effectively communicate with technical/non-technical personnel before, during and after engagement.
- Performed social engineering assessments to identify potential employee-based threats, increasing organizational awareness of security risks.
Penetration Tester
Cyber Threat Intelligence Center
04.2023 - 04.2024
- Gained practical experience by setting up a home lab where I practiced vulnerability assessments, network scanning, and exploitation techniques with industry-standard platforms and tools like Kali Linux and Metasploit.
- Acquired hands-on experience in penetration testing through online learning, mastering ethical hacking tools like Nmap, Bloodhound, and Burp Suite.
- Honed SQL injection, cross-site scripting, and privilege escalation techniques to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities effectively.
- Establish and/or encourage ongoing vulnerability management process (scan, assess, patch, report).
Office Engineer
CBI International
04.2023 - 01.2024
- Outlined security problem areas for compliance, accuracy, and productivity. Detected security issues, created customer tickets using Remedy, performed root-cause analysis, and managed problems until closure, like disk/file encryption, and data loss prevention.
- Ensured smooth transition for all the security applications, prepared team metrics report, and presented a weekly/monthly project status report to the client.
- Conducted thorough risk assessments for ongoing projects, identifying potential pitfalls and implementing mitigation strategies to ensure successful outcomes.
- Conducted regular progress reviews for ongoing projects, ensuring alignment with milestones and target deadlines.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Cyber Security And Information Assurance
Liberty University
Lynchburg, VA05.2026
Skills
- CEH
- Network Penetration Testing
- Operating systems knowledge
- Analyze/modify exploit code in Python
- Kali
- Social Engineering
- Basic scripting python
- AV evasion techniques, persistence, pivoting
- Metasploit
- Linux, Windows
- VirtualBox, VMWare
- Burp, DirBuster, SQLMap
- OWASP Top 10
- Privilege escalation (Linux/Windows)
- Vulnerability Assessment
- Wireless Security Testing
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Problem-Solving
- Time Management
- Attention to Detail
Accomplishments
- Penetration test of Offensive Security network - used Kali Linux, public/custom exploits and privilege escalation techniques to gain administrator, system or root access to 50+ machines with unique vulnerabilities. Written report on vulnerabilities, exploitation and remediation.
- Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets of accounts that has been gathered through OSINT.
- Achieve compromise of Domain Admin by completing Token Impersonation within the domain with accuracy and efficiency.
Timeline
Penetration Tester
Fortified Health Security
11.2023 - 04.2024
Penetration Tester
Cyber Threat Intelligence Center
04.2023 - 04.2024
Office Engineer
CBI International
04.2023 - 01.2024
Information Technology Security Specialist
United States Army National Guard
06.2017 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Cyber Security And Information Assurance
Liberty University