Kendall Holmes
Fredericksburg,VA
Summary
Dynamic Cyber Security Analyst with extensive experience at General Dynamics Information and SectTechnology, excelling in Incident Response and vulnerability assessments. Proven ability to enhance security posture through effective communication and critical thinking, achieving over 98% compliance with FARGO guidelines. Skilled in SIEM tools and dedicated to continuous improvement in cybersecurity practices. Motivated individual with business acumen and willingness to take on challenging roles. Seeks opportunities to improve processes and workflows for team benefit. Conscientious, hardworking and excels at multitasking in fast-paced environments.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Incident Reponse
Bespoke Corps
Pentagon, VA
03.2024 - Current
- Monitoring of security events using a SIEM and other feeds, looking for significant events, and processing reports of unexpected network activity
- Coordination of incidents activities, including written and verbal communication with other IT groups and IT management
- Identify security incidents through hunting operations within SIEM and other relevant tools
- Conduct weekly vulnerabilities scan and scores and distribute among entire organizations.
- Provide detailed forensic analysis and reporting on a verify of source including packet captures, filesystem, host base application and security logs, networking and security devices.
- Distributes endpoint security dashboard and develop reports within Triellix to entire organizations.
- Apply tags, created DLP policy exemption and help established that organization is above 98% compliance in accordance within FARGO guidelines.
- Work with other teams to leverage extracted IOC and IOA to enhance security posture in our organization.
- Ensure the integrity and protection of network, system and applications by technical enforcement of organizational security policies, through monitory of vulnerability scanning devices.
- Lead all related 5 classified massage or spillage incidents by directing and giving step by step instructions and with writing report.
- Provides government lead with weekly status updates of our cyber security posture and provides cyber security recommendations to government leads.
- Provides monthly Cyber Security Summary report for our entire network to keep them abreast of known CVE that could affect the environment.
Security Operation specialist
192nd Support Squadron
, USA
06.2021 - 06.2024
- Ensure IA polices fully support legal and regulatory requirements policies are applied to new and existing IT resources
- Enforces the compliance of cybersecurity procedures and investigations security related incident including COMSEC incidents, classified message incidents, classified file incidents.
- Preforms 50 initial TEMPEST inspection of office and personal home space. To verify that it is in accordance with DoD TEMPEST standards
- Lead over 10 new training meeting where to get access to DoD network by refreshing new individual by explaining associates risk and teaching how to fill out paperworks
- Was supervisor role over computer security where I was responsible ensure all individuals are properly trained and paperwork is update and tracking all the associate training that are required in accordance with DoD standards and local ISSM guidelines.
- VA National Guard
Cyber Detection Analyst Tier 2
Insight global
Quantico
03.2023 - 03.2024
- Perform network monitoring and intrusion detecting analysis using various computer network defense as intrusion detection/prevention systems, firewalls, and hosted based security system.
- Utilize Tanium to remote connect to host system across the Marine Core Networks to identify if malicious files has been successfully removed, till on system, or removing compromise system off the Network entirely.
- Collaborate with the treat-hunt team to maintain awareness of current threats and review threat intelligence reports.
- Analyze traffic, reviews logs, and identifying potential security treats.
- Writes 3pm daily reports, depending on daily triage produces any malicious finding in the Marine Core Network and share the reports and those finding to Computer Incident Response Team.
- Triage alerts on Microsoft Azure Sentinel, investigates and verify the seriousness of alerts and see if the alert are true positive, false positive, benign or undetermined.
- Daily research of existing and new security vulnerabilities including 0-day vulnerabilities.
Cyber Security Analyst
General dynamics information technology (GDIT)
08.2022 - 03.2023
- Conduct regular security audits and vulnerability assessment across digital infrastructures
- Monitor network traffic for suspicious activities using various SIEM tools.
- Preformed threat analysis in a 24/7 environment, mitigation and managing all threats and risk to company.
- Performed detailed security evaluations and collaborative with other teams to recommend cybersecurity improvements.
- Respond and validate IDS/IPS alerts, tune the SIEM events to minimize false positive, evaluate and analyze hardware and software in coordination and support.
- Leverage Army Endpoint Security System tools suites monitor rouge system, tag systems for non-compliance, update signatures and install agents as required and request by government and senior leadership.
- Monitor, investigate and identify anomalous events that are detect by SIEM or reported to the SOC from external entities, government leads, system administration, and user.
Aerospace engineer
United States air force (usaf)
12.2016 - 12.2021
- Earned Outstanding Performer for completing over 110 inspections, over 45 high maintenance actions, and train over 10 individuals on service ready inspection. Effort played a key role in helping organization win outstanding unit of the year.
- Used conventional and digital multimeter, voltmeters, ohmmeters and mainly more tools to establish and test equipment functionally.
Aerospace engineer
United States air force (usaf)
12.2018 - 06.2021
- Operated, inspected, and tested over 500-600 pieces of Aerospace Ground Equipment value at 70 million dollars
- Advised and performed troubleshooting on Aerospace Ground Equipment, inspect and approved maintenance and prepared the equipment for storage and mobility deployment
- Manage and supervise over 7 personnel for local contractor oversight spanning over 5 bases
- Facilitated all phased of COVID-19 screening, living quarters and holding rooms.
Education
High School Diploma -
Massponax High School
Spotsylvania, VA01.2014
CCAF - 81 College Credits
Community College of The Air Force
United States Air ForceSkills
- Cyber Security
- SEIM
- Reporting
- Triage
- RMF
- TEMPEST
- Computer Security Incident Management
- Incident Responses
- Cyber Chain
- NIST Framework
- MITRE Framework
- Tools administration
- DevOps
- Engineering Automation
- Stakeholder Management
- DevOps transformation
- Security configuration
- Vulnerability Assessment
- Penetration testing
- Deployment Pipelines
- DevOps Toolchains
- Test Strategy Planning
- Product Delivery
- Risk evaluation
- Process Improvements
- Incident Management
- Audit
- Compliance
- Data Loss prevention (DLP)
- Data normalization
- Analysis
- Triaging
- Critical Thinking
- Nessus
- Rapid7
- Metasploit
- Nmap
- Wireshark
- Burp Suite
- Tanium
- Bluecoat
- Elastic
- Microsoft Defender
- Microsoft Sentinel
- SPLUNK
- Plato Alto
- Security Operation Center
- FPA Request
- Website Unblock
- ITSM
- Remedy
- DDAMS
- NIPR & SIPR
- SourceFire
- ACAS
- MobileIron MDM
- Purebred
- Incident response
- Vulnerability assessment
- Security monitoring
- Threat analysis
- Network security
- Forensic investigation
- Compliance enforcement
- Cybersecurity policies
- Risk management
- Security training
- Effective communication
- Detail orientation
- Team collaboration
- Security incident response
- Cyber threat hunting
- Network monitoring
- Forensic analysis
- Intrusion detection
Certification
• Security Plus CE, 04/01/22, 04/01/28
• ECC CEH, 05/01/22, 05/01/28
• ECC CEH, 05/01/22, 05/01/28
Timeline
Incident Reponse
Bespoke Corps
03.2024 - Current
Cyber Detection Analyst Tier 2
Insight global
03.2023 - 03.2024
Cyber Security Analyst
General dynamics information technology (GDIT)
08.2022 - 03.2023
Security Operation specialist
192nd Support Squadron
06.2021 - 06.2024
Aerospace engineer
United States air force (usaf)
12.2018 - 06.2021
Aerospace engineer
United States air force (usaf)
12.2016 - 12.2021
High School Diploma -
Massponax High School
CCAF - 81 College Credits
Community College of The Air Force