Mackenzie Bailey

Recent graduate with foundational knowledge in Cybersecurity and hands-on experience gained through academic projects. Demonstrates strong teamwork, problem-solving, and time-management skills. Prepared to start career and make meaningful contributions with commitment and drive.

• Cybersecurity Projects & Labs | University of Alabama
• Class Projects: Enterprise Network & Security, Digital Forensics, Applied Cybersecurity, Cyber Case Competition
• Cyber Breach Case Competition & Executive Board Presentation
• Investigated a simulated financial-sector data breach and delivered findings to a mock executive cyber board.
• Analyzed root cause, data exposure, and security control failures using the NIST CSF 2.0 framework.
• Recommended improvements in vendor risk management, entitlement audits, detection capabilities, and incident response maturity.
• Developed professional-grade reporting and presented a 10–15 minute executive briefing.
• Enterprise Network & Security Labs
• Designed segmented network topologies including DMZs, internal VLANs, and firewall rule sets using pfSense.
• Conducted vulnerability scans with ZenMap/Nmap, identifying insecure services and misconfigurations.
• Captured, filtered, and analyzed traffic in Wireshark to detect anomalies like unauthorized ARP/DNS activity.
• Documented network weaknesses and proposed remediation steps aligned with best practices.
• Digital Forensics & Memory Analysis
• Performed forensic investigations using Volatility, FTK Imager, and Paraben E3 to analyze RAM images and extract artifacts.
• Recovered deleted files, inspected registry entries, and evaluated potential indicators of compromise.
• Executed password-cracking labs using John the Ripper, interpreting hash types and brute-force methodology.
• Applied Cybersecurity / Kali Linux Operations
• Conducted reconnaissance, scanning, and enumeration using industry tools (Nmap, Hydra, JTR).
• Practiced privilege escalation, service analysis, and encryption/decryption through GPG/Kleopatra.
• Completed hands-on penetration testing simulations.
• Implemented system hardening exercises, including least privilege, password policy enforcement, and patching.

• Selected as team presenter for multiple cybersecurity case studies and technical projects.
• Skilled at translating technical cyber topics into clear, non-technical explanations for executive audiences.
• Collaborated with teams in fast-paced, multi-week cyber and management projects.