Riya Kappen
Fairfax,Virginia
Overview
1
1
year of professional experience
Work History
IT Security Analyst
AMIS Health
09.2024 - Current
- Conducts vulnerability assessments using Nessus to identify and mitigate security risks
- Monitors and analyzes security alerts from SIEM tools, improving incident response time
- Assists in risk assessments and develops compliance reports to strengthen cybersecurity frameworks
- Utilizes AWS CloudWatch for security monitoring and log analysis
- Supports application security by collaborating with the development team to implement secure coding practices
Software Support Intern
AMIS Health
05.2024 - 08.2024
- Assisted in designing and implementing secure workflows for Electronic Medical Records (EMR) systems
- Conducted business process analysis to enhance security within CRM/EMR platforms
- Supported teams in identifying system vulnerabilities and recommending security enhancements
Education
Bachelor of Science - Cybersecurity
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA05-2025
Associate of Applied Science - Cybersecurity
Northern Virginia Community College
Annandale, VA08.2023
Skills
- Nessus
- Metasploit
- Nmap
- Wireshark
- Burp Suite
- AWS CloudWatch
- VMware
- Linux
- Windows
- Python
- Java
- Bash
- SIEM monitoring
- Vulnerability scanning
- Incident response
Volunteer Work Leadership
Tutor, Fairfax High School, 2018 - 2021,
• Conducted interactive one-on-one tutoring sessions across various subjects, helping students develop effective learning techniques while enhancing their communication and active listening skills.
• Effectively improved individual student ranks through successful execution of class curriculum.
• Strategic time management correlates to the proper completion of tasks and projects.
Library Volunteer, Chantilly Regional Library, 2018 - 2019,
• Organized bookshelves to ensure tidiness and make it easier for the next person coming in to pick up a book.
• Removed and replaced the information labels on the spines of books, greatly lessening the librarians' workloads
• Answered patron queries in a timely and courteous manner.
Projects Certifications
- Cybersecurity Simulation, Conducted XSS, SQL Injection, and DDoS attack simulations in a controlled lab environment.
- Network Security Analysis, Used Wireshark and Metasploit to detect and exploit vulnerabilities.
- Machine Learning & AI in Security, Explored TensorFlow and OpenAI for threat detection models.
- CompTIA Security+, In Progress
- AWS Fundamentals & Cloud Security
Timeline
IT Security Analyst
AMIS Health
09.2024 - Current
Software Support Intern
AMIS Health
05.2024 - 08.2024
Associate of Applied Science - Cybersecurity
Northern Virginia Community College
Bachelor of Science - Cybersecurity
George Mason University
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