Sara Kendig

Cybersecurity engineer with experience protecting federal contractor assets, streamlining incident response, and implementing NIST 800-53 and FedRAMP compliant solutions. Reduced phishing incident response time by 83% and improved audit readiness by standardizing penetration testing procedures.

Sumo Logic Fundamentals Certified

Individual Game Scouting Report – National Cyber League | Fall 2022 & Spring 2024

• Ranked in top categories for Open-Source Intelligence, Forensics, Scanning & Reconnaissance, and Log Analysis.
• National Rank 2022: 629/6,675 (Diamond Bracket), 82nd percentile.
• National Rank 2024: 325/7,412 (Diamond Bracket), 91st percentile.

• Collaborated with the VP of Adaptive Security to help improve the Phish Triage tool.
• Supervised and trained a team of cybersecurity interns on Tenable, Sumo Logic, and SentinelOne, providing guidance on vulnerability scanning, log analysis, endpoint security procedures, and daily operational workflows while ensuring accuracy, consistency, and adherence to security best practices.
• Identified inefficiencies in the company’s manual phishing-email review process and led research into automation solutions, ultimately recommending KnowBe4’s phishing analysis tool.
• Authored custom YARA rules, configured, and managed the KnowBe4 phishing analysis platform, significantly improving detection accuracy and reducing review time.
• Delivered a formal presentation of findings and ROI analysis to both my security team and executive leadership, resulting in approval and procurement of the new tool.
• Created full lifecycle documentation, including setup, configuration, workflow procedures, and analyst instructions for the newly adopted phishing automation platform.
• Oversaw and executed the transition from the legacy phishing review workflow to the new adaptive security tool, including planning, implementation, and written operational documentation.