Summary
Work History
Education
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CERTIFICATIONS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Vivek Bansil

La Habra,CA

Summary

Aspiring cybersecurity professional with a Master’s in Cybersecurity (2024) and CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) certification (2025). Gained hands-on experience through academic projects and a healthcare IT internship, working with tools like Nmap, Metasploit, Wireshark, and Nessus in lab environments. Strong foundation in vulnerability assessment, network defense, and digital forensics. Passionate about hands-on cybersecurity—especially real-time threat analysis, scripting, and command-line tooling. Seeking a SOC or technical security role where I can apply offensive and defensive skills to protect critical systems.

Work History

Student (Capstone Project) — Remote

University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
04.2024 - 05.2024
  • Simulated a red vs. blue team engagement in a virtual lab using Kali Linux, performing both attack and defense roles.
  • As Red Team: Conducted Nmap service enumeration, exploited a vulnerable service (SMBv1) with Metasploit, and identified hidden files through post-exploitation analysis.
  • As Blue Team: Discovered and mitigated a backdoor introduced via an XSS-laced file upload, using Linux command-line inspection to locate unauthorized script(s).

Student (Penetration Testing Project) — Remote

University of Arizona
Tuscon, AZ
01.2024 - 03.2024
  • Executed all 6 phases of the penetration testing lifecycle—Planning, Reconnaissance, Enumeration, Exploitation, Maintaining Access, and Reporting—in a controlled lab environment using virtual machines.
  • Performed network enumeration and vulnerability scanning on a target subnet using Nmap and Nessus within a Kali Linux virtual machine.
  • Used Metasploit and password-cracking tools to simulate an attack that achieved full system compromise and root access on a MySQL server.
  • Cracked 6 of 7 stored passwords and escalated privileges on 3 services, gaining root access to 3 MySQL databases.

Student (Risk Management Project) — Remote

University of Arizona
Tuscon, AZ
09.2023 - 10.2023
  • Collaborated with a 4-person team to evaluate cybersecurity risks for a simulated manufacturing plant, applying the NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF) across 10+ system components.
  • Categorized components—including those in AGV and Environmental SCADA systems—by risk level (Low, Medium, High) and aggregated results to determine overall Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (CIA) impact levels.

IT (Core Integration Services) Intern

Torrance Memorial Medical Center
Torrance, California
10.2022 - 03.2023
  • Shadowed IT staff in a clinical environment to gain foundational exposure to enterprise systems, user provisioning workflows, and Active Directory group policies.
  • Observed ticketing system processes used for managing daily IT support and account access.
  • Assisted in tracking multi-factor authentication (MFA) enrollment for 300+ medical staff by maintaining an Excel spreadsheet based on Active Directory user data and identifying users requiring setup.

Education

CompTIA SY0-701 Security+ Certification -

CompTIA Learning Center (Online), La Habra, CA
04-2025
  • Demonstrated knowledge of security fundamentals, threats and mitigation, architecture, operations, and program oversight (aligned with official CompTIA objectives).

Master of Science - Cybersecurity

University of Arizona (Online), Tucson, AZ
05-2024
  • GPA: 3.909
  • Relevant Coursework: Cyber Warfare Capstone, Penetration Testing (Ethical Hacking & Social Engineering), Cyber Threat Intelligence, Engineering of Trustworthy Secure Systems, and more

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
05-2022
  • Graduated cum laude with a 3.60 GPA

Skills

Security Tools: Kali Linux, VirtualBox, Wireshark, Nmap, Nessus, Metasploit, Burp Suite

Security Practices: Incident Response, Risk Assessment, Secure Network Architecture, Penetration Testing, Cryptography

Operating Systems: Linux, macOS, Windows

Programming: Python, Bash, PowerShell, C/C, Git

Development Tools: Visual Studio Code, Xcode
Productivity Tools: Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel

Timeline

Student (Capstone Project) — Remote - University of Arizona
04.2024 - 05.2024
Student (Penetration Testing Project) — Remote - University of Arizona
01.2024 - 03.2024
Student (Risk Management Project) — Remote - University of Arizona
09.2023 - 10.2023
IT (Core Integration Services) Intern - Torrance Memorial Medical Center
10.2022 - 03.2023
CompTIA Learning Center (Online) - CompTIA SY0-701 Security+ Certification,
University of Arizona (Online) - Master of Science, Cybersecurity
University of Southern California - Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

CERTIFICATIONS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS

  • CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) Certified 2025 [Verification: https://tinyurl.com/5n7paevd]
  • Academic Excellence Award, Master’s Program — 2024

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