Yakov Yardley

Highly motivated cybersecurity professional dedicated to securing companies with a robust security posture. Played a vital role in protecting systems and data by implementing processes to ensure policy compliance and prevent recurring problems. Strong focus on maintaining data integrity within Active Directory and databases, consistently contributing to overall security and operational efficiency.

• Network Security Proposal developed a security proposal for a network including policies, access controls, vulnerability assessments, backups, continuity planning, physical defenses, network devices, and encryption.
• Studied the incorporation of the CIA triad within an organization's security program through the use of physical and logical security controls. Assessed threats and vulnerabilities to determine levels of risk.
• Produced a Risk Assessment on an organization in depth to evaluate the quantitative and qualitative values of each risk. Developed recommendations to mitigate and lessen the risks to the organization.
• Researched and wrote a cybersecurity strategy and implementation plan to help ensure a company is properly protected and secure from threats. The plan included controls, policies technologies, people, process, and the cost of the plan.
• Authored a paper on how companies should implement emerging technology of Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Machine Learning (ML) to help detect and prevent attacks and threats.