MS Cybersecurity @ NYU Tandon · Open to Opportunities
Cybersecurity graduate student at NYU Tandon (4.0 GPA, Cyber Fellows Scholar) and Cyber Intern at the NYS Executive Chamber's Chief Cyber Office. RIT alum. Building real defenses for real threats — GRC, cloud security, threat intelligence, and research.
Who I Am
I'm a Master's student in Cybersecurity at NYU Tandon School of Engineering (4.0 GPA, Cyber Fellows Scholar), building on my B.S. in Computer Security from Rochester Institute of Technology, where I also minored in Web Development and immersed in Economics. I'm passionate about bridging technical security with organizational governance — making cybersecurity decisions align with business goals, risk appetite, and compliance standards.
Currently interning at the NYS Executive Chamber's Chief Cyber Office, where I map CIS Controls across state agencies, author weekly threat intelligence memos briefed to the Director of Security & Intelligence, and design incident reporting infrastructure. I identified unintended vulnerabilities during a beta test that triggered a formal red team review.
My academic work spans IEEE research on behavioral GRC, IoT network segmentation, cryptographic deepfake defense, and full-stack vulnerability management tooling. I'm fluent in English and Albanian, conversational in Spanish and French.
Capabilities
// Security & GRC
// Tools & Platforms
// Development & Research
Background
// Professional
FEB 2026 — PRESENT
@ NYS Chief Cyber Office · New York, NY
JAN 2023 — APR 2023
@ Rochester Institute of Technology
AUG 2022 — DEC 2022
@ Rochester Institute of Technology
MAY 2019 — PRESENT
@ Douglas Elliman Real Estate · NYC
// Education & Certifications
SEP 2025 — MAY 2027
@ NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Applied Cryptography, OS Security, Information Security & Privacy, Database Systems. Research: behavioral GRC, IoT segmentation, media provenance cryptography.
AUG 2019 — MAY 2024
@ Rochester Institute of Technology
Major in Cyber Security · Minor in Web Development · Immersion in Economics. Ethical hacking, risk management, digital forensics.
Dean's List '21–'24 · RIT Founders Scholarship · Major GPA 3.42
2015 — 2019
@ Benjamin N. Cardozo H.S., Queens NYC
Arista Honor Society · National Honors Society.
Certification
@ Google / Coursera
Troubleshooting, networking, OS, system administration, and security fundamentals.
My Work
State Government · Policy
CIS Controls v8.1.2 mapping across state agencies, R/Python data tools to surface compliance gaps, and a cybersecurity incident reporting interface that triggered a formal red team review after beta vulnerabilities were discovered.
NYS Government · InternalWeb & Database
Three-tier Flask/MySQL CRUD application modeling a government cyber office workflow — tracking assets, CVEs, analyst assignments, and remediation actions. Includes ER model, stored procedures, ML risk-scoring function, and trigger automation.
NYU Coursework · AcademicResearch · IEEE Paper
Human-integrated GRC framework demonstrated 37.5% reduction in social engineering incidents (p<0.001) vs. traditional approaches. ML behavioral risk scoring achieved 82% predictive accuracy in a 200-user simulated enterprise over 30 days.
GitHub →Research · IEEE Paper
Simulated flat vs. VLAN-segmented architectures for 40 IoT devices using GNS3 and Python. Demonstrated 67% reduction in lateral movement success, 5x increase in time-to-compromise, and 180% improvement in detection rates via Zero Trust isolation.
GitHub →Research · Applied Cryptography
C2PA-compliant media provenance system: ECDSA P-256 signing, SHA-256 content fingerprinting, perceptual hashing, and RFC 3161 trusted timestamping. Addresses deepfakes at capture-time — directly motivated by disinformation work at the NYS CCO.
NYU Applied CryptographyMalware Analysis
Deep forensic analysis of WannaCry ransomware — encryption mechanism, lateral movement via EternalBlue/DoublePulsar, and kill-switch discovery. Controlled lab environment using Wireshark, x32dbg, VirusTotal, and MalwareDB.
View on GitHub →IoT Security · RIT Capstone
Authentication protocol for resource-constrained IoT devices — comparative analysis of existing methods, implementation in simulated environments, dynamic key management to reduce computational overhead while enhancing security.
View on GitHub →Cybersecurity Initiative
Security design for a virtual education company — NIST air gap policies, VM hardening, VLAN/subnet enforcement, and CIS compliance framework. Comprehensive final report and presentation delivered to client.
View on GitHub →Metadata & OSINT
Full analysis of TaleSocial — HTML/CSS/JS parsing, WHOIS lookups, metadata exposure risk evaluation, and vulnerability identification. Actionable mitigation plans delivered in a structured client-facing report.
Internal / AcademicBusiness Continuity
Full IT disaster recovery framework covering LAN, WAN, and remote connectivity — RTO/RPO objectives, failover procedures, key stakeholder identification, and department-specific recovery plans.
View on GitHub →Policy & GRC
Policy briefs on Facial Recognition Technology and the Data Economy — applying a public policy lens to technical cybersecurity issues with regulatory and strategic analysis. Evidence-based recommendations.
View on GitHub →Risk Management
Comprehensive risk assessment for a teaching hospital — FIPS 199 categorization, MITRE ATT&CK and STRIDE threat modeling, and quantitative/qualitative risk mitigations for critical patient data systems.
View PDF →Full Stack Development
Full-stack interactive portfolio with Google Analytics integration, modal pop-ups, hover effects, and Git version control. HTML5, CSS, PHP, JavaScript, Bootstrap.
Live Site →Get in Touch
Whether you want to discuss an open role, talk threat intelligence, collaborate on research, or just connect with someone who thinks constantly about cybersecurity risk — reach out. Queens, NYC. Open to remote and hybrid.
// MS Cybersecurity student (May 2027). Open to summer 2026 internships, full-time security engineering and GRC roles post-graduation, and consulting engagements. NYC-based, open to remote.
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