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Welcome to my CyberSecurity Portfolio

Email: companioniorlando@gmail.com

Location: Toronto, Canada

Phone: 647-648-9773

Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/orlando-companioni

PROFILE

As a passionate Cyber Security student, I thrive as a dedicated team player, demonstrating proven leadership abilities alongside effective communication skills. I am eager to leverage my talents and learning journey to contribute meaningfully within the Cyber Security realm.I’ve been doing everything I can to improve my skills and gain exposure, and have produced and released content(see below). Thank you for reviewing my portfolio

EDUCATION

Honours Bachelor of Information Sciences (CyberSecurity)

Sheridan College 2022 – 2026| Oakville,canada

• 4/4 Professional Cumulative GPA

• Entrance Scholarship recipient

CERTIFICATES

• Google Cybersecurity

• Google Technical Support Fundamentals

• Google The Bits and Bytes of Computer Networking

• ISO/IEC 27001 Information Security Management Systems Awareness On-demand Training Course

• Actively working towards completing my Security+ certification

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Centre for Applied AI (Sheridan College CMI)

Student Researcher 01/2024 - Present|Oakville,Canada

• Partnered with fellow researchers on a research project titled “Objective Method for Diagnosis of Chronic Pain” in collaboration with Karmy Clinic

• Conducted research on identifying Lying through facial expressions using machine learning.

• Assisted in the creation of a comprehensive dataset aimed at understanding human behavior, specifically focusing on truth-telling and lying.

• Developed a deep learning model trained on this dataset, with the objective of accurately determining whether a subject was lying or telling the truth. This involved extensive work in model architecture design, training, and evaluation.

• Worked in a diverse team of 6 researchers, fostering a collaborative environment to drive the project forward.

• Leveraged C++ and Python to enhance the functionality and performance of the software.

• Conducted comprehensive research on the software and related projects to deepen my understanding of the underlying technology and to identify innovative ideas for enhancing the software.

ISSessions

CTF Developer 03/2024 - Present|Oakville,Canada

• Collaborated in a dynamic team of 6+ members to develop engaging and challenging Capture The Flag (CTF) events.

• Contributed to the design, development, and deployment of CTF challenges, ensuring a balance of difficulty levels to cater to a wide range of participants.

• Worked closely with team members to brainstorm, develop, and refine CTF challenges, fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment.

• Leveraged my technical knowledge and creativity to design unique and engaging CTF challenges that tested a variety of skills and knowledge areas.

• Developed challenges that not only tested participants’ skills but also engaged them on a deeper level, encouraging critical thinking and problem-solving.

• Actively sought feedback from participants and used it to refine and improve future challenges, demonstrating my commitment to continuous learning and improvement.

QVA Renovations

Coordinator 04/2016 – 08/2022|Toronto,Canada

• Supervised and coordinated contractor schedules; work orders and projects spread throughout multiple properties.

• Managed budget for 3 projects valued at over $10,000 each.

• Worked as leader on team of three project coordinators.

SKILLS

• Knowledge of basic networking concepts (e.g. OSI model, TCP/IP, Wi-Fi)

• Proficiency with Python, C/C++, Linux and SQL

• Strong verbal & written communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills.

• Strong problem-solving skills that allow me to handle even the most stressful of situations

• Excellent customer service skills with the ability to maintain a professional demeanor at all times.

PROJECTS

• Installed and configured Nessus Essentials to perform credentialed vulnerability scans against Windows 10 Hosts

• Implemented Vulnerability Management Function on sandbox networks: -Discover, Prioritize, Assess, Report, Remediate, Verify

• Conducted vulnerability assessments with Nessus; remediated vulnerabilities

• Active Directory Administration on Server 2019: Provisioning, Maintaining, and Deprovisioning user accounts

• Implementation and maintenance of Windows DNS and DHCP services

• Developed a Python keylogger that captures all keys typed by the user and writes them to a file

• Created a feature that collects computer information and writes it to a separate file

• Implemented encryption for the keylogger’s output files to ensure data security

• Created a program to decrypt files encrypted by the Python keylogger

• Developed an assembly language program that checks whether a given word entered by the user is a palindrome or not

• Utilized memory addressing and comparison operations to identify palindrome words within the input string

• Employed conditional jumps and looping structures for effective character comparison and traversal

• Utilized iterative processes to analyze and compare characters in the input string for palindrome identification

• The program accurately counted and displayed the number of palindrome words found within the input sentence.

• Utilized FTK Imager, a digital forensics tool, for the investigation.

• Explored the concept of ADS, a feature of NTFS file systems.

• Identified hidden streams attached to files, often used by attackers to conceal malicious activity.

• Uncovered a hidden stream that contained the password to a critical file.

• Demonstrated the ability to use advanced forensics tools and methodologies.

• Developed an assembly program in 8086 architecture to encrypt and decrypt user-input strings based on a specified key value.

• Leverages memory manipulation to read user input, encrypt, and decrypt strings.

• Employs XOR operations with a specific key value to transform characters for encryption and decryption.

• Prints both the encrypted and decrypted versions of the input string for user verification.

• Conducted a detailed analysis of disk images using FTK Imager. Created and embedded files in a disk image, then verified their integrity by comparing hash values upon reopening, demonstrating proficiency in digital forensics and understanding of file integrity checks.

• Analyzed a provided pcap file containing a fragmented network-transferred file.

• Successfully located, extracted, and identified the file, demonstrating strong skills in network forensics and data extraction.

• Conducted a lab exercise where I sent a file through HTTP and captured the packets using Wireshark while downloading the file on another machine.

• Hosted a Python HTTP server and accessed it on a Windows machine to download the file.

• Successfully located and downloaded the file from the captured packets in Wireshark, demonstrating my skills in network packet analysis, HTTP server hosting, and file extraction from network traffic.