Education & Certifications
Academic foundation, earned credentials, and the certifications I plan to pursue next.
Rochester Institute of Technology
- B.S. in Cybersecurity · August 2022–May 2025
- Completed the degree in three years.
- Dean’s List · RITSEC · Cybersecurity coursework spanning network security, cryptography, auditing, endpoint security, disaster recovery, risk, policy, and law.
- Academic work included infrastructure deployment, systems auditing, application-security research, NIST-based risk assessment, and nonprofit cybersecurity consulting.
Earned Certifications
ISC2 SSCP
- Operational security and systems administration.
- Access control, incident response, cryptography, network security, and systems/application security.
- Official SSCP page →
CompTIA Security+
- Vendor-neutral cybersecurity foundation.
- Threats, architecture, operations, identity, risk, and security-program concepts.
- Official Security+ page →
Microsoft SC-900
- Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals.
- Microsoft Entra and cloud security/compliance concepts.
- Official SC-900 page →
Cynomi Accreditations
- Cynomi Partner Technical Accreditation.
- Cynomi Sales Associate.
- Focused on applying the Cynomi platform within vCISO and cybersecurity-program workflows.
Next Certifications
- CISA — Certified Information Systems Auditor: next step for deeper IT Audit, controls, governance, and assurance knowledge.
- CISM — Certified Information Security Manager: planned focus on security governance, risk, program management, and leadership.
Dominic Brugno 