Prospective Information Security Analyst

Information Security and IT Governance

Hello! My name is Mathew Quintero a rising junior at Syracuse University with a major in Information Management and Technology. I have huge interests in information security with topics such as cryptography, network security, and cloud security. I am always trying to learn something new within the growing field of information technology and often work on projects that can be viewed below.

What I’m working on

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Installing and Configuring Virtual Machines on Type 2 Hypervisors

Practiced configuring operating systems such as Kali Linux on virtual machines software VirtualBox.

Projects

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API Python Project

In this project I was tasked with making an application that used an API in the python language. I decided to go along with the Spotify api as well as the Ticketmaster API. In this application that I made it uses the Spotify API to bring provide information on music...

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Creating My Own Security Policy

This semester in my I studying policy making in the security industry. I was tasked with making my own policy and learn what is important to include. When writing my own policy I made sure to include a policy purpose , policy scope, policy main points, compliance and non-compliance, definitions,...

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Encryption and Decryption with C++ and Python

I recently have been trying to get more hands on experience and have been participating in guided labs. In this lab I was shown how to write code in C++ to encrypt and decrypt a message using the Vigenere cipher. Encryption and decryption is one of the most important concepts...

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Using John the Ripper to Crack MD5 Hashes

In this project I used serval security applications to achieve the end goal of learning how John the Ripper or John works. I started by powering on my virtual machine to get more familiar with the Kali Linux operating system and what applications are included in Kali Linux. After starting...

Experience

Main Desk Assistant
Syracuse University, Main Desk Assistant
Syracuse, New York | August, 2023 - June, 2024

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Education

Syracuse University
Syracuse University August, 2022 - May, 2026

School of Information Studies

  • Major in Information Management & Technology
  • Concentration in Information Security Management