About Me: In Summary

I'm Jordan Glass (he/him), and I graduated from the University of Suffolk in 2023 with a First Class BSc (Hons) degree in Cyber Security.

I'm currently spending my time revisiting concepts from my studies. I'm looking to move into employment within IT or Cyber later this year, whether it's a 'conventional' role, graduate scheme, or apprenticeship. Please reach out if you're interested.

Experience

At University, I first approached Cyber Security from a practical perspective. Assignments included:

• Research tasks, discussing what I had learned from the sources and what it meant in-context. This includes exploring the Post Office Horizon dispute, and the technique of DNS tunnelling.
• Analytical tasks, creating a solution for a given scenario and discussing my reasoning. This includes identifying threat actors and security risks to an organisation, and recommending policies and solutions to manage them, as well as identifying malware on a virtual machine and discussing its potential impacts.
• Practical tasks, creating a product and discussing my process of design, implementation and testing. This includes re-implementing RSA cryptography in Java, designing a relational database with MySQL, creating a redundant network topology in Cisco Packet Tracer, and performing data analysis with pandas and Jupyter.

Distilling information into accessible reports helped to achieve consistent success. Academic researching and writing, balancing competing demands, and independent working, were crucial: no-one was prescribing exactly how to complete an assignment or meet a deadline.

My Dissertation project, looking into Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT), used over 100 sources to introduce OSINT and:

• Explore the considerations investigators might make, and the tools they might use;
• Present a case study where OSINT was used to investigate human rights abuses; and
• Produce ten guidelines to make investigations safer and more effective.

I delivered this project as both a written report, and a spoken presentation.

Interests

In my own time, I've gained experience in Git and static site generation in creating this blog. I've also explored Linux, self-hosting, server security, SSH, and shell scripting.

I'm interested in motorsport and karting, open-source alternatives to proprietary software, data privacy, photography, and urban design, including what makes a good urban environment.

In Cyber Security, I'm interested in the motives of threat actors, state-backed groups, and ways security can be integrated with a low impact.

I've also written a few simple code snippets.

Now & Looking Ahead

I'm currently revisiting core Cyber concepts, pursuing a professional certificate and building a knowledge base using QOwnNotes and Obsidian. I also volunteer at Suffolk Archives, transcribing recordings of interviews to make the archive more accessible. This requires focus and commitment, working at less than 5 minutes of audio per hour, and initiative and judgement to best preserve the original speech.

Looking ahead to later this year, I'm looking to work somewhere supportive, with opportunities to learn practical, hands-on skills. My preference is based in-person or hybrid within a commutable distance of Ipswich, or remotely, but please still reach out if you're interested but based a little further afield.

Although it might take me a while to feel at home, and I am no expert at this point in my career, I believe I will be committed, empathic, punctual, and methodical. Written communication and attention to detail are two of my strengths. I'd value opportunities to make a positive impact, such as by safeguarding data privacy, as well as contribute to community projects - I already contribute to OpenStreetMap.

Contact

If you'd like to reach out, you can send a message on LinkedIn or post a Private Mention on Mastodon.

For more information, see the Contact page.

About This Blog

On this blog you might find posts on Cyber Security, as well as Urban Design and Technology more widely. You can find links to my accounts across the Internet in the header above, as well as an Atom feed to subscribe to.