About Me

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

There, I made my first steps in approaching Cyber Security from a practical perspective: in one module, I identified business aims, risks to achieving them, and potential solutions to those risks.

Being able to analyse a range of sources of information and distil them into quality, accessible and professionally-formatted reports was vital in achieving consistently good results across my time at University.

Learning new skills without step-by-step guidance was important too - for example, when I re-implemented RSA cryptography in Java and developed a graphical interface to make use of it.

My experience spans other areas too:

• I've gained experience in Python, Java, MySQL, Cisco IOS and report writing.
• In programming and software development modules, I implemented GUIs and handled files, and designed, planned and developed an application re-implementing RSA cryptography.
• In a data analysis module, I made use of pandas and Jupyter to analyse a large dataset.
• In a Cyber Forensics module, I used tools to examine a virtual machine, and presented my methodology and findings in an expert witness report.

My Dissertation project explored Open-Source Intelligence:

• I explored its background and the ways in which it can be used;
• explored its use in investigating abuses of human rights with a case study;
• and created a series of ten easy-to-use guidelines, based on over 100 qualitative sources and my own analysis.

Outside my studies, I've gained experience in Linux, Git, and simple shell scripting, and I'm interested in motorsport, open-source alternatives to proprietary software, data privacy, self-hosted services, and photography. I've also written a few simple code snippets which you can find here.

I'm now looking to work in an environment with opportunities to learn practical, hands-on skills - both in Cyber Security and IT more widely. My preference is a role in or around Suffolk - or, of course, something based remotely - but I'm open to opportunities slightly further afield too if the role is right.

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. I've also written a blog post detailing how I created this site, from setting up Zola to change control with Git - you can read Part 1 here.

You can also find a link to this blog's GitHub repository on the Code page mentioned above.