vCISO Services Externship via ExternStarting my career and building foundational skills as I prepare for my first professional roles.
Portfolio in development. Early projects and learning exercises that show my growing skills and direction as I prepare for professional work.
vCISO Services · ✅ Verified by Extern · ⏱️ In progress
Be a junior security consultant. Find a company's weak spots, score them on NIST and create a deck for senior leaders.
Starting my career and building foundational skills as I prepare for my first professional roles.
I am Leiawyn Cook. I am at the start of my career and have little formal work experience. I am preparing to begin professional work and build my first projects and roles.
Externships
vCISO Cybersecurity Risk Assessment Externship
In progress
Experience
Barista
Starbucks, Denver, Colorado · August 2025 - October 2026
Receptionist
Total Access Urgent Care, Saint Louis, Missouri · May 2024 - October 2025
Customer Service Associate
Walgreens, Saint Louis, Missouri · October 2023 - March 2024
Retail Associate
Panera Bread, Saint Louis, Missouri · May 2022 - October 2023
Education
The University of Arizona Global Campus, Tucson, Arizona
Bachelor of Science in Cyber & Data Security Technologies · Class of 2026
Saint Louis Community College, Saint Louis, Missouri
Associate of Arts in General Studies · Class of 2024
Skills
✅ Verified by Extern · ⏱️ In progress
Be a junior security consultant. Find a company's weak spots, score them on NIST and create a deck for senior leaders.
The project assessed an organization's security posture, mapping identified vulnerabilities to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and scoring risk areas. The work produced an organized set of findings and control mappings and assembled them into a presentation for senior stakeholders.
I conducted a structured risk assessment that began with stakeholder engagement, proceeded through evidence review and control mapping, and concluded with a leadership-facing presentation of findings.
