Yaen Torres

A highly accomplished Cybersecurity Engineer with a proven record of success in identifying and mitigating cybersecurity threats. With two years of experience in the field and five years in IT, this candidate is currently enlisted as a Cybersecurity Engineer at the U.S. Air Force. They have already earned a Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance from Western Governors University. Honored as a National Cyber Scholar with Honors by the National Cyber Scholarship Foundation, the candidate is certified in CompTIA’s PenTest+, CySA+, Security+, Project+, Network+, A+, ISC2’s SSCP, GIAC’s GFACT, LPI’s Linux Essentials, as well as Axelos’ ITIL4 Foundations. Military service has honed valuable skills such as discipline, attention to detail, ability to work under pressure, team management, and problem-solving. Passion for cybersecurity is evident through active participation in TryHackMe, maintenance of a personal home lab equipped with various virtual machines, network devices, and security tools, and active participation in online cybersecurity communities.