vCISO Services Externship via ExternI am a UConn senior with hands-on work experience, readying myself to move from learning to professional practice.
A short collection of work and projects that reflect the experience I have gained as I finish my degree and prepare for professional roles.
Analyzed 200,000 transactions from 2023–2024, totaling $142.41M in revenue and $31.55M in profit at a 22.15% margin; validated the dataset with no duplicate records. Built an interactive Power BI dashboard to compare sales and profitability by product and region; identified 1.27% revenue growth in 2024 and $57.5M in Electronics revenue at a 14.03% margin.
Configure centralized monitoring for 2 virtual machines to review authentication and process events for suspicious activity. Test 3 detection scenarios covering repeated login failures, new privileged accounts and suspicious PowerShell; document alert evidence and triage steps.
I am a UConn senior with hands-on work experience, readying myself to move from learning to professional practice.
I am Roonish Niroula, a senior at the University of Connecticut working toward a bachelors degree. I have some work experience and am preparing to transition into my professional career.
Externships
vCISO Cybersecurity Risk Assessment Externship
In progress
Experience
Junior Security Consultant
vCISO Services · October 2026 – Present
Financial Oversight
Central Wine and Spirits Liquor (Family Business) · July 2026 – Present
Education
University of Connecticut
Bachelor of Science in Data Analytics
Skills
Analyzed 200,000 transactions from 2023–2024, totaling $142.41M in revenue and $31.55M in profit at a 22.15% margin; validated the dataset with no duplicate records. Built an interactive Power BI dashboard to compare sales and profitability by product and region; identified 1.27% revenue growth in 2024 and $57.5M in Electronics revenue at a 14.03% margin.
Configure centralized monitoring for 2 virtual machines to review authentication and process events for suspicious activity. Test 3 detection scenarios covering repeated login failures, new privileged accounts and suspicious PowerShell; document alert evidence and triage steps.
Review 1 sandbox AWS account for excessive IAM permissions, public S3 access and gaps in audit logging. Assess and remediate security findings; prioritize risks by exposure and business impact, and document configuration evidence.
✅ 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 organisation's cybersecurity posture, mapping identified vulnerabilities to relevant NIST controls and scoring risk exposure. The work produced a prioritised list of control gaps and a slide deck summarising findings for senior leadership review.
I completed a compact risk assessment that identified control gaps, mapped them to NIST, and packaged the findings into a concise leadership deck.
