Second-year CS student gaining hands-on experience in IoT security through a Hydroficient externship; building practical skills as I start my career.
Portfolio of academic projects and externship work focused on IoT security tasks completed during the Hydroficient externship and coursework.
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Hydroficient · Oct 2026✅ Verified by ExternBuild, hack, and defend real IoT infrastructure, then hand your security playbook to an actual company. You’ll launch realistic cyberattacks, from spoofing and replay attacks to unauthorized shutoffs, and implement defenses like TLS and mTLS.
Second-year CS student gaining hands-on experience in IoT security through a Hydroficient externship; building practical skills as I start my career.
I am Serena Barber, a second-year Computer Science student working toward a bachelor's degree. I have limited professional experience and I'm currently expanding practical skills through the Hydroficient IoT Cyber Defense Externship.
Externships
Hydroficient IoT Cyber Defense Externship
Completed · Oct 2026
Experience
Extern, Hydroficient
Extern · Sep 2026 - Nov 2026
Spa Coordinator
Salish Lodge & Spa · January 2020 September 2020
Cashier
Hobby Lobby · January 2018 June 2018
Supervisor
Remlinger Farms · June 2013 October 2014
Education
American Public University System
B.A Computer Science · Class of 2027
Skills
✅ Verified by Extern
Build, hack, and defend real IoT infrastructure, then hand your security playbook to an actual company. You’ll launch realistic cyberattacks, from spoofing and replay attacks to unauthorized shutoffs, and implement defenses like TLS and mTLS.
The externship exercised offensive and defensive techniques against an operational IoT deployment for a marina. The work inspected device interactions, attack surfaces, and network flows, then progressed to hands-on exploitation and implementation of protocol-level defenses. Deliverables documented vulnerabilities and recommended technical mitigations.
I mapped the Grand Marina IoT system, identified attacker paths, applied STRIDE to prioritize threats, and delivered a consolidated threat model PDF plus a visual threat card outlining key vulnerabilities.