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Hello and welcome to my CIT Portfolio. My name is Keith Hibbard, and I am a student at Miami University where I am studying Cybersecurity and Networking. After 8 years in the US Navy on Active duty I began a new career at Miami University. I have worked at Miami University for over two decades as a police officer and explosive K-9 handler/trainer. In my free time I enjoy riding motorcycles and advocating for disabled veterans. As I begin my journey into Cybersecurity, I am hoping to learn skills that will help me find a new career in Information Technology with Veteran Affairs so I can continue to help Disabled Veterans.
Some of my strengths in leadership are:
Considerate of different perspectives and the feelings of team member when working in a group.
Never give up motto when tackling a task
As a green leader, I'm in tune with my feelings, am a great listener, and have high emotional intelligence.
I trust my team, am loyal and patient, and often make for a great friend inside and outside the office.
Taking CIT 168 With Professor Dave Woods and I am learning how to:
Apply current client-side web technologies to create interactive web pages.
Use current operating systems and computing infrastructure tools.
Use tools and techniques for data management and storage.
Apply the fundamentals of layered network communications to describe computer networks.
Use TCP/IP tools to make simple configuration changes and diagnose problems in computer networks.
Describe the security considerations in the development and use of information technology.
Taking CIT 258 With Professor Geri Maples and I am learning how to:
Identify laws and policies that are relevant to information security around the world.
Assess the security posture of a computer system.
Implement basic security solutions using appropriate network devices.
Monitor security devices in a computer network.
Respond to basic security events and incidents.
Apply principles of governance, risk, and compliance to information security problems.
Explain the implications of global cybersecurity threats.
Taking CIT 214 with Professor Eric Luczaj and I am learning how to:
Explain common database terms and concepts.
Apply SQL to create, read, update, and delete relational tables and records.
Apply recognized database principles such as basic entity relationship modeling to develop database designs.
Design and implement a normalized relational database.
Describe current trends in the database field.
Identify factors that need to be considered when selecting database management systems.
Taking CIT 231 with Professor Donna Evans and I am learning how to:
Summarize the history of healthcare information technology.
Identify the various types of healthcare professionals/facilities/organizations in the US and around the world.
Consider the impact of global culture and equity issues in the delivery of healthcare and related technologies.
Contrast how healthcare is paid for in the US and around the world and explain how that affects Healthcare IT.
Articulate the flow of data in a number of different healthcare settings.
Use an Electronic Health Record to schedule, document, and summarize a healthcare encounter.
Taking CSE 163 with Professor Rachel Gramann and I am learning how to:
Explain the fundamental concepts in programming
Write programs in a high-level programming language
Apply problem solving in programming
Develop user-friendly programs
Work effectively with other programmers
Use and design computer programs in real-world contexts
Taking CIT 273 with Dr. Deepak Dawar and I am learning how to:
Implement data persistency on the Internet.
Describe and identify interactive webpage characteristics.
Create dynamic, user-driven web pages.
Develop server-side internet applications.
Parse and create recordsets to support data persistence.
Connect server and client-side web applications.
Integrate back-end database persistency into user-driven websites.
Embed multimedia objects into internet-ready applications.