New Living Lab Domain

The Living Lab Website is outdated and not very attractive. A new website is being made for the Lab, and needs a theme and new organization. Themes were researched first, finding a theme that isn’t too image-reliant, because the Living Lab has lots of text but not very many image. The theme has been selected, and…

Fake News DB

A University course has a new Fake News project, where a system is being developed to automatically identify fake news articles.  As a part of this project, a database server needs to be configured to store news articles that will be captured by a web scraper.  The solution is a machine running a database software…

Security Analyst – IDS/IPS

The university course’s campus network already has an Intrusion Detection System in place. The intrusion detection system’s current status is that it is not functioning properly in some regards. The system produces “false positives”, or alerts that are triggered by harmless sources on the network at an aggressive level.  The system could also be improved…

Living Lab Domain

The Domain Network Management is a project that involves using a local domain controller and implementing network wide configurations on network assets. The project scope involves 44 computer systems that obtained their computer configurations and user settings from the domain controller. The project required many hours of troubleshooting, problem-solving, documenting, and setting configuration that the network…

JagWarz Expansion Project

JagWarz is a gaming website with a functioning and interactive game database designed for individuals interested in network security. The project has been in development since 2013. The scope for this project is to complete a functioning RvB game that allows the admin to assign users to teams and store the information in a database….

Domain Management in a Networking Laboratory Environment through Group Policy

The Domain Management project primarily focuses on the continued improvement and functionality of a networking laboratory environment, through centralized configuration and control via Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Group Policy Management Console.  The primary route for configuration and control actions within Server 2012 R2 is through the creation, modification, and deployment of Group Policy objects within the…

Qualtrics Risk Analysis Questionnaire: Design and Implement Feedback System using a Risk Matrix

This project is the “Qualtrics Risk Analysis”.  This project was started to create an easy to use questionnaire that could be used by both IT professionals and non-professionals alike.  The questionnaire uses the NIST 800-53 framework.  This questionnaire has been created for a cybersecurity committee. This semester’s project goals were to: Update the questionnaire Reduce…

Community Website Using WordPress

A near by church wanted to have their entire site overhauled. Their objective was to create a modern looking site with functionality that would serve their community. They wanted an easy to use calendar on the site that would automatically update events based on their Google Calendar. Having a sermon page was also something that…

Active Directory Domain Server Configuration

To better maintain the network environment of the Living Lab, the implementation of an active directory domain server was necessary.  Utilizing Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2, the authorization and authentication of the many client computers housed in the lab can be easily monitored.  Restricting select software and programs from unauthorized users and using Group Policy…

Cisco Hardware Password Removal

This project consisted of removing passwords on Cisco routers, switches, and access points for the IUPUI Living Lab. To do this, I had to research the steps and commands used to remove passwords for each of the specific models that were provided. The software used to login to each of the devices is PuTTY. There…