WRITTEN INTERVIEW QUESTIONS FOR PHD APPLICATION IN CYBERSECURITY

1. Provide a brief introduction on your education, career and decision to apply to university of Cumberland.

Right from childhood, I have always been fascinated by computer. I still remember being excited to spend time in the lab with computers around. I still remember my first power point presentation and executing my frist c program I felt achieving something from them on found my administration towards computer.

After completing my bachelor’s degree in computer since I  worked for one of the big tech companies in India., wipro technologies , As a  freshmen out of college , I experienced the real world problem and had oppurnity to put into practice all the skills I gained in school and stood top  in the network and security team . I worked in various technologies like 2 factor auth, email security, core networking during which developed my interest in cyber security.

After working for a little more than 2 years in india moved to united states to study masters.in computer science at university of Alabama in Huntsville with major subjects focusing on network and security , after I worked for capitol one  in the soc team as first line of defense for the security after working a year and half with captiol one moved to advertising based tech company Cardlytics as a network and security engineer , after working in more than 6 years in network and security , I want to perceive  my phd in cyber security.

2. In relation to your doctoral program application, what area of recent research in field would you want to stand and why?

I would like to research in area of cybersecurity. As the technology grows day by day we have many new ways our data has been utilized in many ways to target us and with having a lot our personal and professional information in online its has become very important very important to protect our data. I personally fall protecting our data. As I personally full protecting our data is our fundamental right with growing technologies it has become very difficult to have security and privacy in today world. I would like focus my research in the space of cyber security to develop and implement better tools to fight for better security with help of AI and machine learning.

I was deeply troubled as one my close member in family is a victim of cyber bulling, understanding we can only have internet safe safe for everyone by protecting every one information . so doing phdin cyber security is both peronally and professionally very close to me.

3. How does your current vocation relate to your application to the doctoral program?

My job as a network and security engineer details with a lot of primary and security relate policies of the company I work for as security engineer I am responsible for protecting my company from both internal and external threats. I better with a better and technologies

And knowledge space of cybersecurity will help understand the lager picture and also provide with more skills that world help me to developed and use more efficient products and help protect not just the safety of the customer but also their privacy which to me is very important in today’s world .

4. How will your experiences and personal skills help you to successful in your program?

I have completed my bachelors’   in a opportunity to understand the basics of the core computing like data structures and algorithms and also took core on operating systems; networks etc and that helped build today’s advanced technologies world. After bachelors working at an multinational company like wipro help me understand the picture when all the can apply the knowledge I developed various skills in configuration and maintaining company ‘s network. then pursuing masks in computer. since new door with advanced level skills and deep understand of networks and security of an organization for then on working in a financial  institution like capitol one  and advertising company like Cardlytics helped me brush my skills and implement every thing I learned to develop a better user friendly environment  with privacy at the center.

5. What long term goals do you have for applying for learning from your doctoral program.

By doing research in field of cyber security that is powered with artificial intelligence where majority of the risks and privacy concerns can be solved with the pattern of data and would like

To develop a bigger picture of understanding on security .

artificial intelligence for venerability assessment and risk management make privarcy centric of everything and develop tools that would help store information and protect it from all the new risks that pose as a global challenge with providing availability and integrity of the information.