About Me

Intro

Hi, I am Kyri Lea. I recently graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology with a BS/MS degree in Cybersecurity. I love mainframes and z/OS, and I have been working on creating more open-source tooling for mainframe pentesting as part of my most recent internship and co-op with IBM X-Force Red. I also enjoy data privacy and all things Linux. Throughout college I participated in a number of Red vs. Blue, pentesting, and CTF competitions, something I hope to continue to be involved with in the future.

I have six summers of experience working in the cybersecurity field. I spent four summers at Digi-Key Electronics working with the security team on data privacy, application security, logging and monitoring systems, and identity and access management. For the past two summers, I interned on IBM's X-Force Red where I researched security vulnerabilities associated with smart gym equipment and developed M-Ray, a z/OS pentesting tool.

Outside Cybersecurity

I like to stay active in my free time. Earlier this year I competed in my first 10k race and I am trying to stay motivated by signing up for more races in the future. I am involved with gymnastics, bouldering, and volleyball, and I spend a lot of time in the gym.

Shopping is one of my favorite passtimes. My style inspiration comes from the character Villanelle on the show Killing Eve, and I have the goal of collecting all of her outfits. So far I have about 26 of them and I am always working on finding the perfect pieces to expand the collection.