Ben Hall
Computer Scientist
Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBen Hall is a cybersecurity engineer and Computer Scientist studying Cybersecurity Engineering at Iowa State University with nine years of practical experience across industrial and corporate environments. He has hands-on expertise monitoring SIEM, IDS, and XDR platforms, managing phishing programs, and drafting security policies that moved a third-party security rating from D to B+ within two months. As an intern he implemented CIS-recommended controls and helped stand up a formal cybersecurity function, becoming the primary contact for security concerns at a mid-sized company. Based in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Ben combines academic grounding with pragmatic incident detection and remediation skills, plus a minor in Computer Science that broadens his systems perspective. He favors measurable impact—improving compliance and reducing risk through prioritized fixes and clear documentation—and is building toward a career securing enterprise systems end-to-end.
9 years of coding experience
High School Diploma, Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, 3.58 GPA, High School Diploma, Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, 3.58 GPA at Creighton Preparatory SchoolBachelor's degree, Cybersecurity Engineering, 3.39, Bachelor's degree, Cybersecurity Engineering, 3.39 at Iowa State
Github Skills (5)
tilemap3
tiled3
pathfinding2
rust2
python2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
Swidex/isu-dining-info
Feb 2021 - Sep 2021
Contributions:48 commits, 44 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
Swidex/ubuntu-hardening
Jul 2017 - Jan 2021
Contributions:114 commits, 70 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years 6 months
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