Kevin Lough

Senior Cybersecurity Operations Engineer,

ET Cybersecurity

kjlough@asu.edu

USB Room 2657 Tempe, AZ 85287-6312
Mail code: 6312

Campus: Tempe
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Long Bio

As a researcher and aspiring academic specializing in cybersecurity and encryption protocol, I have always been passionate about technology and pushing the bounds of its capabilities. Toward this end I strive to find evey oportunity to gain further expertise in my field.

Research Interests

Barrett Honors Thesis Jan. 2018 – May 2019

Monte Carlo methods, combinatorics, and enumeration of closed self-avoiding walks/polyominoes

SOPS Research Lab, Arizona State University Aug. 2017 – May 2019

Design and implementation of algorithms for distributed systems, time complexity restriction

Fulton Undergraduate Research Initiative Aug. 2017 – May 2018

Grant recipient and presenter for the Fulton Research Symposium

National Science Foundation Aug. 2017 – May 2019

Funded through Self-organizing particle systems grant (CRS0688)

Industry Positions

Local Agency Security Officer, ASUPD Feb. 2023 – Current

Cybersecurity Analyst, Senior Feb. 2023 – Current

ISO (ASU) - Information Security Specialist Sep. 2021 – Feb. 2023

GPIS (ASU) - Information Security Specialist Management Intern Oct. 2019 – Sep. 2021

GPIS (ASU) - Information Security Specialist Student Worker Aug. 2018 – Oct. 2019

TerraVerde SOC - Cyber Security Intern May 2018 – July 2018

SOPS Labs (ASU) - Undergraduate Researcher Aug. 2017 – May 2019

CIDSE (ASU) - Teaching Assistant Data Structures & Algorithms Aug. 2017 – May 2019

UTO (ASU) - Technology Specialist Oct. 2016 – Aug. 2017

Pro Bono

Alumni & Volunteer with FIRST Robotics Aug. 2012 - Present

Expertise Areas

Algorithm Development

Computational Mathematics

Cybersecurity

Research Methodology

Technology Management