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Aiden Knecht

I’m Aiden Knecht, a cybersecurity student at the University of Cincinnati, class of 2028, and CompTIA Security+ certified since May 2026. I like the investigative side of security: reading logs, asking what a number actually means, and writing down what I found so the next person doesn’t have to redo it.

This past summer I was on the IT security and infrastructure team at a medical device company, where I worked the phishing and shadow IT queues and built a Cloudflare-to-Sentinel pipeline that surfaced a dangling DNS record. Outside of work I run a small homelab and keep an Azure honeypot busy.

Now

I’m in Cincinnati, back in classes, and seeking a spring 2027 security co-op. The full history is on the experience page and the resume.

Education

B.S. Cybersecurity, University of Cincinnati, expected summer 2028. GPA 4.00. Dean's list, all semesters.

Coursework: network security, database management, network infrastructure management, system administration.

Certifications

  • CompTIA Security+ · CompTIA · verify
    May 2026
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) · Microsoft · verify
    Aug 2026
  • TestOut Ethical Hacker Pro · TestOut
  • TestOut Hybrid Server Pro: Core · TestOut

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