Computer & Information Science

(KY)Col. Wade Austin Rutherford wade_rutherford@berea.edu | (606)872-1367 Education: ·          Berea College , recipient of Berea’s Tuition Promise Scholarship ·          Bachelor of Arts in Computer & Information Science (expected May 2019) ·          GPA: 3.21 ·          Sloane Shelton grant recipient, studied abroad @ Payap University (Chiang Mai, Thailand) ·         FACT course participation (Foreign Affairs Counter Threat) Relevant Coursework: Computer Organization, Promotions and Programming Internship, cyber monitoring & operations internship, Networking, Data Structures, Systems Applied Design, Database Systems, Computational Complexity & Modeling, and Software Design & Implementation.   Skills & Qualities: Proficie...

Automatic Pet Feeder I felt like I grew a lot doing this assignment. I was sprung forth into the the wild of electronics and I got to experience a real world application of my and my partner’s electronics skills. This project removed the training wheels and the path, we had directions but the rest was up to us. We had to come up with an idea developed from the given premise and then realize that into a physical representation of the product we hoped to demonstrate. We had to find the resources for this project on our own and experience the trial and error of the project. There was very little in a ways of beware of this or don’t do that, which was one of the main strengths of the project. I gained a better understanding of the parts specific to our project (i.e. servos, laser diodes and LDRs). As well the qualities that surround the functions of these parts, such as having to account for the intensity of the laser’s light when programming the arduino’s code for th...

Cybersecurity in Academia Wade A. Rutherford Computer and Information Sciences Berea College GSTR 410 Dr. Peter Hackbert September 30, 2018 Abstract Ten of millions if not hundreds of millions of people are affiliated or have made some type of transaction with an academic institution or one of its properties and are at risk whenever a data breach occurs. The sensitive data that they gave to the institution when making their transaction(s) is ripe for the taking of any would-be malicious actor. The cyber security issues within academia are evident through the expenses caused by data breaches and expenses related to these cyber incidents (e.g. legal suits and cyber incident prevention). Cybersecurity issues in academia stem from the lack of resources available, the lack of compliance of good cybersecurity practices, the lack of impact to an institution’s reputation for data breaches, cybersecurity not being considered when choosing an insti...