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About Me

I'm a rising senior Cybersecurity major at Kennesaw State University with a Computer Science minor, graduating in May 2027. My focus is cloud security operations — helping people and organizations detect, analyze, and respond to threats across platforms like Microsoft Sentinel, Suricata, and the ELK Stack. I most recently interned at Centene as a Cloud & AI Security Incident Response Analyst.

KSBCP Event

Outside of class, I build virtualized security labs and serve as Event Coordinator for the Kennesaw Society of Black Computing Professionals (KSBCP). I helped set up a partnership with Fiserv that brought mentorship, technical workshops, and resume reviews to students in our chapter.

I'm also in the Symphona Leadership Program, and I competed in CyberPatriot in high school, where my team reached the Platinum tier. Outside of tech, I'm into basketball, music, and travel.

Brendan Senatus at Centene's 2026 Intern Summit holding a skateboard his team built
At Centene's 2026 Intern Summit, holding a skateboard my intern team designed and built.

Education

Kennesaw State University

May 2027

B.S. Cybersecurity, Minor in Computer Science

Honors: President's List — Fall 2023

Skills

Cloud Security & SOC

Microsoft Sentinel (SIEM)Threat DetectionIncident ResponseCloud Security Monitoring (Azure)Suricata IDS/IPSLog Analysis

Automation & Infrastructure

Terraform (IaC)GitLab CI/CDBashPowerShellRBACSecrets Management

Platforms & Tools

AzureAWS (exposure)WindowsLinuxELK StackVMware Fusion

Networking & Fundamentals

TCP/IPDNSIAMCIA TriadInfrastructure Security

Certifications

CompTIA Security+Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
  • CompTIA Security+Earned
  • Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)In progress
  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CCP)In progress
  • TestOut Security ProEarned
  • TestOut Network ProEarned
  • Microsoft Office Specialist (Word, PowerPoint)Earned