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About Me

Vlad K.

I am a U.S. citizen and cybersecurity consultant focused on ServiceNow SecOps, Vulnerability Response, client-facing delivery, and security operations workflows.

My strongest value is helping technical teams and business stakeholders turn security findings into clear ownership, remediation work, validation, documentation, and closure.

Core distinction: I combine real operational responsibility, cybersecurity education, and client-facing ServiceNow delivery experience. I am strongest where technical security work needs to become organized, executable, and accountable.


My Path
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My career path has not been traditional.

Before moving into cybersecurity, I spent 4 years and 8 months as a building engineer with Accesso Services, supporting operations at a major Class A commercial office building in Philadelphia.

That experience shaped how I think about operations, accountability, risk, communication, and follow-through. Building systems only become visible to most people when something fails. A good operator works behind the scenes to prevent problems, coordinate the right people, document work, and restore service when issues happen.

That mindset now carries into how I think about cybersecurity and ServiceNow SecOps.


Operational Foundation
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Building engineering gave me real exposure to operational responsibility.

I supported environments involving:

  • HVAC systems
  • pumps
  • chillers
  • electrical rooms
  • fire and life-safety systems
  • building controls
  • access-controlled spaces
  • tenant work orders
  • contractor coordination
  • preventive maintenance
  • operational continuity

This background is one reason I am interested in OT/ICS security and cyber-physical risk.

In operational environments, cybersecurity recommendations cannot ignore uptime, safety, access, maintenance windows, vendor activity, change coordination, recovery, and real-world constraints.


Cybersecurity Education
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After building operations, I made a deliberate career shift into cybersecurity.

I completed a B.S. in Cybersecurity Analytics & Operations at Penn State, graduating Cum Laude with a 3.88 GPA.

My academic work covered incident response, malware analysis, digital forensics, governance, risk, privacy, software development, cloud concepts, HCI, and OT/ICS security.

That education gave me technical range. The stronger story is how that foundation connects to professional delivery.


Wipro and ServiceNow SecOps
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At Wipro, I worked as a cybersecurity consultant supporting a ServiceNow Vulnerability Response client engagement.

That project showed me what cybersecurity consulting looks like in practice. The work was not just about a platform. It involved stakeholder coordination, requirements support, user story tracking, RAID management, delivery visibility, UAT support, training support, go-live readiness, and communication between client stakeholders, consultants, and offshore developers.

I learned that successful cybersecurity implementations are delivery achievements as much as technical achievements.

A good consultant has to understand the client environment, communicate clearly, track work, challenge weak assumptions when necessary, and make sure technical implementation supports the actual business process.


Why ServiceNow
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I chose ServiceNow because many organizations are good at finding vulnerabilities, but struggle to turn those findings into accountable remediation.

The harder problem is turning vulnerability data into:

  • clear ownership
  • remediation work
  • prioritization
  • validation
  • exception handling
  • reporting
  • closure
  • accountability

That is why ServiceNow SecOps and Vulnerability Response interest me.

My long-term interest is especially connected to operational environments where security work needs to respect uptime, safety, maintenance windows, asset ownership, and recovery constraints.


What Makes Me Different
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I am not positioning myself as only a developer.

Development skill matters, and I continue to build technical depth. But my strongest professional lane is consulting, delivery, and security workflow translation.

I am strongest when I can:

  • communicate with clients
  • lead or support meetings
  • prepare agendas and status updates
  • understand technical requirements
  • translate complex security concepts clearly
  • coordinate across technical and business teams
  • track delivery work
  • support UAT
  • connect technical findings to business outcomes
  • turn security findings into operational action

That is the value I want this portfolio to show.


Current Focus
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ServiceNow SecOps
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Security operations workflows, Vulnerability Response, vulnerable item lifecycle, remediation ownership, validation, exception handling, and closure.

Primary Focus

Client-Facing Delivery
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Stakeholder communication, requirements translation, project coordination, UAT support, documentation, and delivery execution.

Primary Value

OT/ICS Security
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A developing specialty built on building operations experience, cyber-physical risk awareness, and academic ICS/SCADA exposure.

Developing Specialty


Short Version
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I bring together three things:

  1. Real operational responsibility from building engineering.
  2. A strong Penn State cybersecurity foundation.
  3. Client-facing ServiceNow Vulnerability Response delivery experience.

My goal is to help organizations translate security findings into clear workflows, accountable remediation, and operational outcomes.