Paola Garcia Cardenas is currently a third-year M.S candidate in Cybersecurity at NYU. As part of the first cohort of NYU Cyber Fellows, class of 2021, Paola is amongst the 20% of women in STEM awarded the fellowship in 2018.
Paola's full-time job is as a Software Developer at Bixal Inc. She is also a NYU graduate teaching assistant for the Information Security & Privacy CS-GY 6813 class, and an adjunct faculty member in the St. Thomas Aquinas College School of Arts & Sciences.
Paola obtained a M.S in Computer Science from Pace University in New York in 2014. Her interests are focused on data integrity, application security, virtual private networks and containerization.
Education
New York University - Tandon School of Engineering, 2021
Master of Science, Cybersecurity
Pace University, 2014
Master of Science, Computer Science
St. Thomas Aquinas College, 2012
Bachelor or Science, Computer Science - Management & Information Systems
Rockland Community College, 2010
Associate of Science, Computer Information Systems
Experience
Bixal Inc. | Aug. 2019 - Present
Software Developer
New York University - Tandon School of Engineering | Sep 2019 - Present
Graduate Student Assistant
St. Thomas Aquinas College | Sep 2017 - Present
Adjunct Instructor, Computer Science
On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc (Qognify Inc.) | Aug 2017 - Aug 2019
Web Developer
Scientific Search | Oct 2016 - Aug 2017
Full Stack Web Developer (Contractor)
Datadog, Inc. | Jan 2016 - Aug 2016
Webmaster
Regional News Network | Dec 2014 - Jan 2016
Web & Social Interactive Developer
Awards
2020
- RSAC Security Scholar
2019
- Bridgewater Scholar
2018
- NYU Cyber Fellowship Recipient
2014
- CRA-W Graduate Cohort Scholarship Recipient
2012
- Silver Key Service Award Recipient - St. Thomas Aquinas College
2010
- SUNY Chancellor's Award in Student Excellence and All NY-Academic Team - SUNY Rockland
2009
- Hispanic Heritage Leadership Student Award - SUNY Rockland
- NJCAA Division III Distinguished Academic All-American - SUNY Rockland
- Scholar Athlete – Region XV Academic Team and Mid-Hudson Conference Academic Team NJCAA Division III - SUNY Rockland
In the News
NYU Cybersecurity Program Bets On Affordability, Scalability, And Diversity To Educate More Students | 09/03/2020
Attending RSAC as a Security Scholar | 04/09/2020
NYU's team of Cyber Fellows reaped awards at the 2019 CyberForce Competition | 12/05/2019
2019 DOE Cyber Force Competition at Brookhaven Lab | 12/04/2019
Building a Cybersecurity Workforce | 01/24/2019
NYU Tandon’s Cyber Fellows are a (Cyber) Force to Be Reckoned With | 11/19/2018
