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I'm Ashley Barkworth. Nice to meet you!

I currently work at Bell Canada, where I develop security applications in the Security Operations Centre (SOC). I recently graduated from the University of New Brunswick with a master's in applied cybersecurity. Before that, I graduated from the University of British Columbia with an honours B.Sc. in computer science and a minor in mathematics.

I'm interested in cybersecurity, math, and software development. Check out the rest of my page to see what I've done, and feel free to get in touch. Thanks for stopping by!

Resume

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Work Experience

Bell Canada  

JAN 2022 - PRESENT

Security Specialist

  • Python backend development of Django web apps used by the SOC

SEP 2021 - JAN 2022

Cyber Security Intern

  • Created logs-based anomaly detection system to spot credential stuffing attacks with ELK stack

UBC Geering Up  

MAY 2019 - AUG 2019

Workshops & Summer Camps Instructor

  • Designed & taught the Jr. High School software design camp curriculum
  • Instructed in-class STEM workshops

Grow Technologies (now ATB Financial)  

MAY 2018 - AUG 2018

Junior Software Engineer (Co-op)

  • Java backend web app development for Grow’s SaaS banking solutions

Statistics Canada  

SEP 2017 - APR 2018

Systems Development Programmer (Co-op)

  • Java backend development of Spring MVC web app maintaining a statistical building registry

Education

University of New Brunswick  

SEP 2020 - OCT 2021

GPA: 4.2 / 4.3

Master of Applied Cybersecurity

Courses included:

  • Network Security
  • Foundations of Privacy
  • Cryptanalysis and Database Security
  • Software Security
  • Digital Forensics
  • Capstone Project

University of British Columbia  

SEP 2016 - MAY 2020

GPA: 91.2%

Bachelor of Science

Honours Computer Science, Minor in Mathematics

With Distinction and Co-operative Education

Activities:

  • UBC Tri-Mentoring (2018-2019)
  • UBC CS Program Experience Committee (2016-2017)

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Publications

Ransomware: Recent advances, analysis, challenges and future research directions

Craig Beaman, Ashley Barkworth, Toluwalope David Akande, Saqib Hakak, and Muhammad Khurram Khan

Computers & Security, 2021

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Skills

LANGUAGES

Python
HTML
JavaScript
Java
CSS

TOOLS

Git
Docker
ELK Stack
GitLab
Wireshark

FRAMEWORKS

Django
Bootstrap
Vue
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Contact Details

 (778) 257-2554

 ashley.barkworth@gmail.com

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