Navkirat Wander — Cybersecurity Student & Builder

01 about

I'm a Computer Information Systems student at the University of the Fraser Valley, currently in Co-op Education, focused on the security side of software: how systems get broken, and how to build them so they don't.

Before this, I spent two years as an SAP Operations Clerk keeping inventory and audit records honest across hundreds of SKUs in a high-volume retail environment — the same instinct for "does this data actually match reality" now shows up in how I approach logs, configs, and access control.

Outside coursework, I'm usually in a lab environment somewhere between attacker and defender: poisoning LLMNR traffic on one tab, hardening a Discord bot's permission model on another.

location Abbotsford, BC

program B.CIS, UFV — 2024–present

status Co-op Education Student

focus Security Ops · Secure Dev · Networking

coursework.log

$ cat coursework.log[x] Security Fundamentals[x] Object-Oriented Programming[x] Introduction to Programming[x] Web Publishing[x] Systems Hardware Concepts[x] Project Management$ _

02 certifications

GC

Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate

September 2025

Security Operations · Incident Response · SIEM

S+

CompTIA Security+

October 2025

Network Security · Cryptography · Identity Management

CS

Cyber Strike Challenge — Certificate of Achievement

UFV & IEEE Vancouver

Cyber defence & threat mitigation in a competitive AI-integrated security environment

03 projects

Secure Discord Automation Bot

private repo

Python · discord.py · RBAC · API Security

Enforced a Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) hierarchy with input sanitization and least-privilege access across all sensitive commands, mitigating injection risk.
Secured API tokens via environment variables with runtime exception handling, eliminating hard-coded credential exposure.

Penetration Testing Labs — Hack The Box

ongoing

Kali Linux · Nmap · Responder · Gobuster · Burp Suite

Captured NTLMv2 hashes via LLMNR/NBT-NS poisoning with Responder in a simulated Windows Active Directory environment.
Bypassed authentication by exploiting SQL injection vulnerabilities to enumerate backend databases.
Identified misconfigured FTP, SMB, and HTTP services with Nmap and Gobuster; built proficiency with Redis, MongoDB, and Rsync via OpenVPN-isolated labs.

Cyber Strike Challenge

competition

Cyber Defence · AI Security · Threat Mitigation

Applied cyber defence and threat mitigation techniques in a competitive AI-integrated security environment.
Earned a Certificate of Achievement from UFV and IEEE Vancouver.

04 experience

SAP Operations Clerk

Nov 2022 — Oct 2024

Real Canadian Superstore · Abbotsford, BC

Maintained inventory accuracy across hundreds of SKUs using SAP ERP material management and goods receipt modules.
Reduced stock discrepancies by reconciling physical and digital records through daily inventory scans and exception reporting.
Ensured audit readiness by maintaining detailed digital logs aligned with company data standards and compliance requirements.
Strengthened multitasking and cross-team communication in a high-volume, fast-paced retail environment.

05 skills

languages

Python 3C++JavaScript

frameworks

discord.py

operating systems

WindowsmacOSUbuntuKali LinuxFedoraSolaris

security & tools

WiresharkNmapResponderGobusterBurp SuiteSIEMOpenVPN

infra & data

VMwareVirtualBoxKVMMySQLSQLiteLinux CLI

06 github

gh api users/Navkirat1

$ fetching github stats...

./github.com/Navkirat1

* try it

guest@navkiratwander.dev

Welcome. Type help to see available commands.

guest@navkiratwander.dev:~$

07 contact

Open to co-op, internship, and entry-level security/dev roles.

email navw604@gmail.com linkedin /in/navkiratwander github /Navkirat1 phone 778-522-5887