Gavan Leins

Cybersecurity Researcher & Student

My name is Gavan Leins and I am a pursuing a degree in Cybersecurity. With four years of education throughout high school in the Cybersecurity field, I have developed many skills such as incident response, Network Security, and Intrusion detection which enable me to identify and mitigate security risks. I am passionate about continuing my education within the field getting a bachelors degree in Cybersecurity at Southern Utah University. I have a proven high-performance track record, placing in the 99th percentile in the National Cyber League. Passionate about threat detection and automation, I maintain an active homelab and contribute to security research.

Published Author

Central Cybersecurity Command Center: The Core of Security for Cloud and Cyber Warfare

Published by Springer Nature

My research proposes a centralized architecture for command centers to enhance security posture in cloud environments and modern cyber warfare scenarios.

Technical Skills

Security Operations

  • SIEM (Self Hosted Wazuh)
  • Threat Management
  • Vulnerability Reporting
  • Network Security (Wireshark, Nmap)
  • Cryptography

Infrastructure & Cloud

  • Linux Administration (Arch, Mint, Fedora, CachyOS)
  • AWS Cloud Computing
  • Docker & Containerization
  • Nginx Reverse Proxy
  • Mailserver Management

Automation & Dev

  • Python Scripting
  • Bash Automation
  • Data Security
  • Web Development

Certifications

CompTIA CySA+ CompTIA CySA+
CompTIA Security+ CompTIA Security+
CompTIA Network+ CompTIA Network+
CompTIA A+ CompTIA A+
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner AWS Cloud Practitioner
AWS Certified AI Practitioner AWS AI Practitioner (Early Adopter)

Experience & Leadership

09/2025 - Present

Teacher's Assistant (Cybersecurity)

Southern Utah University

Evaluate and grade technical assignments and labs. Provide direct assistance to students, troubleshooting virtual machines, lab environments, and clarifying complex security concepts.

Exp. May 2026

B.S. in Cybersecurity

Southern Utah University

Minor in Computer Science | Dean's List Student | 3.6+ GPA

High School

President of Cybersecurity Program & Club

West Career & Technical Academy

Led the school's cybersecurity program and served as President. Mentored fellow students in the CyberPatriot competition, teaching defense strategies and system hardening.

Awarded "Top Cybersecurity Student"