Alexis Vander Wilt

Alexis Vander Wilt
I am a senior Computer Science and Mathematics student, with a passion for understanding Data Analysis and its impacts. I work as part of the team at Query.AI where we are using Natural Language Processing to allow users to “talk to your data” reducing the security learning curve and working to make security more accessible to all.
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Hacker Tricks

Posted by Alexis Vander Wilt on Jun 30, 2020 8:00:00 AM

Looking for some top hacking techniques? Read about the most common ones below! 

Credit to Finjan.com, for more detail on this content see the original post: https://blog.finjan.com/9-common-hacking-techniques-and-how-to-deal-with-them/

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Topics: Cyber Security, Ransomware, Malware, cybersecurity, Brute Force Attacks, Hacking

Big Data and Cybersecurity

Posted by Alexis Vander Wilt on Jun 2, 2020 8:00:00 AM

Big data can provide numerous insights to enterprises and help professionals to make informed decisions. When used in cybersecurity, big data can find trends and correlations, flag anomalies, and recognize the malicious activity. However, malicious hackers are also benefiting.  As AI and machine learning find their way into the world of malicious cyber attacks, cybercriminals are finding new and innovative ways to attack our systems. So, does big data hold the answer to combating cybercriminals?

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Topics: Cyber Security, Big Data, anomalies

How to Choose the Perfect Password

Posted by Alexis Vander Wilt on May 28, 2020 8:00:00 AM

The idea of an unhackable password is beyond the realm of possibility, but there are ways to protect yourself and make your password harder to guess than the average password. Cybersecurity professionals lay strict rules on not reusing passwords, picking long, complex ones, and making sure your passwords are safe because if there is a will, there's a way. The first step to understanding how to pick a password is to understand how password cracking works.

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Topics: math, math in cybersecurity, Passwords, Brute Force Attacks

Crazy Math in Cyber Security

Posted by Alexis Vander Wilt on Apr 30, 2020 8:00:00 AM

“We all use math every day;

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Topics: Cyber Security, cybersecurity, math, cryptography, Discrete Mathematics, math in cybersecurity

Data Analysis Part 5: Data Classification, Clustering, and Regression

Posted by Alexis Vander Wilt on Apr 2, 2020 9:12:00 AM

Data Classification, Clustering, and Regression is part 5 of this series on Data Analysis. The focus of this article is to use existing data to predict the values of new data. 

If you missed the other posts in this series, read them here: 

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Topics: Python, Data Analysis, data classification

Data Analysis Part 4: Clean Raw Data

Posted by Alexis Vander Wilt on Mar 10, 2020 8:44:54 AM

This is part 4 of this series on Data Analysis. The focus of this article is how to take raw data and make it more suitable for analysis.

If you missed the other posts in this series, read them here: 

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Topics: Python, Data Analysis, Data Clean

Data Analysis Part 3: Basic Data Visualization Techniques

Posted by Alexis Vander Wilt on Feb 20, 2020 8:45:00 AM

This is part 3 of this series on Data Analysis. The focus of this article is all the different types of data visualizations and the reasons you might choose each one.

If you missed the first two pieces in this series, read them here: An Introduction to Data Analytics and  What is Data.

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Topics: Data Analytics, AI, Data Exploration, Data Visualization

Data Analysis Part 2: What is Data

Posted by Alexis Vander Wilt on Feb 13, 2020 8:57:46 AM

This is part 2 of this series on Data Analysis. The focus of this article is all the different types of data and how each one can be analyzed.

If you have not yet read Part 1, you can do so here.

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Topics: Data Analysis, Data Analytics, AI, Classifying Data

Data Analysis Part 1: An Introduction to Data Analytics

Posted by Alexis Vander Wilt on Feb 6, 2020 1:00:00 PM

Every day, words like “Artificial Intelligence”, “Big Data”, “Data Analytics”, and “Machine Learning” are thrown around constantly these days, but what do they actually mean? Perhaps more importantly, why should you care?

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Topics: Data Analysis, Data Analytics, AI

AI & Cybersecurity - Part 4: AI Assistance for Simplification

Posted by Alexis Vander Wilt on Jan 28, 2020 3:55:04 PM

Part 4: Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Task Simplification

Welcome back and thanks for tuning in! This is part 4 of this series on AI & Cybersecurity. The focus of this article is the application of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning that are making life simpler.

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Topics: AI for Security, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security, Natural Language Processing, NLP