Emmalee Johnson
My Ai Traning
Abdullahi Isa
Quick Facts
At the heart of Darul-Hikma Arts and Press are the values of creativity, reliability, community service, and respect. His business is not just about printing but about creating meaningful visual expressions that empower others.
His ultimate vision is to build a respected brand that uplifts his family, creates jobs, supports youth development, and plays an essential role in community events across Bauchi State.
Abdullahi envisions a clean, organized, and welcoming shop with clear, professional signboard displaying his services. Inside, customers will be greeted by displays of previous work, a comfortable seating area, and friendly staff.
Abdullahi Isa
About the Owner
Abdullahi Isa, affectionately known as Harder or Baban Abba, is a passionate inscription designer and entrepreneur from Kandahar Community in Bauchi State, Nigeria.
With a strong background in public administration and a lifelong love for art, he dreams of expanding his work into a full-scale commercial inscription and printing business named Darul-Hikma Arts and Press.
His vision is to provide high-quality, affordable signage, banners, textiles, and branding materials to individuals, schools, and businesses in Bauchi and beyond, while mentoring youth in his community. His passion for visual communication and community service drives his work each day.
Abdullahi Isa
About the Business
Over his seven-year career, Abdullahi has developed a wide range of inscription services. He has also developed strong financial management skills and keeps meticulous records of his work.
Despite this, Abdullahi’s biggest hurdles have been financial. Without adequate funding, he has been unable to purchase the modern equipment necessary to fulfill larger client demands, often having to partner with others or turn down jobs.
He operates in a highly competitive market, where limited resources have led some clients to seek services elsewhere. These challenges have slowed the full realization of his business vision.
Abdullahi Isa
Vulnerablities
Abdullahi is seeking support from Leadership Initiatives through funding, mentorship, and essential materials such as new computers and a heat press. His goal is to expand his services, improve efficiency, take on higher-value projects, and strengthen his marketing to grow his client base and brand presence in Bauchi.
He hopes to build a sustainable business that enables him to save money, send his children to quality universities, and purchase a home in a safe neighborhood.
Beyond personal goals, Abdullahi wants to teach others, especially young people, the art of inscription, helping them find purpose, stability, and meaningful work.
My Ai Proposal
Our goals for our proposal were to address the main cyber security concerns of our partner business, as well as threats we identified through SWOT analysis and the CIA triad.
Our plan implements multiple cyber security protocols and solutions to protect our partners, such as Google Drive, Google Cloud Storage, and Google Cloud Armor to create stronger protection for the client’s data. We want to back up data to storage clouds to ensure that it does not get lost and limit the overall access employees have to the information to ensure the personal information is not compromised. This will be coupled with specific insurance policies that keep employees from interacting with files they do not need access to.
Our proposal was successfully granted, allowing us to implement our solution for our non-profit. This will ensure that our partner is not at a high risk of physical threats, employee negligence, and hacktivists, protecting them for years to come.
My Ai Proposal Presentation
During the Cybersecurity & Defense Internship, I worked with Beth Cerrone and Jamie Kreider to learn about the basics of cybersecurity, and potential career pathways within it.
Throughout the week, I worked with a nonprofit to develop cybersecurity solutions to protect against various cyber threats. I worked with my team to analyze the threats to the organization, and then developed a comprehensive solution.
At the end of the week, I presented my cybersecurity solution to a panel of three judges and received grant money to implement the solution.
Internship Highlights
I was given the unique opportunity to take exclusive tours of multiple government and security sites to speak directly with security professionals. During these tours, I was able to witness first-hand how cybersecurity operates at the national and international level.
I was able to visit an embassy where I received a briefing on cultural, economic, and international situations. We also got the opportunity to ask questions about the country’s cybersecurity infrastructure; therefore, allowing me to learn about cybersecurity at an international level.
We also toured the Department of Homeland Securities’ Cyber Crimes Center where we received classified tours of the cyber crimes unit of the DHS and learned how Homeland Security uses cyber intelligence to track major crimes such as drug smuggling, human trafficking, and major theft.
In order to apply the skills I learned throughout the internship, I worked directly with a nonprofit based in the Washington D.C. area to discuss their companies cybersecurity needs.
After three meetings where I walked through the organization model, protected information, and staff training of the nonprofit, I worked with my team to create a staff training protocol and threat analysis for my partner.
At the end of the internship, I advocated for, and received funding for, my nonprofit partner to implement the cybersecurity training protocols so they can best protect their client information and continue to develop with a reduced fear of cyber attacks and cybersecurity threats.
To learn more about the world of cybersecurity, I was given the unique opportunity to speak directly with cybersecurity experts from multiple different organizations and backgrounds.
I worked directly with one of the leading consultants in Cyber Threat Management, and a consultant for cyber policy for the National Counterintelligence Executive, Phuong Nguyen, to learn about common threat assessment and cybersecurity counterintelligence. I also heard from the global leader in Firewall Creation, David Balenson; the author of the most widely-regarded O’Reilly book on cybersecurity, Michael Collins; and the lead SME for the FutureG Initiative for the Department of Defense.
Throughout the internship, I also heard presentations from, and spoke with, representatives from the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, and the National Security Agency. To learn the physical side of cybersecurity, we also had the unique opportunity to meet with globally-recognized penetration testers and network threat assessors.
In order to put the skills we learned to the test, I had the unique opportunity to use a cybersecurity software used for graduate instructional courses to learn a myriad of cybersecurity skills.
Starting with network cybersecurity, I worked through labs dedicated to network security and linux to understand how networks communicate with each other and how cybersecurity poses a threat to this communication. I used these Linux skills to complete capture-the-flag coding competitions as well as virtual rooms.
At the end of the internship, I worked with an expert from a leading cybersecurity consulting firm to learn how to build ethernet cables. I used ethernet cord, crimpers, and wire strippers to produce functioning ethernet cables.