Honor Society® member
Gideon Mpungu
- The University of Texas at San Antonio
- cybersecurity
- Class of 2026
- San Antonio, Texas
Member since December 2025
About
Cybersecurity professional with significant experience as an ICT Security Officer and Cybersecurity Engineer, en
hancing organizations’ security operations. Proven track record in automating security processes, reducing incident
response times by 30%, and improving threat detection by 25%. Bringing technical skills and cybersecurity expertise
to bolster security systems and support the company’s security objectives.
Education
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University of Texas at San Antonio
Master of Cybersecurity Science
2025 – 2026
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Makerere University
Master of Computer Science
2023 – 2026
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Makerere University
Bachelor of Computer science
2017 – 2021
Honors and awards
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Fall 2025 UTSA CS Graduate Competitive $1K Scholarship
Fall 2025 UTSA CS Graduate Competitive $1K Scholarship
Goals and interests
- Career goal
Security Engineer
Cybersecurity Analyst
Incident Responder
Software Engineer
Devsecops Engineer
SOC Analyst
IT Support
Systems Engineer
IT Helpdesk- Graduate school interests
Cybersecurity research, ML & AI security, SDN security, LLM security
Experience
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Student Grader/TA
University of Texas at San Antonio
Sep 2025 – Dec 2025
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ICT Security Officer
Pearl Bank Uganda
Oct 2023 – Jan 2025
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Security Engineer
RENU (Research and Education Network for Uganda)
May 2022 – Oct 2023
Volunteering
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Student Leader
Navigators at UTSA
Aug 2025 – Dec 2025
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International Student Council Member
UTSA International Student Council
Feb 2025 – Dec 2025
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Graduate Student Liason - Downtown Campus
SGA UTSA
Feb 2025 – Dec 2025
Languages
- English (US) Advanced
