Phillip Mak Adjunct Professor, Cybersecurity

NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering Computer Science and Engineering Department 2 MetroTech Center Brooklyn, NY 11201

pmak@nyu.edu

May 7, 2015

To Whom It May Concern:

Please consider this letter as a recommendation for Navjot Singh due to his high technical ability and

outstanding problem solving skills. Navjot Singh was a student in my Network Security class at NYU-Poly

in Spring 2014, and then as my Teaching Assistant. Network Security is a 2nd year Graduate class geared

towards students studying towards a M.S. in Cybersecurity where students gain experience of the

method and tools for performing information security assessments of systems and to learn how to

defend against attacks. Additionally, students have hands on experience with security tools using a

closed virtualized environment that contains network penetration tools and vulnerable systems to target.

Navjot was the #1 student in the class by weighted score, and thus I asked him to be my teaching

assistant for the following two subsequent semesters. Navjot is responsible holding weekly office hours

to assist students with assignments and to discuss tricky topics with students, grading assignments in a

timely manner, and identifying areas of improvements in the class.

As a student, Navjot was an active participant in all classes, routinely asked through provoking question

on the course material, and often stayed late behind class for further discussion. Each of his assignments

were submitted on-time and were of really high quality. As a TA, he demonstrates that he is extremely

responsible, has a great attention to detail, and works hard to enable students achieve in this course.

I’m certain that Navjot will be a great contributor to any organization that he joins. Please don’t hesitate to

contact me for further details. You can call my cell phone at 917-415-2730, or email me at

pmak@nyu.edu at any time.

Sincerely,

Phillip Mak

Adjunct Professor, Cybersecurity NYU-Poly CSE Department