Cybersecurity | Detection Engineering | Malware Analysis | Network Security
I'm an aspiring cybersecurity professional focused on building practical skills through hands-on labs in network security, Windows enterprise administration, detection engineering, and malware analysis.
My cybersecurity portfolio is built around a physical homelab that I designed using repurposed Dell OptiPlex systems, Proxmox VE, pfSense, Windows Server, Linux, Kali Linux, and Wazuh.
Rather than completing isolated labs, I've continued expanding the same environment into progressively deeper cybersecurity projects.
Built a physical and virtual cybersecurity environment using Proxmox, pfSense, Windows Server, Linux, Kali Linux, and multiple virtual machines.
Focus: Infrastructure · Virtualization · Networking · Security Testing
Configured and tested firewall policies, aliases, traffic filtering, packet capture, and network-security controls using a dedicated physical pfSense firewall.
Focus: pfSense · Firewalling · Nmap · Packet Analysis · Network Security
Built a Windows enterprise environment with Active Directory, domain users, security groups, Group Policy, DNS, and domain-joined endpoints.
Focus: Active Directory · Windows Server · Group Policy · Identity & Access
Built a detection-engineering workflow using Wazuh, Sysmon, Windows Event Logging, and PowerShell telemetry. Developed custom detections, tested detection gaps, mapped activity to MITRE ATT&CK, and performed rule tuning.
Focus: Wazuh · SIEM · Sysmon · MITRE ATT&CK · Detection Engineering
Built an isolated Proxmox malware-analysis environment using Windows 10 and REMnux. Developed a custom Python triage tool, performed static and dynamic malware analysis, simulated network services, and created original YARA detection rules.
Focus: Malware Analysis · Python · YARA · REMnux · Static & Dynamic Analysis
Security
Wazuh YARA Sysmon Nmap Metasploit REMnux INetSim
Networking & Infrastructure
pfSense Proxmox VE TCP/IP DNS DHCP SSH
Windows & Enterprise
Windows Server Active Directory Group Policy PowerShell
Systems & Development
Linux Kali Linux Ubuntu Python Git GitHub
I'm continuing to develop practical cybersecurity skills with an emphasis on:
- SOC and security analysis
- Detection engineering
- Malware analysis
- Network security
- Windows security
- Security automation
My complete cybersecurity lab environment and the progression of projects built on top of it are documented here: