Cybersecurity • Network Defense • Detection Engineering • Adversary Simulation
"Simplicity is great—right up until it masks reality"
Inspired by the philosophy of Aras "Russ" Memisyazici
I build and analyze cybersecurity environments that mirror real enterprise operations, spanning network segmentation, firewall design, SIEM telemetry engineering, threat hunting, and detection development. I replicate full attack chains and use telemetry to observe systems under real-world adversarial techniques.
Whether designing architectures in Visio, tuning Snort/OPNsense, analyzing Sysmon/Winlogbeat logs in Splunk, or investigating suspicious network flows, my goal is to produce clear, actionable visibility. I combine engineering accuracy with analytical depth to detect and respond to hidden behaviors.
- Splunk SIEM workflows
- Sysmon and Winlogbeat pipelines
- Endpoint behavior analysis
- Correlation logic and detection development
- pfSense routing, NAT, and firewall policy
- Snort IDS and IPS tuning
- VLAN segmentation, ACL logic, VPN design
- Cisco Packet Tracer enterprise topologies
- Wireshark and TShark packet analysis
- Layered routing (core, distribution, access)
- DMZ, VPN, and honeynet mapping
- High-fidelity Visio and draw.io diagrams
- Logical and physical network mapping
- Windows Server, AD DS, Group Policy
- Linux administration and hardening
- STIG-aligned configuration
- Jumpbox and SSH workflow design
- Disk partitioning and OS deployment
- Python automation and analysis
- PowerShell for endpoint and server orchestration
- Bash and Shell scripting
- Ansible-driven configuration
- Kali Linux tooling
- Metasploit Framework
- Hydra and credential attacks
- Exploit replication to validate detections
| Project | Description | Technologies |
|---|---|---|
| SOC Threat Detection | Full SIEM pipeline with forwarding, parsing, detections, and triage logic. | Splunk, Sysmon, Winlogbeat, Ansible |
| Uncomplicated Firewall and Network Configuration | Multi-VLAN segmentation with ACLs, VPN, IDS, and layered security design. | pfSense, Snort, OpenVPN |
| Red Team Exploitation | Exploit chains replicated to understand attacker movement and validate detections. | Kali Linux, Metasploit, Hydra |
| Vulnerability Management Dashboard | Cloud scanning mapped to compliance with Python reporting. | Nessus, Python, AWS |
# =================================================================== # SYSTEM MISSION REPORT # Classification: NORMAL # =================================================================== Status: "OPERATION COMPLETE" Integrity_Check: [OK] Timestamp: "Scan_Complete" Network_Engineering: Architectures_Designed.................: "100+" Enterprise_Topologies..................: "core, distribution, access, DMZ, VPN" VLAN_Environments......................: "30+" PacketTracer_Scenarios.................: "50+" Status.................................: "[OK]" Virtualization: Virtual_Machines_Deployed..............: "60+" Hypervisors_Used.......................: "VirtualBox, Proxmox, VMware" Snapshot_Consistency...................: "[OK]" Offensive_Simulations: Exploit_Chains_Replicated..............: "20+" Adversary_Behavior_Analysis............: "enabled" Simulation_Status......................: "[OK]" Detection_Engineering: SIEM_Pipelines.........................: "ingest → parse → detect → visualize" Log_Sources............................: "Sysmon, Winlogbeat, Linux_Audit" Firewall_IDS...........................: "pfSense, Snort, ACL" Detection_Coverage.....................: "[IMPROVING]" Architecture_Design: Diagrams_Created.......................: "Visio, draw.io" Complexity_Level.......................: "enterprise_grade" Design_Integrity.......................: "[OK]" # =================================================================== # Environments built to simulate realistic multi layer enterprise # networks and support offensive and defensive cybersecurity testing. # =================================================================== Analyst_Signature: "VENALITYXT" System_Verification: "PASSED"