Lab notes, study logs, and the occasional long read.
18 journal entries written as I go, plus 13 edited articles on Medium and AWS in Plain English. RSS if you prefer a reader.
Series
Read in order.
AZ-900, from zero to 873
Self-built study notes and four practice-test post-mortems on the way to Azure Fundamentals.
9 entries · 2026HashiCorp Vault, hands on
Seals, tokens, auth methods and audit devices, worked through in a lab rather than read about.
4 entries · 2026Enterprise homelab notes
Field notes from building the Biira Bank lab: Proxmox, VLANs, pfSense and the mistakes along the way.
1 entry · 2026SOC analyst training
Working through the Practical SOC Analyst path: kill chains, ATT&CK mapping and investigation notes.
1 entry · 2026Identity certifications
Okta and Microsoft identity exams: what the prep looked like and what the exams actually tested.
2 entries · 2026Journal
Everything, newest first.
2026
- Proxmox on a Trunk Port: Configuring Multi-VLAN Support for a Homelab Hypervisor
- PSAA Training: Reconstructing an Attack Kill Chain with MITRE ATT&CK
- AZ-900 Certified: From Zero to 873 - The Full Journey
- SC-300 Renewed: Microsoft Identity and Access Administrator
- CCNA Study Notes - Day 1: Network Devices
- My AZ-900 Journey: Fourth Practice Test - 78.38% and a Honest Wake-Up Call
- My AZ-900 Journey: Third Practice Test - A New Question Set and What It Exposed
- My AZ-900 Journey: Second Practice Test - 94.59% and Almost There
- My AZ-900 Journey: Managing and Deploying Azure Resources
- My AZ-900 Journey: Monitoring Tools in Azure
- My AZ-900 Journey: First Practice Test - 83.78% and What It Revealed
- My AZ-900 Journey: Organising Resources, Governance, and Compliance
- HashiCorp Vault: Audit Devices and Visibility into Vault Activity
- HashiCorp Vault: Authentication Methods, Roles, and AppRole
- HashiCorp Vault: Understanding Tokens, TTLs, and Token Hierarchies
- My AZ-900 Journey: Learning Azure Fundamentals from the Ground Up
- HashiCorp Vault: How Sealing, Unsealing, and Auto-Unseal Actually Work
- My Okta Certification Journey: Two Passes, Two Fails, and a Valuable Lesson
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Published articles
Medium profileLonger, edited pieces.
Why Cloud Security Is No Longer Optional for Growing Businesses
Using Service Control Policies (SCPs) to Restrict AWS Account Access: A Hands-On Guide
Building an AWS Multi-Account Structure with AWS Organizations
GuardDuty Runtime Monitoring for EC2: A Hands-On Guide with Troubleshooting
Implementing Envelope Encryption with AWS KMS: A Step-by-Step Guide
Data Loss Prevention in the Cloud: A Comprehensive Guide with a Focus on AWS
Digital Deception: Dissecting a Phishing Email and Its Malicious Payload
Advanced Techniques in Email Header Analysis for Phishing Detection
Phishing Detection and Mitigation in Practice: The Mighty Solutions, Inc. Case
Microsoft Security Updates: Critical Fixes and Zero-Day Vulnerabilities
Launching an EC2 Linux Hands-On Lab
System Status Script Documentation
My Journey at Illinois Tech: A Transformative First Semester
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