Fusing Open-Source Intelligence with Defensive Engineering for Critical Infrastructure.
Fusing Open-Source Intelligence with Defensive Engineering for Critical Infrastructure.
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Operational Philosophy: The Gauntlet serves as a living portfolio of operational tradecraft. It demonstrates the methodology of moving from raw, ambiguous Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) to designing defensible architectures for high-stakes environments. This lab is where analysis meets execution.
Operational Philosophy: The Gauntlet serves as a living portfolio of operational tradecraft. It demonstrates the methodology of moving from raw, ambiguous Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) to designing defensible architectures for high-stakes environments. This lab is where analysis meets execution.
SPECIAL REPORT: The 2026 Critical Infrastructure DDoS Defense Brief (v1.0)
SPECIAL REPORT: The 2026 Critical Infrastructure DDoS Defense Brief (v1.0)
Executive Summary: The threat landscape facing regional transit, water, and energy authorities is shifting due to the convergence of high-volume hacktivism and AI-accelerated attack velocities. Traditional, manual Security Operations Center (SOC) responses are proving insufficient against these synchronized campaigns.
Executive Summary: The threat landscape facing regional transit, water, and energy authorities is shifting due to the convergence of high-volume hacktivism and AI-accelerated attack velocities. Traditional, manual Security Operations Center (SOC) responses are proving insufficient against these synchronized campaigns.
This brief synthesizes February 2026 telemetry to demonstrate the necessity of transitioning from perimeter-based defenses to Identity-Centric security models to maintain operational resilience.
This brief synthesizes February 2026 telemetry to demonstrate the necessity of transitioning from perimeter-based defenses to Identity-Centric security models to maintain operational resilience.
- Intelligence Basis: Synthesized analysis of volumetric DDoS data (e.g., SOCRadar) and emerging automated threat timelines (e.g., CrowdStrike).
- Demonstrated Skill: Threat Intelligence Fusion, Strategic Foresight, and Defensive Architecture Planning.
THREAT LANDSCAPE: ADVERSARY MAPPING
THREAT LANDSCAPE: ADVERSARY MAPPING
The Capability: Codifying emerging threats ahead of major frameworks. This section provides a manual MITRE ATT&CK mapping for unclassified groups like NoName057(16), isolating specific T1498 (Volumetric DoS) and T1102 (Web Service C2) behaviors based on recent campaigns.
The Capability: Codifying emerging threats ahead of major frameworks. This section provides a manual MITRE ATT&CK mapping for unclassified groups like NoName057(16), isolating specific T1498 (Volumetric DoS) and T1102 (Web Service C2) behaviors based on recent campaigns.
STRATEGIC ANALYSIS: THREAT CONVERGENCE
STRATEGIC ANALYSIS: THREAT CONVERGENCE
The Capability: Analyzing second and third-order impacts. We move beyond technical metrics to analyze the cascading effects of infrastructure failure on economic stability and public trust, articulating why legacy rate-limiting fails against autonomous AI agents.
The Capability: Analyzing second and third-order impacts. We move beyond technical metrics to analyze the cascading effects of infrastructure failure on economic stability and public trust, articulating why legacy rate-limiting fails against autonomous AI agents.
TACTICAL EXECUTION: DEFENSIVE HARDENING
TACTICAL EXECUTION: DEFENSIVE HARDENING
The Capability: Translating intelligence into configuration. Access reference architectures for Zero-Trust hardening at the application layer, including specific Nginx tuning and WAF rules designed to neutralize "low-and-slow" resource exhaustion attacks like nginx_loris.
The Capability: Translating intelligence into configuration. Access reference architectures for Zero-Trust hardening at the application layer, including specific Nginx tuning and WAF rules designed to neutralize "low-and-slow" resource exhaustion attacks like nginx_loris.
DEMONSTRATED OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE
DEMONSTRATED OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE
The intelligence analysis, strategic foresight, and engineering solutions presented in The Gauntlet are demonstrations of my professional methodology.
The intelligence analysis, strategic foresight, and engineering solutions presented in The Gauntlet are demonstrations of my professional methodology.
This lab exists to prove the ability to bridge the gap between executive risk management and technical implementation in high-pressure security environments.
This lab exists to prove the ability to bridge the gap between executive risk management and technical implementation in high-pressure security environments.
If your organization requires a Senior Analyst or Engineer capable of this level of execution, review my full professional credentials below.
If your organization requires a Senior Analyst or Engineer capable of this level of execution, review my full professional credentials below.
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