My CyberSecurity Passion

Throughout my college career I've developed a great passion for the cyberSecurity field. This really came from the Hack@UCF club. This cyberSecurity club has introduced me and helped devloped my CyberSecurity skills, knowledge, and Experience through competitions, meetings, and workshops. From there I have pursued more by creating projects and getting certifications. I have learned a ton from websites like Hackthebox and Tryhackme.

What I'm Currently Pursuing

I'm currently working toward my Splunk Core Certified Power User and CompTIA CySa before I graduate in the Spring. I am also preparing for the Horse Plinko cyber competition in october with the goal to win this year. Finally, I am working with the Hack@UCF infrastructure team to keep the club running and give back to the club.

UNIVERSITY RELATED COMPETITIONS

UCF CYBER CHALLENGE February 2025

CTF style event where teams of two scored points by capturing flags by finding and exploiting vulnerabilities. Captured flags by exploiting SQL injection, network scanning, brute forcing, enumeration, RCE exploits, privilege escalation and lateral movement. Competed against 31 teams of 2 placing 5th overall with a total of 185 points

HACK UCF HORSE PLINKO CYBER CHALLENGE Oct 2023/Oct 2024

Achieved 2nd place (2024) and 4th place (2023) in high stakes competition environment. Collaborated in a team of four successfully identifying and mitigating red team attacks on a simulated environment, including a SQL database, Windows and Linux systems, and a website. Defended windows machine with a 75% uptime by implementing group policies and hardening system configurations. Successfully countered advanced attacks, including regaining administrator access after a privilege escalation attempt