Information Technology graduate specializing in Networking and Information Security. I build and secure real IT infrastructure through hands-on labs, with a focus on Windows Server, Active Directory, networking, and security monitoring. Below are my projects.
A hub-and-spoke IPsec VPN architecture connecting a headquarters, a branch office, and remote workers, built and validated in Cisco Packet Tracer with Cisco ASA firewalls. Configured site-to-site and remote-access tunnels across three segmented LAN subnets, enforced least-privilege access between sites, and confirmed encrypted connectivity while troubleshooting routing, NAT, and phase 1 and phase 2 negotiation.
A Windows Server 2019 Active Directory environment built from the ground up across multiple VMware virtual machines. Deployed a domain controller with DNS and DHCP, created 5 departmental organizational units, and automated bulk provisioning of 50+ user accounts with PowerShell. Hardened the domain with 11 Group Policy Objects covering password policy, account lockout, logon auditing, removable storage control, and user restrictions, then verified enforcement on a domain-joined Windows 10 client. View project
A 3-VM security monitoring environment built in VMware with Windows Server 2019 and Linux. Deployed Splunk and Wazuh for centralized log ingestion across 3+ endpoints and built 4 dashboards to monitor security events in real time. Wrote 12+ custom detection rules to catch brute-force attempts, privilege escalation, and unauthorized access, and documented incident response steps for 5 simulated attack scenarios. View project
A normalized relational database for a movie ticket booking platform, built in SQL using Microsoft SQL Server. Designed 6 related tables (movies, theaters, showtimes, seats, customers, and bookings) with enforced primary and foreign key relationships, and wrote queries for seat availability, booking logic, and full booking details. View project
Networking (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VLANs, Subnetting, Routing & Switching), IPsec VPN, Cisco ASA, Active Directory (AD DS, Group Policy), Windows Server 2019, PowerShell, SIEM (Splunk, Wazuh), Threat Detection, Incident Response, SQL, VMware.
Working toward CCNA and CompTIA Security+
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