Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition
CCDC · DEC 2025 – PRESENT
- Defend Windows environments under active attack while maintaining critical services
- Use Sysinternals tools to identify suspicious processes, persistence, and abnormal network activity
- Author incident response reports summarizing indicators of compromise and remediation actions
Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition
CPTC · 2025 – 2026
- Practiced penetration testing labs focused on Linux systems and web vulnerabilities
- Identified and evaluated security issues, judging severity and business impact
- Wrote clear reports explaining vulnerabilities and remediation steps
NCAE CyberGames — 2nd Place (Regional)
NCAE · 2026
- Finished 2nd regionally defending against an active red team
- Served as DNS operator, managing and defending DNS infrastructure under attack
- Worked primarily in Linux, hardening systems and maintaining services throughout
- Completed CTF challenges alongside the defensive scenario
MITRE Embedded CTF — Attack Team Member
ECTF · OCT 2025 – PRESENT
- Analyze embedded system designs for weaknesses in boot processes, memory protection, and cryptographic usage
- Perform voltage glitch attacks to bypass authentication logic
- Document security findings and develop realistic attack paths