Chef_Penguin

cybersecurity • homelab • builder
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linux • networking • security

Practical security.
Clean engineering.
Labs that teach.

I'm Chef_Penguin — a cybersecurity enthusiast and hands‑on builder. I design small, focused systems that make security visible: endpoint telemetry, network capture, dashboards, and club‑friendly labs.

Focus: detection & visibility
Stack: Linux • Docker • Proxmox
Tools: ELK • Arkime • Splunk
Code: Python • Rust • Web
Contact / Links What I do Featured projects

What I do

Security labs & demos

Club-ready exercises that make detection and response feel real, without needing heavy Windows infrastructure.

  • phish → execution → triage
    Safe simulations that produce meaningful logs + network IOCs.
  • traffic capture & visibility
    Port mirroring into packet capture for investigation workflows.
Homelab engineering

Small, reliable services: auth portals, dashboards, reverse proxies, and observability that stays maintainable.

  • Proxmox + containers
    Fast iteration, clean separation, easy resets for learning.
  • docs-first setups
    So future-you (and your teammates) can reproduce it.
Tooling & automation

Scripts and small apps that remove friction — bulk operations, telemetry pipelines, or lightweight UIs.

  • Python / Rust utilities
    Glue that actually holds (with logs and guardrails).
  • "minimum viable" UIs
    Simple landing pages, portals, and dashboards.

Featured projects

Cyber Lab

A demo flow: (fake) phishing email → scripted execution → simulated ransomware behaviors → ticket → escalation → triage in logs + packet capture, set up for a local college club.

  • Log analysis via ELK and Arkime
    Endpoint logs and network activity to find and track threats.
  • Ticketing via GLPi
    End-user reporting for simulation of a full IT ops environment
  • Docs + scripts
    Designed to be teachable and repeatable.
Other builds

A quick snapshot of the kind of stuff I tinker with.

  • National Cyber League
    Top 200
  • Pensacola Cyber Army
    A public website, forum, and Matrix server
  • Dashboards
    Tea timers and threat feeds.

Certifications

Currently held
  • CompTIA Security+
    Security fundamentals + risk + operations.
  • Cisco CCNA
    Networking foundation for real-world troubleshooting.
  • Cybersecurity Bachelor's Degree
    Practical coursework paired with homelab learning.
Next up
  • HTB CPTS
    Sharpening my knives.
  • More labs, more docs
    Push teachable demonstrations and improve upon them.
  • Matrix bots
    More bots = more better

Contact

My links:
GitHub Matrix Email