Current & past projects
DEF CON Training – Trainer 2023
Dark Arts Village – Core Member -2022
Packt Publishing – Technical Reviewer – Practical Threat Detection Engineering -2023
*Udacity Cybersecurity Engineer Nano Degree – 2020
Instructor Developer Infrastructure Security Course
* Pacific Hackers Association – 2020 – 2023
Co-founder and President
* Pacific Hackers Conference – 2018 – 2023
Founder and President.
* Hackmiami Conference – 2012-Current
Rated TOP 50 Infosec Conference by CSO Magazine
Featured in Rolling Stone Magazine
* Kommand && KonTroll CTF — 2012 -2017
Competitive hacking tournament capture the flag games. Featured in Rolling Stone Magazine. Games featured at ISSA regional, international conferences, RSA Tech 2013, Bsides conferences, sponsored by government agencies including NSA.
*AKTAION — 2015- 2018
Co-created with Joseph Zadeh. Open-source Machine Learning exploits detection and active defense too. Featured at Black Hat 2016/2017.
*NOQRTR CTF — 2018 – Current
Real-life-based competitive capture the flag games.
*CHIRON — 2017 – 2018
Co-developed with Joseph Zadeh. First open-source home-based machine learning analytic and threat detection framework based on ELK and integrated with Aktaion. Presented at Black Hat Arsenal U.S and EU 2018.