Skills
Certifications and expertise
Where a certification came with a score, the score is here. Everything else is grouped by what it is rather than ranked out of a hundred — a number I gave myself would tell you nothing you could check.
Certifications
- CHFI — Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator 141/150
- CEH — Certified Ethical Hacker 123/125
- CFA — Certified Forensic Analyst 78%
- CISP — Certified Information Security Professional 94%
- ITIL — Information Technology Infrastructure Library 95%
- MTA — Windows Operating System Fundamentals Verify on Credly
- MTA — Windows Server Administration Fundamentals Verify on Credly
- MTA — Networking Fundamentals Verify on Credly
- MTA — Security Fundamentals Verify on Credly
- MTA — Database Fundamentals Verify on Credly
- MTA — Software Development Fundamentals Verify on Credly
- PRINCE2 — Projects in Controlled Environments 73
- CCNA — Cisco Certified Network Associateexpired Verify on Credly Score report
- CS101 Computer Science
Studying or under way.
- CISM and CISA — in progress, targeted for completion by the end of 2026
- CISSP and OSCP — in progress
- PhD research — military technology and advanced cyber security
- MSc Cyber Security & Digital Forensics — Northumbria University and King's College (on hold)
Expertise
Assessed against what an engagement actually asks for. Each links to the service it sits under.
- PCI-DSS and ISO auditing, initial to final phase Expert
- Security architecture reviews Expert
- Incident handling and remediation Expert
- Internal and external penetration testing Advanced
- Threat analysis and risk treatment Advanced
- Forensics and incident management Advanced
- Intrusion detection and analysis Advanced
- Network performance audit Advanced
Technical breadth
Languages and web
Written in production, read in code review, or used to build the tooling on this site.
- Python
- Java
- C
- C++
- C#
- PHP
- HTML/CSS
- JavaScript
- jQuery
- AJAX
- JSP
- XML
- JSON
- SOAP
- Delphi
Databases
- MySQL
- Oracle
- Elasticsearch
Operating systems and infrastructure
- Linux
- Kali Linux
- Debian
- Ubuntu
- CentOS
- Fedora
- Linux Server
- Windows
- Windows Server
- VPN
- VPS
- Dedicated servers
- VirtualBox
- VMware
- iptables
- iproute2
- vconfig
- OpenSSL
Offensive and lab tooling
Run in the lab and on engagements. The maintained toolkit lives on the tools page; this is the fuller record, archaic entries included.
- Nmap
- Metasploit Framework
- Burp Suite
- Wireshark
- Netcat
- Hping3
- Ettercap
- Arpspoof
- Fragrouter
- Nemesis
- Yersinia
- Kismet
- Aircrack-ng
- Airodump-ng
- Zodiac
- Cain & Abel
- pwdump3-7
- Vncrack
- THC tools
- ADM tools
- Miranda
- LDAP Explorer
- rpcbind
- rpcdump
- SolarWinds
- curl
- winautopwn
- Rootdown.pl
- dns_mre
- dnsa
- sing
- fpfake
VoIP, NIS and application-layer testing
The niche tooling behind the VoIP and unified communications research in the library.
- VoIPHopper
- rtpbreak
- yphack
- ypsnarf
- sapinfo
- fwsa
- lotus.sh
- gomma_pane
- Web application testing
- Mobile application testing
- Social engineering
- Phishing simulation
Design and media
Used for report design, brand work and the visualisation side of SOC reporting.
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- InDesign
- Acrobat
- Dreamweaver
- Premiere Pro
- After Effects
- SEO