Passing CompTIA Network+ I recently passed the CompTIA Network+ certification exam, which was an important milestone in strengthening my networking and cybersecurity foundation. Network+ stood out...

ITC 2026 Red Teaming Competition Over the past two weeks, I had the opportunity to compete in ITC (Information Technology Competition) 2026 in the red teaming track. This experience stood out beca...

NCAE Cyber Games 2026 In March 2026, I had the opportunity to compete in NCAE Cyber Games 2026 with the Cal Poly Pomona SWIFT team. This competition focused on defensive operations, service uptime...

1st Place at Tech Symposium 2026 — A CTF Writeup & Recap This past weekend, I had the opportunity to attend Tech Symposium 2026, held by Cal Poly Pomona’s SWIFT club. The event provided a good ...

Red vs Blue - SWIFT’s Cyber Defense Competition at Cal Poly Pomona This past weekend, SWIFT hosted a Red vs Blue competition at Cal Poly Pomona, which is very similar to CCDC, with blue teams defen...

At Coastline College Last Saturday was one of those days that I will not forget anytime soon within the cybersecurity ecosystem. Coastline College’s CyberAI Research Symposium was the venue for an ...

This time, SWIFT hosted a King of the Hill (KoTH) competition, and it was a completely different experience from the usual red-team or CTF-style events. Instead of just attacking vulnerable machine...

This SCARE Competition was hosted by my club, SWIFT, where we were tasked with attacking 2 Debian machines and a Windows machine. The format was a multi-day red-team style CTF where we were given a...

At OSSCON this past weekend, my team and I were able to take advantage of this wonderful opportunity in their annual Capture The Flag competition. We’re pleased to announce that we achieved 3rd pla...