Teaching & training

I specialise in making digital security practical and approachable. My teaching blends real-world puzzles with hands-on labs, helping learners move from theory to action.

• Curriculum development: Designing courses on digital defence, threat modelling, and colourful teaming strategies.
• Practical labs: Creating guided labs, grounded in realistic scenarios.
• Workshops & training: Delivering sessions on incident response, attack detection, and tooling for blue teams.

Relevant resources:

• Raising security awareness: Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.
• Red/Blue cross-team training: Fusing attack and defense into stronger security, and a polite nod to responsible disclosure.
• A Wolverine’s guide to controlled carnage: Where educational value meets ‘oh god, they actually did that’ (under construction).

SOC & threat hunting

Focused on operational security, I help teams build effective detection strategies and security monitoring capabilities.

• Incident detection: Building and tuning alerting systems using free and open-source tools.
• Threat hunting: Developing procedures for proactive identification of suspicious activity.
• SIEM & Logging: Implementing ELK and Wazuh setups tailored to lean organisations.

Relevant resources:

• SOC concepts: Clear overviews of SOC levels and strategies.
• SIEM notes: Techniques aligned with the Pyramid of Pain.
• Digital forensics and incident response: Logging, detection, and what to do after it’s all gone horribly wrong.

Supporting Not-for-profits

I provide affordable security support tailored to not-for-profit contexts (organisations and individuals). That means practical solutions, long-term sustainability, and mutual respect.

• Budget-friendly security: Implementing strong practices with minimal resources.
• Knowledge transfer: Training staff and volunteers, not just plugging in tools.
• Mission-aligned strategy: Helping teams protect what matters most to them.

Relevant resources:

• The Power On project being started from the IPA project: Supporting Intimate Partner Abuse survivors. Ongoing.
• Digital defence @Home: Foundational security for small organisations and personal use.
• Privacy greenhouse: Tech, plainly spoken — exposing hidden risks, protecting privacy, and unpacking AI without the hype.