Labs & Competitions
Selected hands-on work from NCL, Hack The Box, CTFs, and structured cyber labs used to build practical skills across offensive, defensive, forensic, and analytical security work.
National Cyber League (NCL)
Hands-on cybersecurity competition and training experience across forensics, exploitation, network security, log analysis, password auditing, reconnaissance, cryptography, and web application security.
Spring 2026 — Individual Game
93rd National Percentile
531st of 7,010 competitors
2,340 / 3,000 points
80.9% accuracy · 83.1% completion
Top Categories
Password Cracking — 98th percentile
Scanning & Reconnaissance — 97th percentile
Log Analysis — 96th percentile
Fall 2026 — Gymnasium
5,225 / 5,225 points
92.6% accuracy
100% completion
Completed the full Fall 2026 Gymnasium training environment while maintaining 92.6% overall accuracy.
Focus Areas: Digital Forensics · Log Analysis · Network Traffic Analysis · Password Auditing · Scanning & Reconnaissance · Web Security · Enumeration & Exploitation
Hands-on cybersecurity training through machines, Sherlock investigations, and Academy-based labs focused on enumeration, exploitation, digital forensics, web security, and system compromise.
Hack The Box
Academy & Labs — Used structured modules and guided labs to strengthen practical skills in web proxies, networking, Linux, exploitation, and defensive analysis.
Machines — Worked through controlled systems requiring reconnaissance, service enumeration, credential discovery, web exploitation, foothold development, and privilege escalation.
Sherlocks — Investigated forensic scenarios involving endpoint artifacts, application data, disk evidence, logs, and incident reconstruction.
Focus Areas: Enumeration · Web Exploitation · Privilege Escalation · Digital Forensics · Linux · Network Services · Incident Investigation
Additional guided and self-directed environments used to reinforce networking, Linux, reconnaissance, command-line proficiency, and practical cybersecurity fundamentals.
Other Hands-On Labs
TryHackMe
Completed guided cybersecurity labs covering reconnaissance, Nmap, networking, and foundational security workflows.
Independent Lab Practice
Used Kali Linux, virtual machines, and isolated lab environments to reinforce scanning, service enumeration, traffic analysis, troubleshooting, and defensive security skills.
OverTheWire — Bandit
Practiced Linux command-line navigation, permissions, files, SSH, text processing, and basic security concepts through progressive hands-on challenges.
Focus Areas: Linux · Networking · Nmap · SSH · Command Line · Enumeration · Traffic Analysis