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Security by Design
Security requirements should be considered during architecture and planning, not added after implementation.
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Technologies, controls, and operating principles behind the work.
Security tools create value only when they are connected to clear ownership, architecture, risk priorities, engineering workflows, and measurable outcomes.
This page summarizes the platforms, controls, and operating principles that support my work across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments.
Cloud Security
Primary Current Platforms
- AWS
- Google Cloud Platform
Previous and Practical Experience
- Microsoft Azure
Technologies and Capabilities
- AWS GuardDuty
- AWS Inspector
- GCP Security Command Center
- GCP Firewall
- CNAPP
- Cloud Security Posture Management
- Cloud workload protection
- CloudFormation
- Kubernetes security
- Docker and container security
- Cloud network segmentation
- Site-to-site VPN
- Secure inter-cloud connectivity
- Encryption
- High availability
- Multi-account governance
- Multi-project governance
DevSecOps and Application Security
- GitLab
- Jenkins
- CI/CD security
- SAST
- DAST
- SCA
- IAST
- RASP
- ASM
- Secrets detection
- Secrets management
- Container scanning
- Secure SDLC
- Application-security assessments
- API security
- Vulnerability remediation
- Automated release controls
- Shift-Left security
Identity and Data Protection
- IAM
- PAM
- SSO
- MFA
- Zero Trust
- Least privilege
- Role-based access
- Machine and service identities
- API-to-API authentication
- NAC
- DLP
- Data classification
- Active Directory
- Identity governance
Security Operations and Threat Management
- SOC
- Third-party SOC governance
- SIEM
- SOAR
- TIP
- VAPT
- Incident response
- Threat detection
- Vulnerability management
- Centralized logging
- Elastic Stack
- Splunk
- Zabbix
- SolarWinds
- Automated security notifications
- Root-cause analysis
Network and Perimeter Security
- WAF
- DDoS protection
- NGFW
- Palo Alto Networks
- Fortinet
- Cisco security products
- IPS
- Sandbox
- F5
- Load balancing
- Proxy
- VPN
- Routers
- Switches
- Network segmentation
- Data-center security
Infrastructure and Business Continuity
- Windows Server
- Linux Server
- VMware
- Hyper-V
- vSphere
- Server clustering
- SAN
- Veeam
- Backup Exec
- InfoScale
- Office 365
- DNS
- DHCP
- Data centers
- Disaster Recovery
- Business Continuity
- High availability
- Infrastructure monitoring
Supporting Engineering Knowledge
I maintain practical and conceptual familiarity with software-development technologies that support collaboration with engineering teams.
These include
- Laravel
- React
- JavaScript
- MySQL
- MongoDB
- Web applications
- APIs
- Databases
- Shell scripting
- Full-stack architecture concepts
These technologies support my security and architecture work but are not positioned as my primary specialization.
Security Operating Principles
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Identity Before Perimeter
Users, services, applications, machines, and privileges must be clearly identified and governed.
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Automation Over Manual Control
Repeatable security decisions should be automated where possible, particularly across CI/CD, monitoring, and vulnerability remediation.
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Risk-Based Prioritization
Not every issue carries the same business impact. Remediation must consider exposure, importance, exploitability, and operational context.
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Governance With Ownership
Policies and standards must be connected to accountable owners, deadlines, evidence, and reporting.
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Security as an Engineering Responsibility
Development, infrastructure, operations, and security teams share responsibility for reducing technical risk.
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Executive Visibility
Leadership requires clear visibility into risk, progress, dependencies, and unresolved decisions.
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Operational Resilience
Security architecture must preserve availability, recovery, and business continuity.