How to Win CCDC: Team Dynamics
CCDC Teams have a lot going on. This post covers useful role definitions, and division of work between a team to ensure a smooth competition day.
How to Win CCDC
CCDC Is the foundation of my career. I like to think that the team I competed with was pretty good, so I want to pass my knowledge to new teams.
How to Win CCDC: Competition Overview
Here's the 2026 update for the Competition Overview post for my How to Win CCDC series!
Maldev Academy Review
2 years after starting, some false starts, and some requisite learning completed, I finally wrapped up Maldev Academy.
A Collection of Useful Resources for Infosec N00bs
When starting out your IT or Infosec journey, Knowing where to find high quality information may be hard. Here are some good sources for information I recommend if you need help finding stuff.
PancakesCon 6: Talk Preperations
I recently spoke at my first industry conference! This post covers some behind the scenes and prep work that went into creating "A Primer on Windows Access Control & Creating a Compelling D&D Villain".
Pancakescon 6: Expanding Villainy
I spoke at my first con! This is the companion post I promised for "A Primer on Windows Access Control & Creating a Compelling D&D Villain".
SecretCon 2025
I finally made my way to a Minnesota con!
How to Win CCDC: Dealing With Red Team
Red Team is the Big Spooky Bad Guy who's here to mess up your weekend. How do you deal with them?
How to Win CCDC: Injects
Injects are frequently called out as a weak point of teams' performance in Minnesota CCDC. This serves as a guide on correcting that issue.
2025 Minnesota and Indiana CCDC Debrief
CCDC was last weekend! This post will cover some initial debrief information before I meet with teams individually.
A Windows Guy Buys a Mac
A long-term Windows guy buys a Macbook for personal use and has some thoughts on it.