2026 CCDC Aftermath
The 2026 season was my most involved season yet. Here's some thoughts from behind the curtain explaining some changes we made and documenting how the competition continues to evolve.
Latest
How to Win CCDC: Scoring
Most teams want to win, very few teams properly prioritize their activities to win. This article is meant to change that.
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?
CCDC Hub
Welcome to the CCDC hub! This page exists to catalog my articles on CCDC, both in the "How to Win CCDC" series of posts, as well as some of the perspectives I've had as both a red and blue teamer over the years. Additionally, I want to highlight other people's perspectives on the competition.
How to Win CCDC: Injects
Injects are frequently called out as a weak point of teams' performance in CCDC. This serves as a guide on correcting that issue.
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: 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
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!
Competition
2025 Minnesota and Indiana CCDC Debrief
CCDC was last weekend! This post will cover some initial debrief information before I meet with teams individually.
Review
A Windows Guy Buys a Mac
A long-term Windows guy buys a Macbook for personal use and has some thoughts on it.
Thinking
Thoughts on 2024
One hell of a rollercoaster.
Conferences
Wild West Hackin Fest 2024
Wild West Hackin Fest is Certainly Something Else, in the best ways possible.
Conferences
DEF CON 32
DEF CON 32 was last weekend, and I was in attendance again. Here's a quick recap on how the con went!
Review
Hack the Box Academy Bug Bounty Hunter Path Review
After thoroughly embarrassing myself in an interview, I decided it was time to get somewhat competent at Web Application Pentesting. So, how does Hack the Box's platform stack up?
Conferences
PancakesCon 5
I had the opportunity to volunteer for the event, which marks the first time I have worked on a con!
Competition
Minnesota CCDC 2024 Post-Mortem
I like causing chaos, and Red Teaming CCDC is the best way to cause chaos.
Review
Antisyphon: Reporting for Pentesters Review
When delivering reports for a living, it's important to know how to do it well. Fortunately, BB King knows how to do it very well.
Meta
Welcome to My New Home!
Home Sweet Home - My new place on the Internet
Homelab
Homelab: November 2023 Changes
Preparing my lab for a pivot, and making it more useful into the future.
Homelab
Homelab: October 2023 and Planning Beyond
It ain’t much (for now) but it’s honest work.