Aggregated SEC projects for Skill Showcase
System competecies published in repository
#AWS #Splunk #Figma
---- Background ----
Nicholas Bohanan / Niccolo Cybersecurity Enthusiast | Visual Communicator | Security+ (SY0-701) Candidate
I bridge the gap between intuitive design and robust technical infrastructure. My focus is on mastering the core pillars of enterprise security—from identity management in Active Directory to deep-packet analysis and risk mitigation.
---- Key Security Focus Areas ----
Security Operations: Incident response, SIEM log correlation, and network monitoring.
Infrastructure: Managing secure file systems (Amazon FSx) and Identity Access Management (Active Directory).
Risk Management: Calculating ALE/SLE and implementing GRC frameworks (NIST, ISO, PCI...).
Network Defense: Hardening protocols (SSH, TLS) and securing email gateways (SPF, DKIM, DMARC).
---- Technical Stack ----
Tools: Nmap, Wireshark, Nessus, Metasploit, Splunk, Kali Linux
Platforms: AWS (FSx, EC2), Windows Server, Active Directory, Figma
Languages: Markdown, PowerShell (Basics), CSS/HTML
---- Current Goals/Achieved goals ----
Pending Certification: Currently prepping for the CompTIA Security+ SY0-701.
Achieved: 2-yr degree in Information Technology, Comptia A+, Google Cybersecurity Certificate.
Projects: Building an automated home lab to simulate and remediate common attack vectors. Documenting solutions and hardening. Deploying pre-configured VM states.
Design: Revamping my technical portfolio to showcase security case studies with high visual clarity.
---- Featured Projects ----
Identity Access Management and Security Operations - Implement Least Privilege and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) within Windows Server 2022 environment, successfully eliminating vulnerabilities created by default settings by hardening 15+ default Administrative group settings and enforcing strict GPO-based account lockout policies.
SIEM Log Aggregation/Analysis - Centralize database logs and statistics to Splunk.
PC Virtualization, patching and deployment - Provision VM's with different packages/profiles to demonstrate separated ACL's, Policy enforcement, applications per role, GPOs.
---- Ways to Connect with Me ----
LinkedIn:(https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholas-bohanan-21345519b/)
