Hello, I'm Daryl Brooks and welcome to my professional portfolio!
20+ Years of Federal Civilian Service (United States Park Police/Federal Trade Commission/US Citizenship & Immigration Services/Social Security Administration/Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency)
Career Plans: My goal is to pivot into the vulnerability management and analysis cybersecurity domain. I want to take raw prevelance & scanning data and transform it into meaningful insight in order to help organizations better understand their overall security posture.
TOOLS USED: Powershell, Windows CLI, Windows Server 2008/2012, Kali Linux (Ubuntu), Nmap, Metasploit Framework, msfvenom, Python, Bash, Splunk Enterprise, Snort, Lynis, Wireshark, T-Shark, Steghide, HPing, OpenVas, Nessus, sguil, Zeek, Hydra, Hashcat, John The Ripper, IP Tables, ModSecurity, Python Pickle, Suricata, Pentbox Honeypot, Cyber Chef, Yara Rules, BruteDum, OWASP ZAP Scanner, Burpsuite, Wordpress, GoBuster, AWS, Iftop, OpenSSL, Binwalk, Docker, dnsspoof, arpspoof, DAVTest, WMAP, PSexec, FreeRDP, CrackMapExec, Kiwi, Mimikatz, Searchsploit, Linpeas, Certutil, Armitage, NetCat, Nikto, WPScan, ADFind, Wazuh, PeStudio, Volatility, Autopsy, Foremost, VirusTotal, Hybrid Analysis, MISP, Active Directory/Group Policy Objects, HybridAnalysis.com, Fail2ban, RKill, Malwarebytes, ID-Ransomware, Visual Studio Code, OLLAMA, Elasticsearch, ChromaDB
TOOLS USED: Powershell, Windows CLI, Windows Server 2008/2012, Kali Linux (Ubuntu), Nmap, Python, Bash, Splunk Enterprise, Snort, Lynis, Wireshark, T-Shark, Steghide, HPing, OpenVas, Nessus, sguil, Zeek, IP Tables, ModSecurity, Python Pickle, Suricata, Pentbox Honeypot, Cyber Chef, Yara Rules, OWASP ZAP Scanner, AWS, Iftop, OpenSSL, Binwalk, Docker, Linpeas, NetCat, Wazuh, PeStudio, Volatility, Autopsy, Foremost, VirusTotal, Hybrid Analysis, MISP, Active Directory/Group Policy Objects, HybridAnalysis.com, Fail2ban, RKill, Malwarebytes, ID-Ransomware, Visual Studio Code
TOOLS USED: Powershell, Windows CLI, Windows Server 2008/2012, Kali Linux (Ubuntu), Nmap, Metasploit Framework, msfvenom, Python, Bash, Wireshark, T-Shark, Hydra, Hashcat, John The Ripper, ModSecurity, Python Pickle, BruteDum, OWASP ZAP Scanner, Burpsuite, Wordpress, GoBuster, dnsspoof, arpspoof, DAVTest, WMAP, PSexec, FreeRDP, CrackMapExec, Kiwi, Mimikatz, Searchsploit, Armitage, NetCat, Gophish, Curl, Nikto, WPScan, ADFind
TOOLS USED: Nmap, Python, Bash, Snort, Lynis, Wireshark, T-Shark, OpenVas, Nessus, sguil, Zeek, OWASP ZAP Scanner, Iftop, Binwalk, Docker, WMAP, Linpeas, Burpsuite, Curl, Nikto, WPScan, VirusTotal, Hybrid Analysis, MISP, ADFind
TOOLS USED: OLLAMA, curl, netstat, Kali Linux, Elasticsearch, ChromaDB
TOOLS USED: Powershell, Windows CLI, Active Directory/Group Policy Objects, ADFind
TOOLS USED: Splunk, Wazuh
TOOLS USED: Wireshark, TShark, Zeek, Ntopng
TOOLS USED: Wireshark, Autopsy, Volatility, Foremost, Hybrid Analysis.com, VirusTotal.com, PEStudio, Cyberchef, YARA Rules, Visual Studio Code
• Project 23 - Executing Local File Inclusion and Remote Code Execution with Burp Suite!
• Project 53 - Burpsuite Traffic Interception 101
• Project 54 - Conducting a Man-in-the-Middle Attack w/ Burpsuite
• Project 160 - Using Curl and Burpsuite To Enumerate Allowed HTTP Methods
• Project 161 - Exploring Site Mapping Techniques: Passive Crawling vs Active Spidering 🕷️
• Project 168 - Capture The Flag Edition: Finding and Exploiting A Vulnerable WordPress Plug-in
• Project 60 - Creating AWS EC2 Key Pairs and Managing Secrets with AWS Secrets Manager
• Project 61 - Creating Security Groups for AWS EC2 Instances
• Project 62 - AWS IAM and S3 Security Compliance Automation
• Project 63 - AWS CloudFormation Templates: Applying Changesets and Detecting Configuration Drift
• Project 162 - Restricting Port Access on an AWS EC2 for Enhanced Security
• Project 163 - Building A Virtual Machine & Restricting Port Access In Microsoft Azure
• Project 164 - Building A Virtual Machine & Restricting Port Access In Google Cloud Platform
• Social Media - It's Risks and How to Protect Your Child)
• Small Size, Big Shield: How Small Businesses Can Be Cyber Ready
• SCADA Systems: Threats, Vulnerabilities, & Consequences
• My Cybersecurity Blogs
- Masters of Science, Information Security Management (Bowie State University)
- Bachelors of Science, Management Information Systems (Delaware State University)
- CISA Federal Cybersecurity Skilling Academy - Cyber Defense Analyst and Vulnerability Analysis tracks
- Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate
- Google IT Support Professional Certificate
- Google Project Management Professional Certificate
- IBM Cybersecurity Analyst Professional Certificate
- IBM IT Support Professional Certificate
- IBM Project Management Professional Certificate
- IBM IT Project Management Professional Certificate
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
• eJPT - Junior Penetration Tester
• CompTIA CySA+
• CompTIA Security+
• Social Media Security Professional (SMSP) Powered by CompTIA
• Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals
• AKYLADE Certified Cyber Resilience Fundamentals (A/CCRF)
• AKYLADE Cyber Risk Management Foundation (A/CRMF)
• ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Lead Auditor
• Security Analyst (SAL1) Certificate
• Fortinet Certified Associate Cybersecurity
• ISO/IEC 27701:2025 Lead Auditor
• EC-Council Certified Incident Handler
• CompTIA A+
• CompTIA Network+
• ITILv3 Foundation
• ITSM Foundation based on ISO/IEC 20000
• DHS Section 508 Trusted Tester
• Bowie State University - System Analyst Certificate
• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Fundamentals
• CompTIA Cloud Essentials+
• ICCA - INE Certified Cloud Associate
• AWS Certified AI Practitioner
• Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals
• AKYLADE AI Security Foundation (A/AISF)
• ISO/IEC 42001:2023 Lead Auditor
• Google AI Essentials
• Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
• Certified SAFe® 6 Release Train Engineer
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
• Professional Scrum Master™ I (PSM I)
• CompTIA Project+
• Agile Scrum Foundation
• Contracting Officer's Representative (FAC-COR)
• DHS Test & Evaluation (TE) - Level 1 Certification
• FAC-P/PM Entry Level
• DHS P/PM Level 1 (Entry) Specialization
