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Applied Systems Programming Implementing a Low-Level Encryption Library My deep interest in Machine Learning and “AI Engineering” converges with the complex and intriguing world of Systems Programming and Information Security. I mean, Information Security and ML is a perfect fit. Huge amounts of data, needle in a haystack? Sounds like a machine job to me!Continue reading “:: NentroKey ::”

What I Want For My Daughter There are two moments that bring tears to my eyes without fail: tucking my daughter into bed and watching her wake up, seeing me or her mother for the first time. My daughter Harper already possesses everything I could ever want for her. The list isn’t long, but theseContinue reading “:: The Wonder of Being a Father ::”

Step One: Leveraging Cloudflare’s Enormous Global Footprint supplemented by Google Cloud Resources Cloudflare is well-known for its threat mitigation capabilities, especially in dealing with DDoS attacks. Cryptography enthusiasts also recognize Cloudflare for its “entropy wall” at their headquarters, a fascinating showcase of their commitment to randomness in security. Cloudflare’s entropy wall is a bookshelf filledContinue reading “:: Deploying to the Edge ::”

The Data –> Intelligence Pipeline Morpheus Goals:: Automate the collection, collation, and processing of data, and the delivery of intelligence. Recognize the distinction between raw data and contextually relevant information. Grow to become a recognized source of intelligence. Mitigate biases, whether cultural, temporal, or geographical. Use the developed intelligence as data to train defensive modelsContinue reading “:: Morpheus – D2Intel ::”

Elastically (Re)laxin’ Cabanas: Local Observability Who likes monitoring on a shoestring? I do! When it comes to cyber traffic monitoring, the ELK Stack stands as the industry standard to the best of my knowledge. It comprises a dynamically indexed database and analytics tool, Elastic. What it can do is quite impressive, as is the amountContinue reading “:: The ELK Stack ::”

Exploring the World of Small Language Models Fine-Tuned on Synthetic, Domain-Specific Data (This is a WIP) Large language models are renowned for their extensive knowledge base, having been trained on over a trillion tokens (sub-words). Microsoft Research has recently released some small language models with impressive results. My goal is to evaluate the effectiveness ofContinue reading “:: Phine Tuning Phi ::”

An opinion on the equal treatment of those without our responsibilities and cool toys. Becoming a parent is a transformative experience, one that I’ve been navigating for nearly two years now. To be candid, it hasn’t been an easy journey. The initial six weeks were particularly challenging, leaving me bedridden and grappling with depression. ThisContinue reading “:: Why “Kids” Are Really “Little Humans” ::”

Telling the stories of human connection and worldwide gathering. Why? Creating a Human Connection Open Dataset for the Purpose of Bringing People Together Around Events That We All Share. It is somewhat a creative extension of the “Sense You All” AV Human Storytelling project, aimed at capturing the shared experiences of people around the world.Continue reading “:: Connected Hearts Launch ::”

Improving threat hunting workflows and reducing load on human personnel. Introduction to Automated Threat Hunting Threat hunting is traditionally a proactive cybersecurity measure aimed at identifying adversary activities that automated defenses have missed or misattributed. This manual process involves detecting “unknown unknowns,” requiring a deep understanding of various technical elements and the ability to discernContinue reading “:: The SemiAutonomous Threat Hunter ::”