Write-ups, lab builds, and the projects behind them. Detection work, infrastructure notes, and incident post-mortems, written as I go.
A working notebook for cybersecurity: detection engineering, home lab infrastructure, and the tooling I use day to day. I write these so the next person searching the same error message finds an answer.
Jorge Ortiz, IT operations and security, South Florida. Currently building a lateral movement detection lab, running infrastructure work in the field, and shipping web projects on the side.
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Home lab detecting lateral movement patterns in a simulated network. Covers log ingestion pipeline setup, custom SIEM detection rules, and full GitHub documentation. Motivated directly by a real lateral movement incident witnessed at RCC Associates.
Full-stack site for a Michigan cannabis startup. 4K drone footage hero, Figma prototyping. Volunteered as developer to build their online presence across two states.
Founded and led an indie game dev group. Built a Flappy Bird-style game from scratch with original pixel art, then directed the transition into Unity 3D and repo management.
This dark-web dossier: decrypt reveals, live SIEM feed, draggable network map, terminal contact. Iterated from a CodePath Web 101 assignment into a full ctOS/DedSec build.
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