$ ~/whoami

Hi, I’m Chris AKA Ted

I have over 20 years experience working in Cyber Security, IT infrastructure, IT Operations and general geekness.

Currently working as working as a Blue Teamer in Security Engineering looking after security tools, applications and data gathering for the Security Operations Centre (SOC).

This site is about my journey and to provide some insight into how I walked my career path to help you walk yours hopefully.

$ ~/Experience

  • Security Engineer @ Johnson Matthey
  • Network Administrator @ Wipro Ltd
  • Network Engineer @ John Lewis Partnership
  • IT Administrator @ Grass Valley LLC
  • Customer Service Engineer ( @ Grass Valley LLC
  • Intranet Web Admin @ Ministry of Defence
  • Office Administrator @ Ministry of Defence

$ ~/Certifications

  • Certificate of Completion Udemy – CompTIA Security+ (SY0-601)
  • Certificate of Completion LinkedIn – Understanding Zero Trust
  • Certificate of Completion LinkedIn – Security Testing: Vulnerability Management with Nessus
  • Certificate of Completion LinkedIn – Introduction to VMware
  • Certificate of Completion LinkedIn – Wireshark Essential Training
  • Certificate of Completion LinkedIn – Firewall Administration Essential Training
  • Certificate of Completion LinkedIn – Introduction to Linux
  • Certificate of Completion LinkedIn – Learning Kali Linux
  • Certificate of Completion LinkedIn – Learning Splunk
  • Certificate of Completion LinkedIn – Python for Non-Programmers
  • Certificate of Completion LinkedIn – JSON Essential Training
  • Certificate of Completion of Try Hack Me – Complete Beginner Path
  • ITIL Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management (V3)
  • Certified Data Centre Technician Professional (CDCTP)
  • EDIUS Video Editing Software and Hardware Trainer
  • Certificate of Completion – Website User Testing
  • BSI ISO 9001 Internal Auditor

$ ~/Achievements

Commendation from Commander in Chief Strike Command (RAF) for services to the Royal Air Force

$ ~/Projects

  • Personal Blog
  • Multimedia Server
  • CTF Player
  • Home Lab
    • Linux
    • Windows
    • MACos
    • Networking (Physical, Virtual and Logical)
    • Virtualisation (Proxmox/VMware/VirualBox/WLS)
    • Network Attached Storage (NAS)
    • Monitoring
    • Cloud Services (SaaS/PaaS/IaaS)
    • SIEM/Time Based Data (Splunk/Wazuh/InfluxDB)