Building a Security-Focused Homelab: Lessons from Week One
Building a Security-Focused Homelab: Lessons from Week One Starting my homelab journey has been more rewarding than I expected. After …
Elmer Phillips | Security Analyst
Blue Team Operations | SIEM | EDR | Managed Detection & Response
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Professional Summary
Security Analyst with 3+ years of MDR experience.
- Blue Team Operations & Defense
- SIEM & EDR Platform Mastery
- Detection Engineering & Threat Hunting
- Pragmatic Incident Response
Featured Blog Posts
Active Node.js Malware Campaign Targeting Manual Reader Applications
We’re seeing a significant uptick in a malware campaign that’s affecting multiple customers. This one’s worth knowing …
Building Effective Threat Hunting Queries
Effective threat hunting queries help you find what automated detections miss. Here’s my approach to building them. Start with a …
Featured Tools
SentinelOne Power Query UI
EDRUser interface for SentinelOne query operations
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OSINTOSINT aggregator tool for threat intelligence gathering
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Core Competencies
Blue Team Operations
- Defensive playbooks
- SOC workflows
SIEM Platforms
- Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, Chronicle
EDR Solutions
- SentinelOne, CrowdStrike, Defender
Threat Intel & Hunting
- OSINT enrichment, hunt hypotheses
Detection Eng. & IR
- Rule tuning, incident response