Gregory Dean — Cybersecurity Practitioner

Hi, I'm Gregory Dean

I'm a cybersecurity practitioner focused on defending systems, clarifying risk, and building practical security work.
Trained through Evolve Security Academy — fluent in offense + defense across networks, Active Directory, and SOC tooling.

Recent adventures include a full cybersecurity homelab and hands-on apprentice work at Evolve. I'm looking for SOC Analyst or Junior Penetration Tester roles.

Experience

KD Roofing

Business Systems Analyst

2026 — Present

Drive operational improvements by bridging business processes and technology. Design internal software, perform IT and security assessments, and help teams adopt more effective systems.

Evolve Security Academy

Cybersecurity Apprentice

2025

Immersive offensive and defensive training across penetration testing, threat detection, incident response, Active Directory, and security operations. Earned ESCP certification.

Soiltech Wireless

IT Technician

2024 — 2026

Technical support for users, systems, and wireless infrastructure. Diagnosed hardware and software issues and kept day-to-day operations reliable.

Skills

In pursuit of practical mastery, I went from supporting systems and users, to breaking and defending them in labs, mapping attacker paths with MITRE ATT&CK, and documentingdetection work others can reuse. Today I'm sharpening SOC analysis, detection engineering, and clear remediation writing.

I can help with

You're looking for

PythonBashPowerShellLinuxKali LinuxWindows ServerActive DirectoryGroup PolicyDNSPythonBashPowerShellLinuxKali LinuxWindows ServerActive DirectoryGroup PolicyDNS

NmapBurp SuiteMetasploitWiresharkNessusOpenVASSysmonZeekWazuhNmapBurp SuiteMetasploitWiresharkNessusOpenVASSysmonZeekWazuh

ELK StackSplunkMITRE ATT&CKOWASP Top 10NIST CSFCIS ControlsISO 27001Detection EngineeringELK StackSplunkMITRE ATT&CKOWASP Top 10NIST CSFCIS ControlsISO 27001Detection Engineering

Penetration TestingIncident ResponseThreat HuntingLog AnalysisSIEMAWSDockerGitGitHubPenetration TestingIncident ResponseThreat HuntingLog AnalysisSIEMAWSDockerGitGitHub

You're looking for

Projects, Writing & Labs

Homelab work, tools, and writeups

Building a Cybersecurity Homelab

writeup

Designing an enterprise-style lab on VirtualBox — networking, Active Directory, and the path toward SIEM and detection engineering.

Mar 1, 2026HomelabActive DirectoryNetworking

Personal Portfolio

project

Portfolio hub for cybersecurity projects, labs, and writing — evolved from a hand-built HTML site into this Next.js experience.

Feb 23, 2026Next.jsWebThree.js

Email Breach Checker CLI

project

A Python tool for bulk Have I Been Pwned lookups with structured CSV reporting for assessments and investigations.

Feb 15, 2026PythonOSINTHIBP

Notes from Evolve Security Academy

note

Reflections on finishing the Evolve Security Academy apprenticeship and earning the ESCP — what stuck, and what I'm carrying into SOC and pentest work.

Jul 4, 2025TrainingESCPCareer

Education & training

Evolve Security Academy — Cybersecurity Apprentice (2025), ESCP certified. Hands-on labs across penetration testing, threat hunting, malware analysis, and live incident response. Based in Boise, ID.

What's next

If any of the labs or writeups resonate with what you're building, let's connect. I'm actively looking for SOC Analyst I or Junior Penetration Tester roles where I can contribute and grow under experienced practitioners. Or email gregdeancyber@proton.me.