Builds by Trust
Notes & Reference Library
Technical notes, lab write-ups, and cheat sheets from my transition into cloud security — written to be useful for recall, not just to prove I read something once.
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- SOC Analysis
SOC Frameworks — Pyramid of Pain
Why a malware hash is the weakest indicator you can act on and a TTP is the strongest — mapped to what a SOC analyst should actually do at each level of the pyramid.
- Networking
OSI Model
The seven-layer model explained the way it actually clicks: as a chain of partnerships, from your intent down to raw bits on a wire.
- Networking
Network Devices
Routers, switches, firewalls, and load balancers — what each one actually does at the packet level, not the marketing-brochure description.
- Cheat Sheets
Email Triage Cheat Sheet
A section-by-section framework for writing a real SOC email-triage report, down to the sentence starters that make it fast under pressure.
- AWS
Amazon S3 Encryption
Every S3 encryption option explained — SSE-S3, SSE-C, SSE-KMS — plus the bucket-keys optimization that quietly changes what shows up in your CloudTrail logs.
- AWS
AWS KMS
How AWS KMS actually protects data: envelope encryption, key policies vs. IAM, and why you can never touch a key in plaintext.
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- Bugfix Verification NoteNetworking
- Diagnosing DNS Propagation Delays During a Host MigrationCheat Sheets
- Windows & Active DirectoryWindows/AD & Server Admin
- Splunk (Core Components)SOC Analysis
- SOARSOC Analysis
- SIEM (Security Information & Event Management)SOC Analysis
- Windows Event Viewer (Quick Notes)SOC Analysis
- Elastic Stack (ELK)SOC Analysis