BCIT Industrial Network Security & Digital Forensics

Richard

Recent graduate in Industrial Network Cybersecurity, currently pursuing a Bachelors Degree in Digital Forensics.

Toolkit

Skills & Technologies

Fortigate
HIDS/NIDS
Burp Suite
OWASP ZAP
Wireshark
Nmap
Security Onion
CyberChef
Wazuh
Suricata
Loki
Grafana
Filebeat
Allen Bradley PLC
HMI
DCS
Controllers
Relays
Transmitter
P&ID
Transfer Function
DeltaV
Arduino
Linux
Windows
Git
Bash
Python
Proxmox
Networking
VirtualBox
VMware
service now
ServiceNow
Azure
Entra ID
Microsoft 365
Docker
VPN
Career

Work Experience

September 2025 — Now

Junior System Analyst

BCIT · Service Desk · Contract Part-Time
Featured Work

Projects

01 / 04

Hemo-Lock is a hands-on ICS/OT security research project that models a cyberattack on a simulated hospital ICU infusion pump control system using real industrial hardware. The project was built on a custom three-zone Purdue Model lab network and assessed against the ISA/IEC 62443 framework.

Penetration TestingVulnerability AssessmentIndustrial AutomationNetwork Analysis
Coming June 2026
Capstone Project · 2026
Project Hemo-Lock
Penetration Testing · Vulnerability Assessment · Industrial Automation · Network Analysis
02 / 04

Self-hosted SOC home lab on Fedora Linux — centralized log management, real-time intrusion detection, and a custom Telegram + Grafana alerting pipeline with sub-minute detection latency.

FedoraWazuhSuricataLokiGrafanaOpenSearchPythonFilebeat
GitHub Docs
Defensive · 2026
Home SOC Lab
Wazuh · Suricata · Grafana · Loki · Python
03 / 04

AI-powered assistive vision device for real-time accessibility. Built during a 24-hour hackathon to help visually impaired users navigate environments through audio descriptions.

ESP32OpenAI Vision APIReactNode.jsREST APITTSSensor
GitHub Demo
Hackathon · HackCamp 2025
VisionMate
ESP32 · OpenAI Vision API · React · Node.js · TTS
04 / 04

A Python-based smart inventory management system for a chocolate warehouse. It uses Flask to provide a web dashboard, tracks stock levels in real time, simulates IoT sensor updates, analyzes market trends via Yahoo Finance, and generates automated restocking recommendations.

PythonFlaskIoTYahoo Finance
GitHub
Infrastructure · 2026
Smart Inventory System
Python · Flask · IoT · Yahoo Finance
Credentials

Certifications

Google Cybersecurity Certificate
Google Cybersecurity Professional V2
Google · 2025-09
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Google Cybersecurity Professional V2
Issued By
Google
Completed
September 2025
Covers
SIEM tools, threat analysis, network security, Linux, Python scripting for security
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Palo Alto Networks Certification
Palo Alto Network Security Professional
Palo Alto Networks · 2025
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Palo Alto Network Security Professional
Issued By
Palo Alto Networks
Completed
2025
Covers
Next-gen firewalls, Panorama, network segmentation, threat prevention & IDS/IPS
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Siemens S7-1200 PLC and HMI via TIA Portal
Siemens S7-1200 PLC and HMI via TIA Portal
Packt · 2026-05
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Siemens S7-1200 PLC and HMI via TIA Portal
Issued By
Packt
Completed
May 2026
Covers
Siemens S7-1200 PLC programming, HMI development, TIA Portal software, RFID, Industrial Communication Protocols, lighting control systems
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CCNA: Enterprise Networking, Security, and Automation
CCNA: Enterprise Networking, Security, and Automation
Cisco · 2025-12
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CCNA: Enterprise Networking, Security, and Automation
Issued By
Cisco
Completed
December 2025
Covers
Virtualization, WAN, Routing, NAT, Network Automation, Qualiity of Service, Security Threat Mitigation, Software Driven Network.
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Ethical Hacker
Ethical Hacker
Cisco · 2025-12
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Ethical Hacker
Issued By
Cisco
Completed
December 2025
Covers
Ethical Hacking, Penetration Testing, Social Engineering, Vulnerability Assessment, Vulnerability Scanning, Explotiing Application, Exploiting Network, IoT Security, Penetration Testing Tools, Reporting
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