I’ve spent a career untangling technology and security. This little corner of the internet is where I write it all down.

Hi, I’m Jason — a cybersecurity practitioner and unrepentant technology generalist.

Over the last 25 years I’ve worked across a broad range of technologies, industries, and security domains, and I hold the CISSP. But the title on a badge has never captured the part I actually enjoy: taking something complex and messy and making it make sense.

My professional work lives at the intersection of security architecture, program design, and the day-to-day realities of keeping systems and people safe. I gravitate toward frameworks and standards — NIST CSF, CIS, and the like — not because I love checklists, but because good structure is what lets teams move fast without falling over.

For details, see my Resume or head over to my LinkedIn

Off the clock

When I’m not doing security for a living, I’m usually still tinkering. I run a homelab that’s perpetually “almost finished,” I have strong and cheerfully unreasonable opinions about Linux distributions, and I enjoy writing up the things I learn so the next person doesn’t have to relearn them the hard way. A fair bit of what you’ll find on this blog is exactly that: hands-on guides, homelab walkthroughs, hardware and distro impressions, and the occasional opinion piece when something in the industry gets me thinking.

Why this site exists

This is my personal blog — a place to share what I’m working on and thinking about, without a sales pitch attached. If something here saves you an afternoon, teaches you something new, or just sparks a good conversation, then it’s done its job.

Thanks for stopping by. If you’d like to connect, reach out anytime.