Alex Angelini

// Desktop Support Officer (Aspiring Cyber Security Analyst)

Desktop Support Officer at Centorrino Technologies, actively transitioning into cybersecurity as a Cyber Security Analyst. I enjoy building home labs to develop the practical, job-ready skills Cyber Security Analysts use on the job. I hold BTL1, Security+, and four other certifications. This page is dedicated to showcasing my projects — see below for the details behind them.

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Projects

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Active
Personal Home Lab — Microsoft Sentinel SOC

Hybrid cloud/on-premises detection lab. Windows Server 2022 VM feeding logs into Azure Sentinel via MMA agent. Sysmon configured with SwiftOnSecurity ruleset. Attack simulation via Atomic Red Team with detections validated end-to-end.

Microsoft Sentinel Azure Monitor Sysmon KQL Atomic Red Team VirtualBox
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Active
FortiGate VM Firewall Lab

Deployed a FortiGate-VM in VMware Workstation, configured WAN/LAN interfaces via FortiOS CLI, activated a permanent FortiCloud evaluation license, and built a layered firewall policy set with Internet Service-based blocking and traffic logging.

FortiGate FortiOS VMware Workstation Firewall Policy FortiCloud
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In Progress
Active Directory Home Lab

On-premises Active Directory environment for practising identity management, GPO configuration, account provisioning, and privilege escalation detection.

Active Directory Windows Server pfSense GPO
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Experience

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Complete
BTL1 — 24 Hour Incident Response Exam

Completed the Blue Team Level 1 practical exam — a 24-hour, full incident response scenario covering phishing analysis, digital forensics, network traffic analysis, and SIEM-based threat hunting under exam time pressure.

Incident Response Phishing Analysis Digital Forensics SIEM Splunk Threat Hunting
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Certifications

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BTL1
Security Blue Team
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Security+
CompTIA
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Network+
CompTIA
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A+
CompTIA
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AZ-900
Microsoft
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SC-900
Microsoft