P3trol

P3trol

Cyber Security & AI

United Kingdom

About Me

Cyber Security BSc Graduate From a NCSC accredited course

Experiences

OT Technical Support Engineer

July 2024 - Present · Copa Data

  • Conducted troubleshooting and maintenance for OT systems to ensure continuous, secure operations.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to implement and verify updates, patches, and system upgrades.
  • Diagnosed network connectivity issues and performed root cause analysis to prevent recurrence.

Security Researcher Student

Summer 2023 · Thales

  • Conducted in-depth security research on Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) to identify potential vulnerabilities in OT environments.
  • Developed a custom exploitation script for a specific CVE.
  • Wrote a security report detailing findings, methodologies, and recommendations for mitigation.

Student Coach

2022 - 2024 · Cardiff Metropolitan University

  • Authored a blog sharing insights from the coaching experience at University.
  • Provided mentorship on day-to-day issues and academic assignments
  • Involved in problem-solving and improving student well-being.

Education

1st Class Bachelor of Science with Hons In Computer Security

2021 - 2024 · Cardiff Metropolitan University

Thesis: Enhancing User Understanding of Privacy Policies: AI-Generated Summaries of Privacy Policies.

A-Level - Computer Science, BTEC in Engineering

2013 - 2018 · Secondery School

Accolades, Certifications, Other

Accolades

Hackthebox: Participated in HTB Cyber Apocalypse CTF 2022.

Won a BAE CTF, competing against 8 other teams .

Certifications

ISO 27001: Information Security Management Systems Internal Auditor.

Tryhackme: Jr Penetration Tester Learning Path.

CodeAcademy: Language Models in Python: Generative Text.

CodeAcademy: Learn Python3.

CodeAcademy: Getting Started with Natural Language Processing.

CodeAcademy: Defending Against AI-Generated Attacks.

Cyber Ddraig 2023 Training & CTF.

Other

Gave a talk at AI Wales conference on 'The use of AI in Mass Social engineering'.

Became a University CTF Board member, creating labs and giving lectures on Pentesting techniques.

Projects

Ddraig Transformer

Implementation of a Transformer model for translating English into Welsh, inspired by the “Attention is All You Need” paper.

Follina_Box

A demostation of Follina, A CTF type box using vagrant

Python password manager

A Password manger developed in Python

Python_MFA

A multifactor authentication application developed in python

Skills

Python
Pytorch / Tensorflow
Linux (Arch btw)
Scripting
Security Tools (Nmap,Sqlmap,John,Hydra,burp,Metaspoit,ETC)