Documenting Procedures for Information Systems
We work on projects that have had real-world applications and document the process. This allows for quick replication of systems and software.
Documentation takes place between identifying a potential need and predicting value and demand for the process.
Our documentation is provided for free. We aim to provide support with permission requested from our clients. We use troubleshooting solutions to update our documentation to share.
Support requiring discretion or exclusion from the documentation process is not provided without a consult.
Our Vision
We want to create documentation that we can share with other professionals. We hope to contribute and receive input on my projects.
Our Mission
Creating concise and actionable documentation based on previous experience and input to foster a stronger community and knowledge sharing.
Our Process
We create Word documents that outline an internal system process. The document undergoes various revisions. Once an internal system is fully documented, we take the relevant information and compile an agnostic analysis.
Primary Topics
Active Directory
Our working environment uses multiple domain controllers for redundancy and disaster recovery. With the environment, we test several group policy configurations including patching and certificate authority distribution.
The environment also ties in with Azure Active Directory and Intune, allowing a wide and diverse testing environment for any situation that may need to be researched.
Certificate Authorities
We have worked with Active Directory Certificate Services in the past. Our experience with ADCS was a bit lackluster, leading to our research for alternatives. The current contender is EJBCA.
Creating and deploying CAs and subordinate CAs has been a fun challenge, especially to applications that do not support internal CA assignments.
Proxmox
Proxmox has been amazing to work with, but it has its downsides. The major pain point we have had with Proxmox VE is clustering, as it has strict requirements to function properly. We have instead moved away from clustering and have begun testing of Proxmox Datacenter Manager to oversee and migrate VMs and LXCs.
OPNSense
We have plenty of experience with OPNSense and its deployment. From setting up dynamic DNS to mesh VPN tunnels between sites, we have performed extensive work integrating OPNSense into our environment in a style we love.
VPN configuration and setup has been extensively documented and we look forward to sharing our knowledge here.
About Us
Edward A.
Professional Experience
I have nearly five years of experience within IT. I have mainly worked as a systems administrator with a focus on information security.
I have worked both for privately owned companies and publicly traded enterprises. I have experience working with highly intelligent people who have defined my knowledge of what information security is about.
My current focus is in the government sector as I seek to learn more about formal cyber defense policies. I hope to translate those skills towards other environments in an effort to not only learn, but apply the policies and techniques I know.
Education
I have studied at several schools. The most notable institutions are Western Iowa Tech Community College and Western Governors University.
Western Iowa Tech provided in-depth knowledge in cyber defense and offensive operations. I learned plenty about the basics of penetration testing and information security. I credit the majority of my skills to have been developed while going to Western Iowa Tech.
Western Governors University develops managerial and administrative skills within cybersecurity. From studying the intricacies of FISMA to understanding the position that cybersecurity plays within an organization, I rounded out my knowledge to not be solely technically focused
Extracurricular
My main participation in extracurricular activities involves the National Cyber League competition. I have not qualified out of the competitive side of the event yet, but even so I hope to continue participating in the unranked section in the future. This competition helps keep my skills sharp and up to date with both defensive and offensive challenges.
Test Lab
My in-house test lab consists of several servers and locations spread across the US. This topology provides me with plenty of challenge to develop and maintain. I keep plenty of hardware on standby for testing, and can quickly stage environments based on needs.
This environment is my greatest accomplishment and I look forward to continue working on it.
Contributing
Documentation is never perfect. If you would like to participate and update the documentation provided, feel free to annotate and make corrections. You may share those corrections with me and we will review and implement on the website. We will include a contributors section for each documentation post, with dynamic options and considerations for handling privacy.
