03Games
Minecraft Mod
An immersive horror mod: custom entities, JSON and loot-table work. Not hosted online yet.
In progressWIP
Cybersecurity · University of Cincinnati
Zack Crawford
Cybersecurity student at the University of Cincinnati. This summer I wrote executive briefings on AI-era security risk for LEMA Collective. Outside of class I work through CTF challenges, review albums, and build the sites they live on.
- DegreeB.S. Cybersecurity, Dec. 2027
- GPA3.93
- CertificationCompTIA Security+
- BasedCleveland, OH
Projects
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01CTF
picoCTF Solves
Documented picoCTF challenge solutions, focused on the reasoning and method behind each one.
View project →Live
02Web
Album Reviews
A static album-review site with search, plus a Python pipeline for scoring, cover art, RSS, and newsletters.
View project →Live
04Security
SOC Automation Lab
Automating alert triage and response: ingesting alerts, enriching them, and opening cases without manual steps.
Planned■ In progress
05Cloud
Cloud Security Lab
Building and hardening a small cloud environment, from identity and logging to catching misconfigurations.
Planned■ In progress
06Security
Phishing Analysis Lab
Taking apart suspicious emails, from headers and links to attachments, and writing up a verdict for each.
Planned■ In progress
07Security
Active Directory Lab
A home Windows domain for practising how Active Directory is attacked, and how to defend it.
Planned■ In progress
08Detection
SIEM Detection Lab
Writing and testing SIEM detection rules against simulated attacks, then tuning out the noise.
Planned■ In progress
09Misc
Other Projects
Smaller builds, scripts, and experiments that don't need a page of their own.
View on GitHub →GitHub
Record
Experience & Education
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University of Cincinnati, CECH
B.S. Cybersecurity · GPA 3.93 · Cincinnati, OH
Computer and Network Forensics, Network Monitoring and IPS, System Analysis and Design, Special Topics in Cybersecurity.
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CompTIA Security+ SY0-701
Threat identification, secure architecture, IAM, risk management, cryptography and PKI.
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LEMA Collective · Cybersecurity Intern
Remote
- Authored a nine-part executive briefing series on AI-era cybersecurity risk for a C-suite audience, translating technical incidents into business consequence and the decision each one forces.
- Built role-specific analyses mapping a single breach to seven executive seats, tying each lesson to a documented consequence for that role.
- Ran multiple editorial review cycles with the firm's founder, converting feedback into structural standards applied across the series.
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Cuyahoga Community College, Western
A.A.B. Cybersecurity · GPA 3.3 · Parma, OH
OS Hardware for Cybersecurity, Advanced Network Security, Systems Defense, Network Security Fundamentals, Linux Administration.
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North Royalton High School
High School Diploma · GPA 3.5 · North Royalton, OH
President's Award, National Honors Diploma; AP Macroeconomics, AP U.S. Government.
Skills
- Python
- Linux
- SQL
- Ethical Hacking
- Incident Response
- Network Security
- Penetration Testing
- English (Native)
- French (Novice)