name: Dharmin Patel
role: Cybersecurity & Software Development Student
focus: Security Analysis & Incident Response
education: B.S./M.S. Cybersecurity & IT @ Univ. of Cincinnati
gpa: 4.00
pronouns: he/him
certifications:
- CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701)
- Cybersecurity Foundations
- The Cybersecurity Threat Landscape
interests:
- 🔍 Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing
- 🛡️ Incident Response & Digital Forensics
- 💻 Full-Stack Development
- 🖥️ Home Lab & Virtualization (Proxmox)
- 🌐 DNS, Network Security & Zero Trust
currently_learning:
- Cloud Security Architecture
- Advanced Forensics (Volatility, Autopsy)
- Zero Trust Network Access
fun_facts:
- 🏠 Self-hosts Pi-hole, VaultWarden, and n8n at home
- 🔬 Built and tested a ransomware IR framework in a sandboxed lab
- 📚 CTF competitor across crypto, web, and reverse engineering
| Project | Description | Stack |
|---|---|---|
| 🔐 Ransomware IR Framework | Designed and tested a structured incident response & digital forensics framework against simulated ransomware in an isolated VirtualBox lab | Volatility 3, Autopsy, Wireshark, Wazuh, Sysmon, Python |
| 🎮 GameHub | SPA game hub with 9 mini-games, global player context, dark/light theme, and Playwright E2E tests | React, Vite, React Router, Playwright |
| 🎓 Enterprise Student Directory | REST API-backed student directory for tri-state universities with partial search, input validation, and CI/CD pipeline | Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, Docker, GitHub Actions |
| 📱 SyncStudy | Cross-platform study planner for Android/iOS to manage tasks, set goals, and track academic progress | C#, .NET MAUI, SQLite, MVVM |
| 🤖 n8n Automation Server | Self-hosted workflow automation behind a Cloudflare Zero Trust tunnel — handles VM updates and email categorization | n8n, Docker, Cloudflare Zero Trust |
| 🔑 VaultWarden | Self-hosted password manager in the home lab with reverse proxy and SMTP-based MFA | Docker, Nginx, SMTP |
| 🖥️ Proxmox Home Lab | Virtualized server environment for network simulation and security protocol testing | Proxmox VE, VLANs |
| 🚫 Pi-hole | Network-wide ad and tracker blocker running on a Raspberry Pi | Raspberry Pi, DNS |
| 🚩 CTF Challenges | Collection of authored CTF challenges across crypto, reverse engineering, and web (SQLi) | Python, C, Docker, SQL |
| 🔐 Cybersecurity | 💻 Development | 🌐 Infrastructure |
|---|---|---|
| Incident Response & Forensics | Full-Stack Applications | Proxmox Home Lab |
| Penetration Testing | Security-First Coding | Zero Trust Networking |
| Log Analysis & Threat Detection | Cross-Platform Mobile (MAUI) | DNS & Reverse Proxy |
| CTF Challenges | CI/CD with GitHub Actions | Self-hosted Services |
