Education
Canterbury Christ Church University
B.Sc Computer Forensics and Security 1st Class Honours (Class of 2018) - Dissertation
Employment
Threat Intelligence Consultant - November 2022 - Present
Intrusions Analyst - November 2021 - September 2022
Digital Forensics Analyst - Febuary 2020 - November 2021
Intrusions Response Analyst - August 2018 - October 2019
Internship
Cyber Investigations Intern - July 2017 - September 2017
Learning Development
Autopsy Basics and Hands On (8-Hours)
X-Ways Forensics - Verification
Elastic Introduction to Observability: Logging
Elastic SIEM Fundamentals
SANS FOR528 Ransomware for Incident Responders
Cyware Certified CTIX Analyst (Expires August 2024)
Critical Thinking and Structed Analysis Pherson Assoicates
Threat Intelligence/Digital Forensics Skills
Operating Systems - MacOS, Windows and GNU/Linux
Forensic Tools - EnCase, X-Ways, Autopsy
Incident Response - Endpoint Security, Elastic
Open Source Intelligence - Spiderfoot hx, Cyberint Argos, VirusTotal Enterprise (YARA rule generation), Elastic, TOR, Cyware CTIX
Reverse Engineering - Ghidra-SRE, Dotnet Peak
Bug Bounty - HackerOne Profile
Programming Skills
Python
Swift
C#
Flask
SQL
Digital Forensics Tools
FireKitty - Digital Forensics tool for Discord
IceKitty - Digital Forensics tool for Teamspeak3
Aegis - Web GUI for YARA
Humanitarian Tools
InvictaTTS - Free text to speech software
for Windows,iOS and MacOS
Valkyrie - Humanitarian SMS bot
VirtQueue - Virtual Queue for shops
About KittyMagician
Hello and thanks for visiting my little corner of the internet.
I am a Cyber Threat Intelligence Consultant with previous experience as a Digital Forensics and DFIR analyst.
My academic background includes a first class degree in my specialist field and industry
certifications.
At University I developed my speciality for video game forensics. I have also conducted guest lectures for
University societies.
Questions
Q: What does a Digital Forensic Analyst do?
A: Digital Forensic Analyst examines digital devices and provides testimony in court.
Q: What does a Cyber Threat Intelligence Consultant do?
This varies on the task being requested. I currently work on CBESTs and TIBERs
The role requires knowledge of open source intelligence techiques, business related systems and vulnerabilities and threats.
Q: Can you teach me how to do this?
A: Sorry No. However there are many Universities that offer Digital Forensics/Cyber Security Courses and YouTube Channels such as 13Cubed that provide a introduction to Digital Forensics.
I have in past mentored students and undergraduates.
Q: What made you want to do this?
A: When I was 7 years old I thought it would be cool to do digital forensics as a job. It marries up two of my passions: Science and Computers!
Q: When did you learn how to code?
A: I started coding when I was 18. C# was my first language however I moved onto Python which has become my go-to language. I also sometimes code projects in Swift.
Q: Can I hire you?
A: Recruiters can contact me
Please
note I look at roles in Cyber Threat Intelligence/Digital Forensics/DFIR.
