https://ktalons.github.io/Recent content on Kyle VersluisHugoenSun, 09 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://ktalons.github.io/blog/phase-a-active-is-not-proof/Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://ktalons.github.io/blog/phase-a-active-is-not-proof/Phase A is complete: agents on three real endpoints, Suricata on the wire, and a SOC dashboard in git. The recurring lesson: Active is a liveness signal, not an acceptance test.https://ktalons.github.io/projects/stigroll/Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://ktalons.github.io/projects/stigroll/Rolls DISA STIG checklists and SCAP scan results up to NIST SP 800-53 control families via DISA’s CCI mapping.https://ktalons.github.io/projects/home-vpn-lab/Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://ktalons.github.io/projects/home-vpn-lab/A WireGuard server on consumer router hardware, documented as a sanitized public reference build.https://ktalons.github.io/blog/phase-0-off-the-dongle/Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://ktalons.github.io/blog/phase-0-off-the-dongle/Phase 0 is complete: host hardened, stack green, backups proven, default credentials gone.https://ktalons.github.io/blog/talonsoclab-booting/Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://ktalons.github.io/blog/talonsoclab-booting/TalonSocLab stops being a plan: the hardware, the stack, and the phased buildout ahead.https://ktalons.github.io/projects/iaes-soc-elk-stack-snapshot/Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://ktalons.github.io/projects/iaes-soc-elk-stack-snapshot/Public snapshot of my OT SOC engineering work at UArizona FM: ECS-mapped Logstash ingestion pipelines plus three custom operations tools (DLQ Watcher, DLQ Manager, and UTIS Reports Ingestion Helper).https://ktalons.github.io/projects/talonsoclab/Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://ktalons.github.io/projects/talonsoclab/My first home lab: a self-hosted SOC built and documented publicly across four phases. The deterministic data plane that feeds CASA, my agentic reasoning layer.https://ktalons.github.io/blog/welcome/Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://ktalons.github.io/blog/welcome/A preview of the TalonSocLab buildout.https://ktalons.github.io/projects/agent-kyle/Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://ktalons.github.io/projects/agent-kyle/My senior capstone work on Project Twilight Synapse: a Docker-based multi-agent cybersecurity analysis platform built with the Arizona Cybersecurity Clinic.https://ktalons.github.io/projects/bashedlogs/Tue, 21 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://ktalons.github.io/projects/bashedlogs/Zero-dependency Bash CLI for SOC log triage with automatic format detection.https://ktalons.github.io/projects/cybersec-discord-bot/Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://ktalons.github.io/projects/cybersec-discord-bot/Discord bot for cybersecurity clubs and communities, built for The Cyber Saguaros Club at the University of Arizona.https://ktalons.github.io/projects/pcappuller/Tue, 01 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://ktalons.github.io/projects/pcappuller/Python utility for high-volume packet collections: exact time windows, batch merges, resumable three-step workflow.https://ktalons.github.io/projects/violent-python/Thu, 01 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://ktalons.github.io/projects/violent-python/A curated, runnable collection of cyber operations Python scripting assignments, with a cross-platform launcher and interactive showcase.https://ktalons.github.io/projects/osticket-soc-tooling/Sat, 21 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://ktalons.github.io/projects/osticket-soc-tooling/Installation, configuration, and incident-workflow tutorials for deploying osTicket as a SOC ticketing system.https://ktalons.github.io/about/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://ktalons.github.io/about/Kyle Versluis, a cybersecurity analyst and engineer in Tucson building a personal SOC in public.https://ktalons.github.io/contact/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://ktalons.github.io/contact/Get in touch with Kyle Versluis.