Project: Building a Secure Home Lab
Executive Summary I built a virtualized Active Directory environment to simulate enterprise network attacks and defenses. The goal was to practice log analysis, GPO configuration, and malware containment in a safe sandbox. Tools Used Hypervisor: VMware Workstation Pro / VirtualBox OS: Windows Server 2019, Windows 11 Home, Kali Linux Security Tools: Splunk (SIEM), PfSense (Firewall) The Setup I configured a Domain Controller (DC) and two client machines. I implemented the following security controls: ...