Brett Banks
Engineer of systems that fight back
I design and break down complex environments from enterprise labs to SOC pipelines — and automate the grind so teams can focus on what matters: defense.
Services
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Incident Response & DFIR
Most SMBs can’t afford a full IR team, but they can’t afford downtime either. I provide enterprise-grade response playbooks, on-demand containment, and clear post-incident reporting—without the cost of a retained big-four firm.
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SIEM Modernization & MITRE Alignment
Enterprises don’t fail for lack of logs—they fail from too many alerts. I cut through noise and build detections that actually matter, aligning alerts to real-world adversary techniques.
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Vulnerability & Phishing Readiness Package
HIPAA clinics, law firms, and fintechs are prime phishing targets. I help them harden email defenses, teach staff to respond, and close critical vulnerabilities—so auditors, insurers, and regulators see a proactive, defensible security program.
Portfolio
AI-RedOps: Exploit Simulation Lab
This project simulates an FTP-based cyber attack using Kali Linux and analyzes it using Wireshark and AI-generated SOC reporting. It demonstrates how even failed login attempts can provide valuable intelligence to blue teams.
IT Ops Incident Workflow Simulation
End-to-end SOC workflow: Splunk, Jira, PowerShell
Hi I’m Brett,
a cybersecurity consultant focused on helping organizations respond to threats, reduce noise, and build security programs that actually work.
My career began in industrial engineering, where I learned to think in systems, scale complexity, and design for reliability. Those lessons shaped how I approach cybersecurity: every alert, every endpoint, every control is part of a larger system that has to withstand real-world pressure.
Today, I work with businesses to:
Respond to incidents — triaging alerts, isolating compromised hosts, and guiding teams through containment, eradication, and recovery.
Modernize detections — tuning SIEM and EDR platforms like Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, and Palo Alto XSIAM so teams can focus on the attacks that matter.
Strengthen defenses — running vulnerability scans, building phishing playbooks, and delivering clear executive reporting that ties security actions to business impact.
I run a lean, hands-on consultancy. Most of the work I do is in-house — from investigation to reporting — and when projects demand more scale, I bring in specialized partners to get the job done right.
What drives me is simple: I want to be one of the best in the world at incident response and detection engineering, and I use that pursuit to protect the organizations that trust me with their security..
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