Hello! My name is Angel Sanchez. I have always had an interest in IT and recently returned to school to obtain my B.S. in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance from Western Governors University.
Certifications
I have obtained several certifications that were included in the degree plan from WGU. These are listed below.
- Associate of ISC2 - Systems Security Certified Practitioner - SSCP
- CompTIA CySa+
- CompTIA Project+
- CompTIA PenTest+
- CompTIA Security+
- CompTIA Network+
- Axelos ITILv4 Foundation - IT Management
- CompTIA A+
I am currently studying to obtain the following certifications.
- CompTIA Linux+
- LPIC 1 – Linux Administrator
Home Lab
I have a wide range of devices that I use for my home lab environment. I started out using a few Raspberry Pi devices to implement some of the interesting web applications being demonstrated in YouTube tutorials. When I noticed my Raspberry Pi being under a consistently high RAM usage, I brought out my old PC I had in the closet to use as a server which let me upgrade the RAM as well. I also upgraded the CPU to a higher end one that was supported by my motherboard.
I currently have two servers currently running in my home lab environment. They are both running Proxmox. I use one as a production server where I host several applications for my household. I use the other one to deploy new virtual machines and test out technologies that I am not familiar with.
I also have several virtual private servers hosted in the cloud. These servers hosts several web apps such as a website monitoring tool (Uptime Kuma), an automation platform (n8n), this website, and other web apps.
I am currently running PFsense in my home network. This is an open source router/ firewall that is also used in some enterprise environments. I have also deployed an instance of PfSense in one of my Proxmox servers that I use to test out new features I want to implement in my main PfSense router/ firewall.