CYBER // Abbas Salim

// capabilities

Offense & Defense

I work both sides of the wire. Toggle the engagement - the whole console shifts with it.

[ OFFENSE ] Find the gaps before the adversary does.

Penetration Testing

Probe systems for weaknesses the way a real attacker would.

offense

Reconnaissance

Map the target - surface, services, and entry points.

recon

Vulnerability Assessment

Identify and prioritize exploitable weaknesses.

assess

Network Scanning

Enumerate hosts, ports, and services with Nmap.

nmap

Ethical Hacking

Adversary simulation in a controlled, authorized scope.

kali linux

Security Automation

Automate recon and testing with Python & Bash.

python · bash

[ DEFENSE ] Detect, respond, harden. Proactive by default.

Threat Detection

Spot anomalies and indicators before they escalate.

monitoring

Incident Response

Contain, analyze, and recover when something breaks.

response

System Hardening

Lock down configs and shrink the attack surface.

hardening

Cloud Security

Secure cloud environments and remediate misconfig.

cloud

Risk Assessment

Weigh exposure and drive proactive defense strategy.

risk

IAM & CI/CD Security

Authentication controls and pipeline security automation.

iam · ci/cd

// engagement lifecycle

Recon to Report

How an offensive engagement runs - find the gaps before the adversary does.

red

Recon

Map the target & gather intel.

red

Scan

Enumerate hosts, ports & services.

red

Exploit

Gain access, validate the vuln.

red

Escalate

Privilege escalation & lateral movement.

red

Persist

Maintain access, prove the impact.

red

Report

Document findings & remediation.

blue

Detect

Surface anomalies & indicators.

blue

Triage

Analyze & prioritize the alert.

blue

Contain

Isolate the affected systems.

blue

Eradicate

Remove the threat & root cause.

blue

Recover

Restore operations safely.

blue

Harden

Patch, document & strengthen.

// arsenal

Tools & Tech

Core stack from my hands-on work - add more as you go.

Nmap

scanning

Wireshark

analysis

Kali Linux

offense

Python

automation

Bash

scripting

Penetration TestingNetwork SecuritySecure Development Vulnerability AssessmentReconnaissanceSecurity Automation Cloud SecuritySystem HardeningCI/CD Security Authentication / IAMThreat DetectionRisk Assessment

// live console

The SOC Desk

An ambient look at the monitoring mindset - demo telemetry, not client data.

EVENT_FEED - live

PERIMETER MONITORED
STATUS NOMINAL

Projects

Roles

Certs Earned

Degrees

// credentials

Education & Certs

Education · 2 Degrees

University of Houston

B.S. Computer Information Systems (CIS) - Cum Laude, 2025. Foundation in cybersecurity, networking & secure development.

Lone Star College

Associate of Science (A.S.).

Certifications · Earned

Certified Network Security ExpertCertified

Mastercard - Cybersecurity Job SimulationCompleted

Datacom - Cybersecurity Operations Job SimulationCompleted

// in progress

CompTIA Security+In Progress

CompTIA Network+In Progress

CEH - Certified Ethical HackerIn Progress

// experience

Work Experience

Professional roles & milestones - add company, title, dates, and a one-line impact for each.

Founder & Owner

CEO & FounderBROLLBIZZ LLC

Present · Houston, TX · Parent company for every brand below

Founder and owner of BROLLBIZZ LLC - a vertically integrated umbrella company I built and run across manufacturing, media, services, and retail. I own the IP, the manufacturing, the sales channel, and the operating infrastructure end to end. As a custom manufacturer I produce collectible figures, personalized pieces, and home-decor items in house - from a single unit upward, with no contract factory and no inventory risk - alongside a founder-led content studio, a barbering practice, two online technology arms, a digital-wardrobe and apparel brand, and a cybersecurity venture.

Perso.Prints - the flagship. An original character world released as limited collectible art and customizable figures, manufactured in house on my own resin and filament farm - custom collectibles, personalized pieces, and home decor, made to order.
BrollBas - my content and media studio: production for myself and for clients, and the owned distribution channel behind everything else.
CutsByBas - my barbering practice and the in-person side of the brand.
Broll-DevOps - online tech services: websites and applications delivered end to end, with my own engineering and security oversight on the build.
Broll-Workflow - business automation: I map the repetitive work inside a business and turn it into workflows that run themselves, then maintain them.
Broll.Regime - my clothing line: original apparel designed and produced in house.
Fitted Stylez - my digital-wardrobe and styling platform: a realistic 3D app to build outfits and share fits.
CyberBoss - my cybersecurity venture, built on my active security career - defensive services and secure engineering.

Perso.PrintsBrollBasCutsByBasBroll-DevOpsBroll-WorkflowBroll.RegimeFitted StylezCyberBoss

Network Project ManagerOneSource Building Technology

Aug 2025 - Dec 2025

Improved enterprise network performance through log analysis and by optimizing firewalls, VPNs, VLANs, and access controls - raising average up/download speeds and cutting connectivity issues.
Awarded for the most technical certifications during tenure; coordinated with field technicians and network engineers to resolve multi-site issues with minimal downtime.

Network AnalystOneSource Building Technology

Jul 2025 - Aug 2025

Network performance analysis and troubleshooting across multi-site environments - the groundwork that led into the project-management role.

Cybersecurity Analyst - InternCioré

Apr 2025 - Jul 2025

Supported a green-tech startup building a fully encrypted, in-house operating system - assisting security analysis across the early-stage platform.
Ran vulnerability assessments and reviewed encryption and access controls, helping harden the foundation of a privacy-first OS.

# draft description - edit to match your actual scope

System AdministratorInterSolutions, LLC

Aug 2021 - Jan 2025 · 4 yrs

Managed enterprise authentication and access-control systems, resolving identity, permission, and application issues for secure, reliable operations.
Served as an escalation point for infrastructure issues, reducing repeat incidents through troubleshooting and clear communication with technical teams and end users.

// selected work

The Projects

A full portfolio - offensive, defensive, and engineering work. Red = offense, blue = defense, gold = build.

BROLLBIZZ - brollbizz.com

The platform you're on - designed, engineered, and deployed end to end. The full digital home of my LLC: a multi-brand experience with e-commerce and secure Stripe checkout, a real-time WebGL 3D customizer, animated per-tab environments, video integration, and a digital contact card - shipped to production through a custom deploy pipeline. Front to back: UX & design, full-stack engineering, and DevOps - the same end-to-end development and deployment I deliver for clients through Broll-DevOps.

build · full-stack · devops · live

Microsoft Azure SOC Lab

Stood up a full security-operations lab in Azure - log ingestion, monitoring, and alerting to run real SOC detection workflows.

soc · azure

Real-Time Threat Detection App

Engineered an application that monitors activity and flags threats as they happen.

detection

Custom Honeypot

Built a honeypot to lure, observe, and log attacker behavior - early warning and threat intel.

deception

Splunk - SSH Log Analysis

Ingested SSH logs into Splunk to detect brute-force attempts and anomalous access.

splunk · siem

Splunk - DNS Log Analysis

DNS log analysis in Splunk surfacing suspicious lookups and potential C2 / exfiltration.

splunk · siem

Palo Alto Firewall

Configured and hardened a Palo Alto next-gen firewall - zones, policies, and traffic inspection.

firewall

Advanced Keylogger

Engineered a keylogger to study input-capture and endpoint-evasion techniques - offensive research to sharpen defense.

offense · research

End-to-End Message Encrypter

Built a fully end-to-end encrypted messaging tool - plaintext never leaves the endpoints.

cryptography

Nova - AI Assistant

A personal AI assistant built from the ground up to handle tasks, answer questions, and automate the day.

Cloud Game-Sim Task Scheduler

A cloud-based task scheduler orchestrating jobs and resources for a game simulation.

cloud

Travel Agency Web App

Full-stack travel-agency platform, front to back - design to deployment (details under wraps).

full-stack

Let's connect.

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