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mello-io/README.md

Hello there !! Let's Connect!☕💬

👨🏻‍💻 Security File : [DECLASSIFIED]

type:             public_trust
name:             Derick Dmello
located_in:       New York
status:           Open to → SOC | GRC | DFIR roles
industry:         Public Sector & Higher Ed. Cyber Defence

education:
  - "Self-taught Red Teamer with a core focus on Cyber Defence"
  - "🎓 M.S. Digital Forensics & Cyber Security"
  - "🎓 B.S. IT Infrastructure Management & Cyber Security"

fields_of_interest:
  - "Security Operations (SOC Tier 1–3)"
  - "Incident Response & Digital Forensics (DFIR)"
  - "Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)"
  - "Cyber Threat Intelligence & OSINT"
  - "Cloud Security & DevSecOps"

technical_background:
  - "Threat Detection, Log Correlation & SIEM Engineering"
  - "IR Playbook Development & Root Cause Analysis"
  - "Security Compliance → NIST CSF/800-53, CIS, ISO 27001, ISO 42001, SOC2, PCI-DSS"
  - "Vulnerability Assessment & Adversary Simulation"
  - "Sandboxing, Virtualization & Homelab Infrastructure"

currently_building:
  - "SIEM detection rule library (Splunk + Elastic)"
  - "AI assited IR scripts"
  - "ATT&CK-mapped homelab threat simulation environment"

2026_goals:
  - "Ship 3+ public security engineering projects"
  - "Contribute to open-source threat intel tooling"
  - "Earn CISA / CISSP"

📊 GitHub Activity

🔬 Featured Projects

Project Description Status
🚨 S.I.R.T. AI-powered SOC analyst assistant generating stack-specific, MITRE ATT&CK-tagged IR checklists. Live at sirt-five.vercel.app 🟢 Live
🏢 ResolvX GRC A complete end-to-end GRC program for a fictional mid-size fintech SaaS service organization 🟢 Active
🐍 Mini-PySec Projects Python security tool suite — offensive & defensive, built through full SDLC 🟢 Active
🏗️ Homelab Enterprise IT Simulated enterprise IT environment for detection & response testing 🟢 Active
📡 SIEM Detection Library Splunk & Elastic detection rules mapped to MITRE ATT&CK 🔨 In Progress

🧰 Toolkit

Security Ops Splunk   Elastic Stack   MS Sentinel   Wazuh   CrowdStrike Falcon   The Hive   MITRE ATT&CK   Nessus   OpenVAS
DFIR Autopsy   Volatility   KAPE   FTK Imager   Redline   Belkasoft X   Wireshark   CAINE
Network & Infra Cisco   Checkpoint NGFW   Active Directory   VPN / IDS / IPS   VMware ESXi   Entra ID
Compliance NIST CSF   NIST 800-53   NIST 800-37   ISO 27001:2022   ISO 42001:2023   PCI-DSS   HIPAA   SOC 2   Vanta   RSA Archer

"Security is not a product, but a process." – Bruce Schneier

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  1. Operations-in-Cyber-Defense-I Operations-in-Cyber-Defense-I Public

    This academic project explores defensive cybersecurity operations through practical implementation of Security Operations Center (SOC) workflows and Network Security Monitoring (NSM)

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  2. Operations-in-Cyber-Defense-II Operations-in-Cyber-Defense-II Public

    This project demonstrates Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) methodologies in enterprise Security Operations Centers.

  3. ResolvX-GRC-Program ResolvX-GRC-Program Public

    A complete end-to-end GRC program for a fictional mid-size fintech SaaS service organization "ResolvX".

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  4. Mini-PySec-Projects Mini-PySec-Projects Public

    Small scale locally deployable python projects for offensive and defensive security.

    Python

  5. Enterprise-IT-Infrastructure-Lab Enterprise-IT-Infrastructure-Lab Public

    Enterprise grade IT infrastructure home lab.