I am Saïd, and I'm into a lot of things.

the slightly longer version.

I am 23, based in Lyon, and in the final year of a Master's in cybersecurity at EPITECH. Three years in IT so far. IT support first, then systems and networks, eight months of full stack development, and two years as an apprentice at TotalEnergies, a CAC 40 energy company, doing systems, networks and security. Outside of that, cinema, piano, chess, and a bit of theatre.

I came into security through the offensive door. Hundreds of hours on HackTheBox, CTFs on weekends, 3rd place at POC CTF 2025 with first in web security, 22nd out of 116 at Insomni'Hack 2026, my first international. Then at some point I noticed I enjoyed catching the things I broke more than breaking them, and I chose the blue team on purpose. The plan from here is written down. SC-200 in October, BTL1 in November, Security+ in January, and a SOC analyst N1 seat right after.

When I am not studying for those, I build stuff. Everything on this site started as a question I could not leave alone. A market monitor because nobody watched French TCG shops properly. A voice tutor because I remember better when I talk than when I read. A C2 framework because reading about beaconing is not the same as having written one. Build it once, detect it once, learn it twice. That is the whole method.

One last thing. My apprenticeship ends in September 2026 and school right after, so from early 2027 I am on the market for my first SOC seat. I am not looking for just any desk. I want an ambitious team, the kind that actually hunts, writes its own detections and pulls its juniors up instead of watching them sink. France or the UK, and I will move for the right one. And it works both ways. If you are building something in security, or putting a team together, and you want someone who ships and learns fast, my inbox is open. GitHub, LinkedIn and email are right below.