Hands-on
How I secure it
Projects
Making people more resilient
A simulated inbox with eleven emails over three rounds: from fake addresses and QR phishing to CEO fraud and MFA fatigue. You click the red flags yourself and get a final report.
Try it live (Dutch)Making security visible
Pick Azure controls on a tight budget and launch the attack. Three missions, from web shop to Zero Trust, with an explanation of what would have stopped each attack.
Try it live (Dutch)About me
Looking for: permanent role or IT traineeship · 32 hours · remote/hybrid · Northern Netherlands
Including a year-long teaching placement. Reading sources critically and finding out what really happened. In security you do the same, with log files.
Solving problems calmly and explaining technology in plain language.
IT gives me energy. I learn by building and testing things myself, with AI as a tool.
All self-study. I take my exams on-site at Startel.
Least privilege, even for my own CV.
Lessons from history
History shows the same mistakes coming back again and again. Five lessons from the past, and what I do about them in Azure.
The Greeks did not climb the wall. They were brought inside, hidden in a gift.
NowZero Trust: never blindly trust what is already inside. Every sign-in is checked.
Caesar shifted every letter three places. Clever back then, cracked in a second today.
NowStrong encryption (HTTPS/TLS), and secrets kept safe in Key Vault.
France built a heavy line of defence. The German army attacked where the line ended: through the Ardennes.
NowDefence in depth: not just an outer wall, but identity, permissions and monitoring too.
The machine was strong, but fixed habits of its operators, such as predictable messages, helped the codebreakers.
NowPredictable habits are a risk: no reused passwords, and MFA with passkeys.
Systems administrator Cliff Stoll investigated a 75-cent accounting error and uncovered a hacker.
NowTake logs seriously. I'm learning to read them with Azure Monitor and KQL.
🔍 Spotting small anomalies pays off. There is one hidden on this site, too.
Career
WorkEducation
Support for hosting and domains, such as SSL certificates (Let's Encrypt) and password resets.
Completed the course in April 2025, then continued with labs. I did not take the exam.
Certificates earned (Cisco Networking Academy and Startel):
Customer service in finance, energy, IT support and humanitarian aid.
Platform connecting employers and students for internships.
Never trust, always verify. Also outside the cloud.