Hi, I’m Jen: a network security engineer, detection nerd, technical storyteller, and unapologetically weird little creature of the internet.
I build practical security projects, investigate synthetic incidents, explain what I learn, and refuse to accept that serious engineering has to live inside a gray rectangle.
PastelIntel on Twitch
Come hang out while I build detection labs, investigate synthetic incidents, learn in public, troubleshoot things that have become personal, and explain the useful parts as I go.
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Resident wool-based analyst
She has soft wool, excellent glasses, and suspiciously strong opinions about your firewall rules.
Read Patch’s file →The personal half
I grew up on a sheep farm, dress like color theory is a competitive sport, and like my cybersecurity with equal parts precision and curiosity. This site is the intersection.
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