Hi there, I'm Alex 👋

I'm Lead Cyber Security Engineer at Raft, a new breed of consultancy dedicated to building solutions that actually work for the US Federal Government, a member of the CNCF TAG-Security, and a freelance writer.

  class Alex:
    def __init__(self)
      self.name = Alex + Floyd Marshall
      self.memberships = Cloud Native Security Foundation TAG-Security + Raft LLC + Soren LLC
      self.languages = Python + JavaScript + PHP + [🌱'Learning'🌱: 'Goalng', 'C']
      self.editor = Emacs
      self.stacks = Terraform + Kubernetes + Ansible + MacOS + Linux
      self.interests = Cybersecurity + Dev(Sec)Ops + Functional Programming + Test Driven Development
      self.hobbies = Playing Guitar + Audio Editing + Amateur Pig Farming + Drinking Tea
    
  from MyBrain import projects
   
  def projects():
    r = requests.get(current🔭, future🤔)
    return r.json()
    
   {
    "current🔭": [
      {
        "name": "Ansible Mac Security"
        "base-stack": ["Ansible"]
        "description": "Ansible playbook applying CIS and other security hardening best practices to a new Mac out of the box."
      },
      {
        "name": "Secure GitHub",
        "base-stack": ["Python", "GraphQL", "GitHub API"],
        "description": "Python script that uses the GitHub API to configure settings for a repo in keeping with the CNCF Supply Chain Security White Paper recommendations for protecting first-party code repositories"
      },
      {
        "name": "Secure Terraform Modules AWS",
        "base-stack": ["Terraform"],
        "description": "Collection of modules for building secure infrastructure on AWS out of the box. Ensures compliance with CIS, NIST-53, and AWS Security Foundations."
      },
      {
        "name": "BangIND",
        "base-stack": ["Kubernetes", "Helm", "Docker"],
        "description": "A stripped down implementation of a PlatformOne BigBang cluster in Docker (KIND) for local application development and testing."
      }
      {
        "name": "LADS",
        "base-stack": ["Terraform", "localstack", "Docker"]
        "description": "Local AWS Docker Simulator. A docker image running a localstack docker container + terraform testing tools -> easy local development environment for testing terraform definitions."
      }
    ],
    "future🤔": [
      {
        "name": "Cloister",
        "base-stack": ["Munki", "S3", "AWS Lamda"],
        "description": "Set of tools/services to deploy, manage, monitor, and protect a fleet of MacOS devices in a remote workforce"
      },
      {
        "name": "Soren Review",
        "base-stack": ["Python", "Swift", "PostreSQL"],
        "description": "Speciality news reading mobile app focused on leading think-tanks/NGOs from around the world"
      },
      {
        "name": "uSure",
        "base-stack": ["golang"]
        "description": "Wrapper around package managers that checks for potential mispellings that might point you at a typo-squat package."
      }
    ]
   }

Get in Touch:

I'm happy to talk about ideas, projects, and other ways we might work together. Email