Systems over demos
A detection is one part of a control. I build the inputs, validation, deployment, and failure handling around it, then document them so another engineer can follow the path.
About
I build detection systems that show their work.
I'm Rasheed Farhat, a security engineer in Chico, California. My work sits where detection logic, software behavior, and operational constraints have to function together.
How I work
Build the mechanism. Test the claim. State the limit.
Measured claims
I prefer a bounded, reproducible result to a broad one. Corpus limits and evasion gaps are published next to the numbers they qualify.
My code gets reviewed too
The identity deception case study lists its own webhook authentication and source-attribution gaps. Finding those is part of the work, not a footnote.
Write it down
Every project ships with the trace, the threat model, or the report another person needs to verify or challenge the result.
Record
The short version.
- 2025 to present
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Independent security engineering projects
Detection-as-Code, MCP security review, identity deception, and a published Android malware investigation.
- 2025 to 2026
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CompTIA Security+ and CySA+
Security+ active October 2025 to October 2028. CySA+ active May 2026 to May 2029.
- Oct 2024 to Apr 2025
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CrowdStrike Cybersecurity Mentorship Program
Incident detection, containment, and escalation with Falcon EDR, Splunk, and Wireshark in simulated red-team and blue-team scenarios.
- 2024
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National Cyber League competitor
Timed OSINT, network traffic, log review, cryptography, and incident-handling challenges. Top-percentile national ranking across the Spring and Fall seasons.
- 2024
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A.S. Cybersecurity and Information Assurance, Butte College
Dean's List, and the ISACA Foundation NCL Games Scholarship.
What I'm seeking
A team that expects engineers to explain the tradeoff.
Junior roles in detection engineering, security automation, SOC engineering, or cloud and application security, where I can own detection content and the systems around it.