NICHOLAS LIVERETT(7)                                                    NICHOLAS LIVERETT(7)

NAME

Nicholas Liverett - Cybersecurity Student

SYNOPSIS

nicholas [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARG...]

DESCRIPTION

nicholas is currently working towards finishing school. He's passionate about learning, nature, and everything computers. He's interested in network engineering, homelabbing, red teaming, and general cybersecurity.

HISTORY

* CEROC at Tennessee Tech

- OCIG Lead - Offensive Cyber Interest Group | April 2025 to Present

Restructured meetings from lecture-heavy to hands-on format; participation increased to 40+ students.
* Coordinates 20-person mentor team to design, build, and deploy offensive/defensive labs on virtual cyber range.
* Designs labs spanning recon, exploitation, privilege escalation, and persistence. Manages procurement and VM configuration.
* Covers offensive topics including SQLi, XSS, SSRF, fuzzing, enumeration, verb tampering, and related OWASP topics.

- Volunteer Penetration Tester, ZOE International | Aug 2025 to Jan 2026

Conducted comprehensive security assessment of public assets; delivered professional technical report with findings and prioritized risk ratings.
* Web application penetration testing with Burp Suite, ffuf, and industry-standard tools against production and development environments.
* Collaborated with stakeholders to communicate technical risks in business context and ensure clear path to remediation.

- CIG Mentor - Offensive, Defensive, and CTF Interest Groups | Oct 2024 to April 2025

Mentored students through the transition from theoretical knowledge to practical application.
* Developed and led workshops on SQL injection, Linux privilege escalation, web exploitation, and network traffic analysis with Wireshark.
* Assisted students with troubleshooting, guided writeups, recruited members, and contributed to growth of the cybersecurity community.

* Competition History

- CPTC 11, Web Competitor | Oct–Nov 2025 | 3rd in central region, perfect technical score

8-hour black-box penetration test identifying misconfigurations across website, Windows, Active Directory, and IoT devices.
* Delivered 60-page technical and executive report with vulnerabilities, risk ratings, and remediation aligned with industry standards.

- MITRE eCTF, Team Captain | Oct 2025 to Present

Leads 15-person team competing against 100+ teams. Designs secure file storage and access control on TI embedded platform.
* Development Phase Captain Jan–Apr 2025: led secure satellite decoder/encoder development; team placed top 30 of 116.
* Directs threat modeling, system architecture design, secure chain-of-trust discussions, and code review.

- CCDC, Firewalls Competitor | Nov 2025 to Present

Defends corporate network against professional red team attacks in high-pressure environment.
* 1st in southeast qualifiers, 1st in injects and incident response.
* Firewall configuration on Palo Alto and pfSense, playbooks, mock incidents, and incident response runbooks.

- CyberEagles Student Member | Aug 2024 to Present

OPTIONS

--penetration-tester

Active in competitions and continuous skill development:

* HTB CPTS course completion; NCL 99th percentile; CPTC 3rd in central region
* CTFs, HTBs, and volunteer penetration testing engagements
* Burp Suite, ffuf, Metasploit, Bloodhound, and related tooling

--homelabber

Multi-node Proxmox environment with segmented networking simulating enterprise infrastructure:

* Terraform for provisioning; Ansible and SaltStack for configuration management
* pfSense and Palo Alto VMs for firewall labs, traffic analysis, and IDS/IPS validation
* Provisioned penetration testing labs and hardened Linux servers with log aggregation

--student

BS Computer Science, Cybersecurity concentration, Honors minor; graduation May 2027:

* GPA 3.94
* Developing problem-solving skills and exploring cybersecurity

--teacher

Always learning (see --student) and teaching on the side:

* Mentoring fellow students and colleagues
* Helping others explore the cyber field

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External content and additional reading available at:

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* Formal education

- Diploma, Clarksville High School, 2020–2024

- BS, Computer Science (Cybersecurity concentration, Honors Minor), Tennessee Tech, May 2027. GPA 3.94.

* Notable projects

- Cyber Range Homelab: Proxmox, segmented networking, Terraform/Ansible/SaltStack, pfSense/Palo Alto labs
- Eagle Scout Service Project: Led 20+ volunteers, managed budget, coordinated with city officials for park improvements

* Certifications and awards

- HTB Certified Penetration Tester Specialist (CPTS) (Feb 2026)
- National Cyber League 99th percentile (Apr 2025, Oct 2025)
- Eagle Scout (Aug 2024)

AUTHOR

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