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I build and defend real IoT setups, practicing attacks and implementing protections like TLS and mTLS.
A Hydroficient externship where I built, attacked, and defended IoT infrastructure, implementing TLS and mTLS and delivering a security playbook.
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Hydroficient · Apr 2026 · ✅ Verified by Extern
Build, hack, and defend real IoT infrastructure, then hand your security playbook to an actual company. You’ll launch realistic cyberattacks, from spoofing and replay attacks to unauthorized shutoffs, and implement defenses like TLS and mTLS.
Found which program changed protected files, as measured by a full evidence trail, by turning on auditd rules and searching the log with ausearch. Closed the gaps that allowed it, as measured by 3 ranked fixes, by tying each finding to the weakness behind it.
Stopped unsafe QR codes from opening, as measured by only http(s) links allowed, by reading codes from any window and checking them first. Fixed codes that would not scan, as measured by 28 passing tests, by correcting angle, contrast, and inverted images.
I build and defend real IoT setups, practicing attacks and implementing protections like TLS and mTLS.
I am Patrick Selby, a sophomore at Grambling State University studying in a program outside the listed majors. I explore cybersecurity through hands-on projects, including an IoT cyber defense externship where I practiced attacking and defending real IoT systems and produced a security playbook.
Externships
Hydroficient IoT Cyber Defense Externship
Hydroficient
Experience
AI/ML Fellow
AI4ALL Ignite · Jun 2026 – Aug 2026
Security Research Assistant
Grambling State University AIoT Lab · Mar 2026 – May 2026
Threat Detection Analyst
CodePath · Feb 2026 – May 2026
IoT Security Extern
Hydroficient · Feb 2026 – Mar 2026
Education
Grambling State University
B.S. Cybersecurity, Minor in Computer Information Systems · Class of 2028
Skills
✅ Verified by Extern
Build, hack, and defend real IoT infrastructure, then hand your security playbook to an actual company. You’ll launch realistic cyberattacks, from spoofing and replay attacks to unauthorized shutoffs, and implement defenses like TLS and mTLS.
The project reproduced an IoT water system for a 500-room hotel and moved from threat analysis to a defended, monitored pipeline. Work included threat modeling, Python data work, building an insecure MQTT stack then hardening it with TLS and mTLS, and implementing replay protections and a real-time security dashboard. An optional Isolation Forest model was trained and integrated to flag slow
I delivered a defended MQTT pipeline for the Grand Marina scenario, including a professional threat model, runnable Python notebooks, TLS/mTLS configuration and provisioning policy, replay-attack experiments, a live security dashboard with attack logs, and an integrated Isolation Forest anomaly detector.
Found which program changed protected files, as measured by a full evidence trail, by turning on auditd rules and searching the log with ausearch. Closed the gaps that allowed it, as measured by 3 ranked fixes, by tying each finding to the weakness behind it.
Stopped unsafe QR codes from opening, as measured by only http(s) links allowed, by reading codes from any window and checking them first. Fixed codes that would not scan, as measured by 28 passing tests, by correcting angle, contrast, and inverted images.