# Johnathan Belcher

> Cybersecurity portfolio of Johnathan Belcher, a cybersecurity student at Lackawanna College, featuring incident analysis, security-focused case studies, and practical Python automation work.

Johnathan is earning an associate's degree in Cybersecurity at Lackawanna College (2025–2027), with a focus on SIEM analysis, Python automation, threat detection, and incident response. He is a member of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society and is completing CompTIA A+ and Security+ certifications.

## Main Pages

- [About](https://johnbelcher.dev/about.html.md): Background, education, technical focus areas, and values.
- [Resume](https://johnbelcher.dev/resume.html.md): Education, experience, certifications, and core skills.
- [Contact](https://johnbelcher.dev/contact.html.md): Email and professional networking links.

## Portfolio

See [/portfolio/llms.txt](https://johnbelcher.dev/portfolio/llms.txt) for the full portfolio-scoped file.

- [Portfolio Overview](https://johnbelcher.dev/portfolio/index.html.md): Cybersecurity case studies and Python tools.
- [Social Engineering Techniques & Reconnaissance](https://johnbelcher.dev/portfolio/case-study-1.html.md): Phishing variants, OSINT reconnaissance, and defensive awareness strategies.
- [Incident Response Policies & Procedures](https://johnbelcher.dev/portfolio/case-study-2.html.md): Incident response phases, disaster recovery, business continuity, and retention policies.
- [Digital Data Forensic Techniques](https://johnbelcher.dev/portfolio/case-study-3.html.md): Chain of custody, data acquisition, hashing, preservation, and e-discovery.
- [Identifying Indicators of a Network Attack](https://johnbelcher.dev/portfolio/case-study-4.html.md): Wireless, DNS, DoS, and malicious script attack indicators.
- [Penetration Testing Techniques](https://johnbelcher.dev/portfolio/case-study-5.html.md): Testing types, reconnaissance methods, rules of engagement, and tools like Nmap and BurpSuite.

## Blog

See [/blog/llms.txt](https://johnbelcher.dev/blog/llms.txt) for the full blog-scoped file.

- [Blog Overview](https://johnbelcher.dev/blog/index.html.md): Cybersecurity write-ups and tool build logs.
- [SIM Swapping: The Cybersecurity Threat Still Stealing Millions in 2026](https://johnbelcher.dev/blog/entries/sim-swapping-cybersecurity-guide.html.md): SIM swapping attacks, real crypto theft cases, and defenses.
- [Designing mergePDF: A Minimalist SOC-Style PDF Tool](https://johnbelcher.dev/blog/entries/building-mergepdf-soc-style-python-pdf-tool.html.md): Build log of a Python/Streamlit PDF merge tool.
- [The Owl Experiment: How Anthropic's AI Revealed Hidden Communication in Latent Space](https://johnbelcher.dev/blog/entries/anthropic-owl-study.html.md): Anthropic's Owl Study and latent space geometry.
- [Building a Linux Security Audit Tool in WSL](https://johnbelcher.dev/blog/entries/designing-linusec.html.md): LinuSec, a Bash + Python Linux security audit tool.
- [Designing an Encrypted Command-Line Journal with Python](https://johnbelcher.dev/blog/entries/designing-encrypted-journal-cli.html.md): DeepVault, an AES-256-GCM encrypted CLI journal.
- [Creating a Mr. Robot-Inspired Python Script for Username Recon](https://johnbelcher.dev/blog/entries/username-recon-python-script.html.md): An OSINT username recon tool.
- [Should Organizations Pay Ransom During a Cyber Attack?](https://johnbelcher.dev/blog/entries/should-orgs-pay-cyber-ransom.html.md): Analysis of ransomware payment risk vs. preparedness.
- [What are the Costs of Unpreparedness](https://johnbelcher.dev/blog/entries/costs-of-unpreparedness.html.md): Colonial Pipeline incident analysis.