Security Research
Long-form analysis, practical security guidance, architecture lessons, and opinions shaped by real operational experience.
Read the security blogPhoenix Computing Solutions
Security built for the real world.
Security engineering, threat intelligence, cloud architecture, offensive-security research, and practical technical work from Chris Ruggieri — built with enterprise discipline and a lab engineer's curiosity.
Current Initiatives
Active
Security ResearchPublished analysis and field lessons
Cloud EngineeringSecure, resilient infrastructure
Threat IntelligenceCollection through action
AEGIS FoundryIntelligence forged into defense
Security EngineeringArchitecture through operations
Threat IntelligenceCollection through action
Cloud ArchitectureSecure and cost-conscious
Technical ResearchPractical, tested, documented
The Forge
Security platforms being hammered into shape.
Products and shared services under active development across the Phoenix ecosystem. Statuses are intentionally qualitative—no fake completion percentages.
Hera coordinates the specialized agents that make up the Phoenix AI ecosystem, turning data into intelligence, intelligence into action, and action into measurable enterprise resilience.
The ecosystem is the foundation that will eventually power VARIA, the Virtual & Augmented Reality Intelligence Assistant, once the immersive VR and AR layer exists.
What lives here
Engineering, research, and lessons from the field.
Phoenix is part security consultancy, part research lab, and part technical notebook — with enough coffee, sarcasm, and controlled chaos to keep the work interesting.
Current Projects
Cloud migrations, threat-intelligence platforms, infrastructure builds, automation work, and the systems currently being forged.
See what's being builtCTF Writeups
Detailed Hack The Box, SANS, and other challenge writeups that preserve the technical path, mistakes, discoveries, and final solution.
Explore the writeupsServices
Security architecture, cloud engineering, identity, infrastructure protection, and practical support for small and midsized organizations.
View available servicesVideos
Conference talks, technical walkthroughs, project demonstrations, and direct explanations of the ideas behind the work.
Watch the videosRants and Raves
Not every lesson belongs in a formal report. This is where technology, work, and the occasional absurdity get discussed without the corporate filter.
Enter at your own riskThe primary purpose of this site is entirely educational: sharing knowledge, opinions, projects, videos, and CTF writeups from the highly caffeinated mind behind Phoenix Computing Solutions.
The technical work is serious, but the tone does not need to be. Official client reports are formal. Phoenix writeups are conversational, direct, and honest about the wrong turns that usually teach the most.
Only retired Hack The Box systems are published here so active content remains protected. Everything else is continually evolving as new research, projects, and lessons are added.