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Security isn't a feature.
It's a fundamental responsibility — and most people get it wrong.
It's a fundamental responsibility — and most people get it wrong.
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ACTIVE
IDENTITY VERIFIED
Field Notes
Who I Am
Origin
Grew up in Ilocos Norte, northern Philippines — where the internet felt like a distant world. That distance made me obsessive about how systems actually worked.
The Pivot
During undergrad I realized security wasn't a feature. It was a fundamental responsibility — one most people were ignoring. That became my career.
Both Sides
I've played attacker and defender. I've worked with teams in Israel, Australia, and Southeast Asia while shaping the next generation of Filipino technologists in the classroom.
Right Now
Building a cybersecurity framework for a state university as MS thesis. Solving real security in resource-constrained environments — the hardest kind of hard.
Joshua L. Fernandez
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Teaching keeps me honest — you can't explain what you don't fully understand.
Threat Surface Coverage
Operational Capabilities
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Domains Covered
Offense · Defense · Cloud · Engineering — full-spectrum practitioner, not a specialist silo.
11+
Certifications
Verified credentials across Google, Huawei, Microsoft, DICT, and DOST-ASTI.
4+
Years Active
Real-world deployments: election systems, universities, enterprise clients across 3 countries.
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Selected Work
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Impact / Achievement
Directly addresses real-world institutional security gaps in a state university — bridging research and operational security practice.
Impact / Achievement
Hardened critical national disaster monitoring infrastructure against OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities — serving millions of Filipinos.
Impact / Achievement
Students trained with real attack/defense scenarios — producing graduates who understand penetration testing from first principles.
Impact / Achievement
100% Hardware Acceptance Test compliance rate — zero failed units across the entire warehouse inspection.
100%
HAT Pass Rate
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Awards · Certs · Badges
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MS Thesis — Active Research
DMMMSU · 2024–Present
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ISO 27001 Aligned Framework
NIST CSF · Institutional Compliance
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UP NOAH Platform Contributor
University of the Philippines
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OWASP Top 10 Remediation
Web Security Hardening
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MMSU Cybersecurity Lab — Lead
Mariano Marcos State University
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Huawei Micro-Credential Coordinator
Huawei · MMSU Program
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100% HAT Compliance — COMELEC
Miru Systems · May 2025
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National Elections Security — PH
Philippine Commission on Elections
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Signal From the Field
What Others Say
Verified Credentials
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