Cybersecurity

Digital Shock is an innovative educational application that aims to empower the young generation of today with the knowledge and tools they need to safely maneuver the digital world. As children and teens are being introduced to the internet at ever-younger ages, the risks of a mismanaged digital footprint have never been higher. Digital Shock is a growing concern that has been addressed by creating an entertaining and easy-to-use application that teaches young users how to ensure their digital footprint does not become a menace to themselves and those around them. Through interactive education, the application teaches young users what they can safely share with others online, what they need to keep private, and how their online activities affect their lives in the real world.

 

Our mission is simple: to empower the next generation of today with the tools and knowledge they need to make more informed decisions online before they face the actual threats of the digital world.

 

FlexiPiAccess is a low-cost, modular, and privacy-focused document protection system designed to address the growing need for secure management of critical estate and legal documents. Families, legal professionals, and funeral service providers often face significant challenges when accessing important records during time-sensitive situations. Common issues include documents being stored in multiple locations, lack of awareness among family members, outdated or unverified records, and concerns about security and tampering. These challenges can lead to delays, confusion, and increased stress during already difficult circumstances.

 

This project proposes a centralized digital platform that enables users to securely upload, store, and manage essential documents such as wills, estate plans, insurance policies, medical directives, and legal contracts. FlexiPiAccess incorporates encryption, controlled access permissions, and tamper-resistant verification to ensure document integrity and confidentiality. The system also supports mobile accessibility, allowing authorized users to retrieve critical information quickly in emergencies.

 

The solution benefits multiple stakeholders: families gain peace of mind through organized and secure storage, legal professionals access verified records efficiently, and funeral service providers can streamline planning processes with immediate access to necessary documentation. While challenges such as user trust, legal validation, and technology adoption remain, the platform is designed to be scalable and adaptable to evolving needs.

Overall, FlexiPiAccess improves accessibility, security, and reliability of sensitive documents, reducing administrative burdens and ensuring critical information is available when it matters most.

Honey Sentinel is a deception platform built for small and mid-sized hospitals, designed to detect ransomware attacks before they cause damage. Using honeypot technology, the system deploys decoy services that attract and trap malicious actors, capturing everything they do in a controlled environment. That data flows into an ELK Stack backend powering custom dashboards that give security teams real-time, actionable visibility into how an attack is developing.

 

Small hospitals are one of the most targeted sectors for ransomware. A single successful attack can divert ambulances, delay surgeries, and result in catastrophic recovery costs. Most of these organizations cannot afford enterprise deception platforms that cost tens of thousands per year, and they do not have large security teams to manage complex tooling. Honey Sentinel is built with that reality in mind.

 

The hybrid architecture combines low-interaction honeypots that catch early ransomware behavior like RDP probing, credential stuffing, and network scanning, with high-interaction environments that let attackers reveal their full approach before they ever reach a real system. Both feed into a single visualization layer so security teams see a clear picture of what is happening and when, without digging through raw logs or manually correlating events.

Built entirely on open-source technology, Honey Sentinel delivers enterprise-grade threat detection at a fraction of the cost, making proactive security accessible to the organizations that need it most.

 

Small and medium-sized businesses increasingly face evolving phishing threats but often lack affordable, easy-to-use cybersecurity solutions. This creates a need for accessible tools that both proactively protect organizations and provide user-focused security measures for identifying and responding to attacks.

 

The purpose of this project is to develop an all-in-one phishing awareness training platform that integrates email security, user education, and guided response tools. The central thesis is that businesses will adopt this solution due to its simplicity, affordability, and effectiveness in reducing cybersecurity risks while improving employee confidence and awareness of phishing threats.

 

To achieve this, our team configured a cloud-based environment using Linode, including Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) and Mail Delivery Agent (MDA) services, and began testing email delivery with cloud systems to simulate real-world scenarios. A structured user navigation flow was implemented on the website to guide users through phishing detection and response. Additionally, quiz formats are being developed to assess user awareness, with a focus on maintaining simplicity while tracking performance over time.

 

The current outcome is a partially functional platform featuring core infrastructure, guided workflows, and foundational training components. These results demonstrate the feasibility of combining training, testing, and response tools into a unified solution for small businesses while highlighting its potential for practical implementation.

 

In conclusion, the project shows strong potential as a practical cybersecurity solution. Future work should focus on improving system reliability, refining user experience, and expanding assessment capabilities to enhance effectiveness and scalability, ensuring the platform can adapt to evolving cybersecurity challenges.

 

Modern homes contain dozens of connected devices, yet most homeowners have no visibility

into their network traffic. Pi Sentinel addresses this gap by delivering enterprise-grade intrusion

detection to non-technical users at consumer cost.

 

Built on a Raspberry Pi in a headless configuration, the device passively monitors home network

traffic using the Suricata intrusion detection engine. Alerts are surfaced through a local

dashboard requiring no ongoing user interaction or cloud dependency.

 

Pi Sentinel's core innovation is the adaptation of open-source security tooling onto low-cost

hardware, making network monitoring accessible without technical expertise. All processing

occurs on-device, ensuring privacy compliance with FCC and GDPR standards.

 

The system provides homeowners with real-time awareness of suspicious device behavior,

closing the visibility gap between consumer needs and professional network security — simply,

affordably, and privately.

RedBlue Virtual Labs addresses the need for affordable and effective hands-on cybersecurity education in universities, homeschool programs, and rural schools where resources such as technical expertise or infrastructure may be limited. These limitations make it difficult to provide safe, controlled environments for students to practice real-world cybersecurity skills, resulting in programs that are often heavily theoretical and limit experiential learning opportunities needed to identify modern cybersecurity threats in today’s evolving cybersecurity landscape.

 

This project develops a virtual lab platform that enables students to interact with isolated environments designed for cybersecurity practice through the browser or by VPN. The platform includes preset lab scenarios that provide guided course instruction in topics such as network scanning, vulnerability analysis, and basic exploitation through structured instructional materials.

 

Initial implementation includes automated provisioning of user lab environments, separate access-controlled web portals for course content and lab access, and a completed lab instruction module that guides students through utilizing the Metasploit Framework. Testing demonstrates stable system performance, consistent remote access, and a reliable workflow supporting both guided instruction and lab interaction.

 

RedBlue Virtual Labs presents an affordable and practical approach to supporting cybersecurity education by increasing opportunities for experiential learning. Future work will focus on expanding lab scenarios, improving instructional materials, and implementing quality-of-life features while enhancing system scalability and reliability to support a wider range of users.