Richard Dobson.
Cyber + AI builder.
Open-source security tools and agentic AI. Built in public. Ships that work.
// TOOLS
Autonomous agents that do the compliance work for you.
🤖 E8CR Squad — VM+PM Bot
Finds vulns, ranks by exploitability, patches, verifies. Defender or Greenbone.
Patch Applications · Patch OS · Vuln Scanning🔑 E8CR Squad — Identity Bot
MFA everywhere. Continuous privilege audits. Catches legacy auth and Conditional Access drift.
MFA · Admin Privileges · Conditional Access🔒 E8CR Squad — Application Control
WDAC policies, macro lockdown, browser and Office hardening. Audit first, enforce when ready.
App Control · Office Macros · Hardening💾 E8CR Squad — Backup Bot
Monitors backups, finds gaps, and actually runs restore tests. Evidence, not hope.
Regular Backups · Restore Testing · Evidence📦 Run It Yourself
Apache 2.0. Clone, run the demo in 2 minutes. Synthetic data, no tenant needed.
View on GitHub →// WRITING
Agentic AI, cybersecurity, and the build log.
Running LLMs on Apple Silicon — What's Real, What's Hype
A practical breakdown of local LLM infrastructure: where Apple Silicon works, where NVIDIA still wins, and how we're deciding. Hard numbers, real benchmarks,...
Read →Agentic AI in the SOC — What the Major Platforms Are Actually Building
A technical comparison of agentic AI platforms for security operations in 2026. Covers CrowdStrike Charlotte AI, Palo Alto XSIAM, Torq HyperSOC, Tuskira, Dro...
Read →Building Ultrathink: A Private, Self-Hosted Second Brain
How I built Ultrathink, a private self-hosted second brain system using Python and Claude AI, replacing a complex Slack/Notion/Zapier stack with a simple 600...
Read →// GAMES
Break ciphers. Solve puzzles. Learn something.
// ABOUT
Security operations shouldn't run on hope and spreadsheets.
SOC and SIEM engineer turned builder. I watched every new platform promise to "reduce alert fatigue" then generate more alerts. Got tired of waiting for vendors to fix it, so I built autonomous agents that do the actual work — triage, investigate, respond, document.
Opinionated about data sovereignty, open-source tooling, and things that work at 2am without a human in the loop. Based in Australia. Everything ships openly.
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"Automate the toil. Keep the judgement."
// CONTACT
Got a question or want to collaborate? Drop me a line.