My name is Nicky Jacobs, born on Curaçao and currently based in the Netherlands. I work as a Security Analyst at PQR, operating within a Security Operations Center.
I'm actively building security automation, attack tooling and defensive tooling. This includes dropzone, my own zsh tooling for Kali that sets up every box in one command, and SOAR playbooks in Google SecOps at work. I earned the eJPT in May 2026 and I am now working through HTB CPTS, with OSCP as the next goal. I use Kali Linux daily for beginning bug bounties focused on VDP organizations and I run CTF machines on TryHackMe and HackTheBox when I get the chance.
At home I run a Proxmox cluster as my homelab, segmented with VLANs and zone-based firewalling, with an isolated offensive zone for my Kali lab. Services like Vaultwarden and SysReptor run behind Traefik with my own internal PKI, monitored with Uptime Kuma and Beszel. I self-host my entire home network with UniFi. For knowledge management I use Obsidian with a hybrid Zettelkasten and MOC setup. My development workflow is Claude Code on Mac and Kali, paired with Cursor as my editor.
Outside of security I enjoy festivals with friends, traveling to new countries, visiting museums and art galleries, and working out. My go-to podcast is Risky Business by Patrick Gray and I keep up with the field through WIRED, NCSC and Darknet Diaries.
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