Professional Bio

Alexander Commodore is a System Administrator in the U.S. defense industry, cybersecurity researcher, and content creator with a previous background in education and biotechnology. With 4 years of experience teaching Linux, Windows, Cybersecurity, and Virtualization, he now engages with the community through Cyber Wired.

He is passionate about learning and sharing information security content with others covering network, wireless, web application, and cloud penetration testing, digital forensics, reverse engineering, and exploit development. He actively participates in CTFs (e.g, Bsides, Huntress, OWASP, Hack The Box, TryHackMe, SANs Holiday Hack) to stay current on TTPs; has achieved Pro Hacker rank on Hack The Box (see profile for stats).

As a volunteer education mentor, he supports two All-Service JROTC teams in the Cyber Patriot competition- bringing his experience as a 3rd place national finalist to younger generations. He also contributes to the Department of Energy’s Cyber Force competition as a green team contributor and is always looking for more opportunities to increase STEM awareness and make an impact in community, education, and technology.

Education: B.B.A Management Fitchburg State University, M.S. Cybersecurity Western Governors University