I am a U.S. Air Force cyber officer and instructor supervisor at one of the Air Force’s primary technical schoolhouses for cyber and communications officers. I hold a doctorate in educational leadership and am preparing for the next chapter: teaching cybersecurity and aviation systems at the university level.
My background spans two technical worlds. I came up through aircraft electrical and avionics maintenance, then moved into cyber. That combination of hands-on systems work, modern offensive and defensive cyber, and a doctoral-level study of how adults actually learn is what I bring into a classroom and into client engagements.
I hold CISSP, OSCP, OSWP, Security+, TS/SCI, and CCAF Master Instructor credentials, and I am pursuing PMP and FAA Airframe and Powerplant certification through the military experience pathway.
If you are a department chair, hiring manager, or program lead in cybersecurity, computer science, aviation, or aerospace, or you want to bring me in for a cohort course or guest lecture, I would be glad to talk: brandon.r.russell.1@gmail.com.
How this site is organized
This site is the index. The work itself lives where the audience for it lives:
| Where | What I do there |
|---|---|
| Medium ↗ | Writing on offensive security, training, and the philosophy of education. New essays appear there first; the Writing page collects them. |
| Maven ↗ | Cohort-based courses on practical offensive security and instructional design (in development). Listed under Teaching. |
| GitHub ↗ | Offensive security tooling, lab automation, and instructional utilities. Curated on Projects. |
| YouTube ↗ | Walk-throughs, talks, and instructional design notes. Indexed on Speaking. |
| This site | The hub, bio, CV, Publications, and how to reach me. |
Currently
- Teaching across cybersecurity, computer science, aviation, and aerospace topics, see Teaching.
- Running cohort-based courses for working professionals on Maven.
- Writing on cybersecurity training, offensive security, and instructional design, on Medium and here.
- Open to professor of practice, senior lecturer, and adjunct conversations with cybersecurity, computer science, aviation, and aerospace programs.
- Available for selective consulting in cybersecurity training program design and offensive security assessment scoping.
Writing & speaking
See Writing, Publications, Medium, and YouTube.