Kirk Abbott
Cloud, AI, and security — research, projects, and notes.
cloud-securitysupply-chainnext-jsincident
A bad week to ship 'next: latest'
Three CVEs, one almost-mistaken major version jump, and a build cache that kept lying to me. Notes from patching dependency vulnerabilities on a brand-new Next.js site within hours of going live.
2026-05-15 · 7 min readRead article →
From the lab
Cyber Cert Drill
A spaced-repetition study tool for Security+, CySA+, PenTest+, and SecurityX. Built while studying — kept around because it's useful.
Open project →
About
U.S. Air Force cyber defense operator with a web and cloud development background — working on cloud security, architecture, and AI/ML.
Started in web development, moved into cyber defense, now pointing at the place where cloud architecture, security, and AI/ML overlap.
Read full about →