Schomer
Decatur, IL · Principal Security Solutions Architect & Founder · eternal boundaries
TryHackMe
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About
Highly analytical and structured cybersecurity specialist with 5+ years of experience in security compliance, vulnerability management, and validation frameworks. He has a strong background in aligning security controls with CIS, NIST, and ISO 27001 standards, coordinating remediation efforts, and building automated security reporting and threat intelligence pipelines.
Specialties
- Cyber Threat Intelligence
- Cybersecurity Consulting
- Embedded Security
- Exploit Development
- Security Architecture
Skills
- Vulnerability Management
- Patch Management
- Risk Assessment
- CIS Benchmarks
- NIST Framework
- ISO 27001
- GRC
- Exception & Deviation Tracking
- Audit Evidence Collection
- Layer Zero Security Architecture
30 skills in total
Licenses & Certifications
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Jobberman Soft Skills Course (Self-Paced) Certificate
Pending verification
jobberman
Issued Jun 2026
Experience
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founder & principal security architect
eternal boundaries
Jan 2021 — Present
decatur illinois
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Principal Security Solutions Architect & Founder
Eternal Trust Boundary Validation (ETBV) / Caseit2u2 Secure Labs
Jan 2021 — Present
Decatur, IL
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Cyber Security Specialist & Backend Lead
Betha Groups / Collaborative Security Venturing
Jan 2024 — Jan 2026
Remote
4 experiences in total
Education
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TryHackMe
Advanced Cybersecurity Exploration & Practical Labs
Jan 2021
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AWS
Cloud Practitioner Studies
Jan 2021
3 education entries in total
Repositories
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Caseit1987/Cybersecurity-portfolio
Professional cybersecurity portfolio showcasing security assessments and vulnerability research"
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Caseit1987/Caseit1987
Config files for my GitHub profile.
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Caseit1987/ETB_AAV_FRAMEWORK
Python
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Caseit1987/caseit2u2-blog
"Authorized security assessment of Comcast Business Gateway demonstrating penetration testing methodologies"
HTML
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Caseit1987/docs
MDX
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Caseit1987/mergify-bug-hunt
Recent posts
framework engine.
I just locked in the architecture showcase for the Build With AI Hackathon. Built completely from scratch as a solo backend developer on a non-rooted Android device running Termux, the ETBV gateway engine achieves absolute logic assurance.
The Metrics:
• Valid Telemetry Stream Ingestion: Checked and validated at line rate in 0.067154 ms.
• Malicious Structural Anomalies: Deterministically intercepted and dropped at Layer Zero in 4.175000 ms.
By dropping zero-clicks and whole classes of systemic flaws out-of-band before they ever hit the core application infrastructure, we convert security from a game of infinite patches into a mathematical certainty.
The industry doesn't need another software patch. It needs an un-bypassable gate.
Read the full architectural breakdown here: [Your Devpost/GitHub Link]
#ApplicationSecurity #Cybersecurity #LayerZero #RedTeaming #AppSec #SoftwareEngineering #DeterministicLogic
The Architectural Manifesto: Part 2 — Why "Black October" Proves Your Threat Model is Dead.
The global cybersecurity ecosystem is scrambling over the new PHP "php2shell" zero-days (CVE-2026-109618 & CVE-2026-109619).
CISA is yelling to patch, tech stacks are forcing emergency offline modes, and AI-enabled hacking tools are already attempting unauthenticated Remote Code Execution at machine speed.
But here is the architectural reality everyone is missing:
The infrastructure didn't just fail because of a programming language bug. It failed because enterprise architecture still treats boundary validation as an afterthought.
If your security architecture requires you to maintain absolute, real-time awareness of every dependency just to prevent a total takeover, you haven't built a defense strategy. You’ve built a house of cards.
Traditional AppSec relies on a broken loop: Vulnerability Discovered ➔ Emergency Patch Developed ➔ Human Team Triage ➔ Network Exposed For Days.
At ETBV, we engineered a clean break from this cycle.
Instead of racing AI-driven exploit tools to apply signatures, our Layer Zero gate enforces deterministic pre-execution isolation. It does not matter if a zero-click exploit bypasses an application-layer firewall. If the payload attempts unauthorized shell initiation or command injection, the execution plane natively isolates it before a single instruction reaches the core OS.
We don't try to guess the bug. We invalidate the execution path.
The result? Threat vectors are neutralized natively at the boundary, streaming clean, STIX 2.1-compliant telemetry back to the fleet without adding operational latency.
Stop patching symptoms while leaving the architecture vulnerable.
Read the full engineering breakdown of our Layer Zero matrix in our pinned master framework.
How is your engineering team neutralizing php2shell without dragging web infrastructure offline? Let's debate in the comments.
AI is discovering RCE vulnerabilities (like php2shell) faster than human teams can patch them. Taking websites offline shouldn't be your incident response plan.
If your security isn't embedded at Layer Zero, you're just renting safety until the next zero-day drops.
Build deterministically. Eliminate the vulnerability class, don't just chase the patch. 🛠️
Why Ruby & PHP are breaking right now (and why your WAF can't save you)
Look at the root cause of the latest major security rollouts:
1. PHP: Unauthenticated input bypasses sanitization to drop a shell directly onto the host.
2. Ruby (Onigmo engine): Regular expression vulnerabilities that directly trigger RCEs (the same flaws that brought down enterprise repositories recently).
In both cases, the vulnerability exists because the software layer treats untrusted user input as executable data.
Traditional security tries to intercept this input at Layer 7 (WAFs, API gateways). But once an attacker finds a way to obfuscate the payload, the underlying engine processes it blindly.
The Alternative: Operating at Layer Zero. By treating your framework as a plug-and-play deterministic gate, you strip away the engine's ability to interpret anomalies. Input can't morph into execution because the boundary parameters are mathematically absolute
AI found the bug. Humans took the blame. Meanwhile, the internet went dark.
The current global PHP crisis (php2shell) forced entire government and healthcare networks in Europe to literally pull the plug and go offline. Why? Because an AI discovered a remote code execution (RCE) flaw before humans had a patch ready.
This is the ultimate proof that the reactive "detect, patch, pray" cycle is broken. When a zero-day drops, firewall rules and signature matching are just speed bumps.
If your security depends on an engineer writing code to fix broken code that was deployed on a foundational layer you don't control, you don't have control. True resilience doesn't come from faster patching—it comes from shifting to a deterministic, layer-zero infrastructure where unauthenticated code execution is an architectural impossibility.
Stop fighting the symptoms. Secure the gate.