Sam Seyller

- Education -

Western Governors University

B.S. Cybersecurity and Information Assurance

In Progress: 4 CUs Left


Certifications:

  • ISC² - Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP) [Exam Passed]
  • CompTIA Project+
  • CompTIA CySA+
  • ISC² - Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) [Awaiting Exam]
- Education -

Purdue University Global

Cybersecurity Fundamentals

Elgin Community College

  • Computer Information Systems
    Associate of Applied Science
  • Cybersecurity
    Vocational Specialist
- Competitions -

National Cyber League Challenge

  • Fall 2025 Individual Game

    Achieved 420th place out of 7,821.

    View Score Report

  • Fall 2024 Team Game

    Achieved 116th place out of 4,893 with Team PUG Cyber.

  • Spring 2024 Individual Game

    Achieved 243rd place out of 7,406.

    View Score Report
- Learning -

Antisyphon Cyber Range - ACE-T

The Cyber Range features hands-on challenges that encompass cryptography, forensics, penetration testing, reconnaissance, reverse engineering, threat hunting, and web exploitation. The ACE-T is a certification with multiple levels that can be earned by demonstrating proficiency in the Cyber Range.

Certifications

Core Security

CompTIA CySA+
CompTIA Pentest+
CompTIA Security+
CompTIA SecAI+

Practical Security

TCM Security Practical Junior Penetration Tester
TCM Security Practical SOC Analyst Professional

Cloud & Infrastructure

CompTIA Cloud+
Amazon AWS Cloud Practitioner
CompTIA Network+

Additional

CompTIA Project+
ISC2 Certified in Cybersecurity (CC)

Coursework and Other Activities

  • Script-Based Malware Analysis

    John Hammond | Bsides Chicago
    Date: October 31, 2025

  • SOC Level 2

    Issued by: TCM Security
    Date: October 29, 2025

  • SOC Core Skills

    Issued by: Antisyphon Training
    Date: October 23, 2025

  • Detection as Code:

    Modernizing Threat Detection with Sigma

    Patrick Bareiß | Blue Team Con
    Date: September 5, 2025

  • Telemetry to Tactics: A Hands-on Detection Engineering

    Issued by: Antisyphon Training
    Date: August 22, 2025

  • Web Fundamentals

    Issued by: TryHackMe
    Date: August 18, 2025
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  • SOC Detection Engineering Crash Course

    Issued by: Antisyphon Training
    Date: July 18, 2025

  • Defending Azure

    Issued by: TryHackMe
    Date: July 6, 2025
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  • PNPT Accelerated

    Issued by: TCM Security
    Date: March 20, 2025
    Certificate

  • Hacking & Defending AD

    Issued by: TCM Security
    Date: February 7, 2025
    Certificate

  • SOC Level 1

    Issued by: TCM Security
    Date: January 24, 2025
    Certificate

  • Security Engineer

    Issued by: TryHackMe
    Date: December 27, 2024
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  • Cybersecurity 101

    Issued by: TryHackMe
    Date: December 11, 2024
    THM-FBGHPO3IKG

  • Networking with Microsoft Technologies

    Issued by: uCertify
    Date: August 6, 2024
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  • Complete beginner

    Issued by: TryHackMe
    Date: August 10, 2024
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  • Pre Security

    Issued by: TryHackMe
    Date: July 23, 2024
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  • Introduction to Cybersecurity

    Issued by: TryHackMe
    Date: March 17, 2024
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