This section provides an overview of my home lab projects, covering cybersecurity, network monitoring, and smart home automation.
Below, you will find a presentation on my Smart Home IDS project. In this project, I designed and implemented a local intrusion detection system (IDS) for smart homes using two Raspberry Pi 4s and a managed switch. One Raspberry Pi was dedicated to running Suricata, where I developed custom rules and alerts to detect suspicious network activity.
To enhance security monitoring, I configured these alerts to be transmitted via SSH to my second Raspberry Pi running Home Assistant, an open-source home automation platform. Within Home Assistant, I set up automated notifications, ensuring that any detected threats on my network would trigger real-time alerts to my mobile device.
In this project, I gained experience with networking (managed switch, mirror port), Suricata (creating rules, customizing alerts), and json formatting.
Download Smart Home IDS Project (PDF)An overview of my smart home setup, including automation, security, and integrations with IoT devices.