Engineering journal & technical writing.

Documenting the build process — from zero to enterprise-grade IAM and GRC infrastructure. Real problems, real solutions, real compliance evidence.

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How I Built a 6-Project Identity Security Platform in 6 Weeks

Starting from a broken VirtualBox hypervisor conflict on RHEL 10, this is the full story of how the ReneeBuilds Identity & Compliance Platform came together — Keycloak, HashiCorp Vault, AWS SIEM, and AI-assisted GRC tooling mapped to 95+ compliance controls across PCI DSS, NIST 800-53, SOX, ISO 27001, and HIPAA.

Keycloak 26.x on RHEL 10 — What the Docs Don't Tell You

The python-keycloak 7.x breaking changes, why you must separate the auth realm from the target realm, and every workaround that saved this project.

Replacing Root Tokens with AppRole — A Production Migration Pattern

How to migrate a HashiCorp Vault deployment from hardcoded root tokens to scoped AppRole machine identity without breaking existing Ansible automation.

Mapping 51 Controls Across PCI DSS, SOX, NIST, ISO 27001, and CIS

The methodology behind the compliance documentation in this portfolio — how to map a single technical control to multiple frameworks without double-counting or overstating coverage.

SHA-256 Tamper Evidence for Audit Logs — Why and How

Implementing non-repudiation for rotation logs using Python's hashlib. What it proves, what it doesn't, and how auditors will interpret it under PCI DSS AU-9.

From Real Estate Broker to Identity Engineer

The non-linear career path, the transferable skills nobody talks about, and why compliance expertise from high-stakes asset management maps directly to GRC engineering.