> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://kmanu225.gitbook.io/cs/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://kmanu225.gitbook.io/cs/readme.md).

# Welcome

I'm **Emmanuel Konan**, a Software & Security Engineer with a focus on **applied cryptography, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), and secrets management**. I like problems that sit at the intersection of solid theory and real deployment — where you have to understand the math *and* ship something that runs in production.

This site is my public working notebook: field notes, deep dives, and hands-on demos. Everything here is built around one habit — taking a concept apart until I can explain it simply, then writing it down. It doubles as evidence of how I think and communicate.

## Contact

[**Emmanuel Konan ›**](https://emmanuelkonan.link/) — my Gravatar profile is my contact hub: LinkedIn, GitHub, Telegram, email, blog, and a link to book a call all live there.

## Featured work

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Public Key Infrastructure</strong></td><td>A full series: foundations, digital certificates, HSMs, PKCS#11, and a hands-on deployment of a private CA securing a real web app.</td><td><a href="/pages/yCbria5pg7qRQMCiYQxC">/pages/yCbria5pg7qRQMCiYQxC</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Elliptic Curve Cryptography</strong></td><td>From what elliptic curves actually are to how they behave over finite fields — the math behind modern asymmetric cryptography.</td><td><a href="/pages/ye6iP6ppi9WfGFyEbEx7">/pages/ye6iP6ppi9WfGFyEbEx7</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Cybersecurity Frameworks</strong></td><td>The regulatory landscape — NIS2, DORA, ISO 27001, NIST CSF — mapped across IT, OT, and IoT.</td><td><a href="/pages/6kGEdLbsDImsj49VmbH6">/pages/6kGEdLbsDImsj49VmbH6</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

## What you'll find here

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>🔐 Cryptography &#x26; Secrets</strong></td><td>AES/Rijndael, secure elements, elliptic curves, and the full PKI lifecycle.</td><td><a href="/pages/JYT8N8YBYQ0vSSFZKnap">/pages/JYT8N8YBYQ0vSSFZKnap</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>📋 Governance &#x26; Compliance</strong></td><td>Security frameworks and regulation, with a real-world breach case study.</td><td><a href="/pages/pn3H7SzYbwJLC6qU2UlH">/pages/pn3H7SzYbwJLC6qU2UlH</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>🛡️ Systems, AD &#x26; Network</strong></td><td>IAM, network security, Linux &#x26; Windows, and the Active Directory attack surface.</td><td><a href="/pages/Y3xCGmpsoebUfpjqI7Ei">/pages/Y3xCGmpsoebUfpjqI7Ei</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>🎯 Offensive Security &#x26; Web</strong></td><td>Pentest methodology, tooling by phase, and web application security.</td><td><a href="/pages/0MJnhpoVTyob1UwONZRb">/pages/0MJnhpoVTyob1UwONZRb</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

## References I keep close

The practitioners' resources I come back to most often.

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-cover data-type="files"></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Payloads &#x26; techniques</strong></td><td><ul><li><a href="https://swisskyrepo.github.io/PayloadsAllTheThings/">PayloadsAllTheThings</a></li><li><a href="https://www.thehacker.recipes/">The Hacker Recipes</a></li><li><a href="https://book.hacktricks.xyz/">HackTricks</a> · <a href="https://www.ired.team/">ired.team</a></li></ul></td><td><a href="/files/RkMHFgEZ7DXPXoBXAFbt">/files/RkMHFgEZ7DXPXoBXAFbt</a></td><td><a href="https://swisskyrepo.github.io/PayloadsAllTheThings/">https://swisskyrepo.github.io/PayloadsAllTheThings/</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Known exploits</strong></td><td>Exploit-DB centralises exploits for known CVEs.</td><td><a href="/files/GYOUCRpq5CrCQmE4Pn8c">/files/GYOUCRpq5CrCQmE4Pn8c</a></td><td><a href="https://www.exploit-db.com/">https://www.exploit-db.com/</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Misconfiguration abuse</strong></td><td><ul><li><a href="https://gtfobins.github.io/">GTFOBins</a></li><li><a href="https://lolbas-project.github.io/">LOLBAS</a></li><li><a href="https://www.loldrivers.io/">LOLDrivers</a></li></ul></td><td><a href="/files/VzrcI6TcZ0Av0alcJzBn">/files/VzrcI6TcZ0Av0alcJzBn</a></td><td><a href="https://gtfobins.github.io/">https://gtfobins.github.io/</a></td></tr></tbody></table>