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New book The Cybersecurity Cheat Code · Coming 2027 CISSP Certified • Cybersecurity Engineer

From Custodian
to Cybersecurity.

I'm Miles Randall — cybersecurity engineer, content creator, and proof that your starting point doesn't define your destination.

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8+ Years in cyber
3.1K LinkedIn followers
6 Certifications
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The Miles Randall Story

From custodian to cybersecurity.

My journey isn't linear. It wasn't handed to me. It was forged through resilience — and a refusal to stay stagnant.

I've been the guy pushing a broom past the servers, the guy on help desk resetting passwords at 2 a.m., and now I'm the guy tuning DLP policies for a Fortune 500. Every stop had to happen for the next one to make sense.

A spilled cup of coffee on a dimly lit police station floor at night, next to a mop and bucket.
A spilled cup of coffee led to my growth.
Chapter 01

The spark at the station.

2016. I was a custodian at a police station, mopping the same tile floor I mopped every night. A dispatcher walked past, looked me dead in the eye, and intentionally spilled her coffee on the floor I'd just cleaned.

I mopped it up. But something in me didn't. That was the moment I decided the floor wasn't going to be my ceiling.

Chapter 02

Building the foundation.

From 2015 to 2018 I studied by day and worked custodial shifts by night. Professor Messer on YouTube. Practice tests on my phone during breaks. Notebooks full of subnet masks and CIA triads.

I earned the CompTIA trifecta — A+, Network+, Security+ — one exam at a time, on my own dime, without a degree, without a mentor, without a safety net.

Chapter 03

The professional pivot.

February 2018. First IT role: Technical Support Specialist for fire panel systems. Not glamorous. Not cybersecurity. But it was the door. From there, Fire Alarm Technical Support Specialist to performing more complex tasks as a Level 2 Fire Alarm Technical Support Specialist.

Every title change was a rung. I didn't skip any of them.

Chapter 04

Entering the cyber domain.

2019. First real cybersecurity contract. Raytheon. Then Next DLP. Then Cyberhaven. Then Proofpoint. Now LPL Financial as Senior DLP Engineer — the exact seat I dreamt about when I was still holding a mop.

I'm grateful for every step. I'm also thankful for that spilled cup of coffee. It was the mess I needed to finally clear a path to my future.

The Journey

Every step counted.

From pushing a broom to protecting enterprise data. Here's how the path actually unfolded.

  1. 2016 · The Broom

    Custodian

    Started studying IT during breaks. Told three people I was becoming a cybersecurity professional. Public commitment: activated.

  2. 2018 · The Door

    IT and Technical Support Specialist

    First IT role after passing the CompTIA trifecta. Fire panel tech support taught me more about troubleshooting than any bootcamp.

  3. 2019 · The Pivot

    Cybersecurity Analyst — Raytheon

    Broke into cyber through a defense contractor. Started specializing in data security — the lane I'd stay in for the next six years.

  4. 2025 · The Seat

    Senior DLP Engineer — LPL Financial

    Building and tuning enterprise DLP policies across endpoint, email, cloud, and network — aligned to GLBA, SOX, PCI-DSS. Six figures. From a mop.

  5. 2026 · The Gold Standard

    Earned the CISSP

    The one certification I chased hardest. Made the salary conversation different overnight.

  6. Now · The Mic

    Miles Beyond Tech — Content Creator

    Teaching the cheat code publicly. Cybersecurity, career strategy, honest gear reviews, and a house-selling vlog series I didn't plan on.

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Cybersecurity
engineer.
About

callmemilesy.

I'm a Senior DLP Engineer at LPL Financial, CISSP-certified, with 8+ years across endpoint, email, cloud, and network data security. I've worked at Raytheon, Next DLP, Cyberhaven, and Proofpoint — I don't just talk about DLP, I build it.

Off the clock, I run Miles Beyond Tech on YouTube — tech reviews, cybersecurity career strategy, and the occasional life update. My goal is to be the mentor I didn't have when I was holding a mop, wondering if any of this was possible.

8+
Years in cyber
CISSP
ISC² Certified
DLP
Specialist
Expertise

What I bring to the table.

Enterprise-grade security honed in financial services. Real policies, real detections, real audits.

Data Loss Prevention

Designing, deploying, and tuning DLP policies across endpoint, email, cloud, and network — aligned to GLBA, SOX, and PCI-DSS.

Proofpoint Netskope Next DLP

SIEM & Threat Monitoring

Ingesting, correlating, and hunting across enterprise log sources. Splunk pipelines, detection engineering, and rule tuning that actually fires.

Splunk Detection Eng Threat Hunt

CASB & Cloud Security

Extending controls from the on-prem edge into SaaS and IaaS. AWS + Azure, with CASB overlays for shadow IT visibility.

AWS Azure CASB

Endpoint Detection & Response

Behavioral analytics, agent tuning, and incident response playbooks that actually get followed under pressure.

EDR IR Wireshark

Regulatory Compliance

Mapping technical controls to frameworks auditors actually accept: GLBA, SOX, PCI-DSS, NIST. Making policy and reality match.

GLBA SOX NIST

Content & Storytelling

Turning technical, career, and life lessons into digestible video, LinkedIn posts, and long-form guides. Teaching is a security skill.

YouTube LinkedIn Long-form
C
CISSP
(ISC)² · earned 2026
C+
CompTIA Trifecta
A+ · Network+ · Security+
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The Cybersecurity Cheat Code is coming in 2027.

From Custodian to Cybersecurity Engineer

My story — from a hospital kitchen and a custodian's mop to a CISSP-certified cybersecurity engineer — and the cheat code I wish someone had handed me: breaking in without a degree, certifications or degrees, beating imposter syndrome, and building a meaningful, purpose-driven career in cyber.

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The opening page of the prologue and the full chapter lineup — designed exactly like the finished book.

Prologue

The Power Within You

The first page of the book — where the story starts, long before cybersecurity.

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Contents

  1. PrologueThe Power Within You
  2. Chapter 1The Professionals
  3. Chapter 2A Shift Into The Graveyard
  4. Chapter 3The Cleaner
  5. Chapter 4Certifications or Degrees
  6. Chapter 5Honey In The Well
  7. Chapter 6The Realm of Cyber
  8. Chapter 7Six Figure Expression
  9. Chapter 8Imposter Syndrome
  10. Chapter 9Change Control: Cyber Reborn
  11. Chapter 10Cyber Security Cheat Code: Do the opposite of what I did

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  1. 01 Mindset
  2. 02 The Trifecta
  3. 03 Get in the Door
  4. 04 Stack Experience
  5. 05 Specialize
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