My name is Mikey Whiston. I'm a Systems Architect and Security Researcher focused on Critical National Infrastructure and forensic logic-auditing.
My goal is to make a large positive impact on the cybersecurity community at large, as much as I am able to, as well as identifying and responsibly disclosing security vulnerabilities.

I am based in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
I am currently 16 years old, in Year 12 of my education.
I currently study A Level Mathematics, A Level Further Mathematics and A Level Computer Science.
I am one year ahead in A Level Computer Science, and I will be taking the full A Level exam at the end of Year 12.

• Feb-March 2026: Discovered systemic logic-gap in RSPS5045-02 national rail standard.
• December 2025: Discovered CVSS 10.0 in national education infrastructure, and reported it to the vendor and GC3.

I am also going to be learning the Hack The Box Certified Penetration Tester Specialist qualification in order to gain higher proficiency in penetration testing.

• 2026-05-16 Mainstage Speaker at BSides Birmingham: From CSS to SysAdmin: CVSS 10.0 in National Education Infrastructure
• 2026-03-17 National Winner of Rail Data Marketplace Hackathon 2026
• 2025-12-12 Cisco Certified Cybersecurity Associate
• 2025-11-26 Springpod: Virtual Work Experience with Drax Cybersecurity
• 2025-11-16 Cisco Networking Academy: CyberOps Associate

• Cisco Certified Support Technician (Networking)
• National Centre for Computing Education: Knowledge in KS3 and GCSE Computer Science
• Security Blue Team: Introduction to Threat Hunting
• Security Blue Team: Introduction to Python
• Security Blue Team: Introduction to Dark Web Investigations
• Cisco Networking Academy: Introduction to Cybersecurity