# Myles Agnew

> Cyber security practitioner and tool builder — practical security checklists, automation scripts, and evidence workflows for cloud, web, DNS recovery, and AI-agent security.

Myles Agnew is an Australian cyber security practitioner with 18+ years in technology. He builds practical open-source security tools, checklists, and automation workflows for small technical teams, MSPs, and solo operators. He is based in Sydney, Australia and works across cloud security (AWS, Azure, GCP), DNS management, web hardening, DFIR readiness, and SecDevOps automation.

## Pages

- [Home](https://www.mylesagnew.com/): Security tools hub — featured tools, free checklists, product lab, and automation resources.
- [Blog](https://www.mylesagnew.com/blog/): Articles on practical cyber security topics.
- [Privacy Policy](https://www.mylesagnew.com/privacy-policy.html): Privacy and data handling policy for this site.

## Free Security Checklists

- [Cloudflare Website Security Baseline](https://www.mylesagnew.com/checklists/cloudflare-website-security-baseline.html): Step-by-step checklist for hardening a website using Cloudflare — DNS, SSL, WAF, headers, and monitoring.
- [DNS Backup and Recovery](https://www.mylesagnew.com/checklists/dns-backup-recovery.html): Make DNS records versioned, recoverable, and auditable before a bad change causes downtime. (Coming soon)
- [AI Agent Prompt Security](https://www.mylesagnew.com/checklists/ai-agent-prompt-security.html): Review AI-agent prompts, tool access, trust boundaries, and CI-friendly prompt checks to reduce injection risk. (Coming soon)

## Blog Posts

- [Cloudflare DNS Backup](https://www.mylesagnew.com/blog/cloudflare-dns-backup.html): Automated Bash script to back up Cloudflare DNS records via the API. (2026-06-03)
- [Prepping for Boss of the SOC ANZ 2020](https://www.mylesagnew.com/blog/prepping-for-boss-of-the-soc-anz-2020.html): Getting ready for Splunk's blue-team CTF event. (2020-08-20)
- [Install Ubiquiti Network Controller on Open Source Firewall Hardware](https://www.mylesagnew.com/blog/install-ubiquiti-network-controller-on-open-source-firewall.html): Step-by-step guide to running the UniFi controller on pfSense/OPNsense hardware.
- [Open Source Intelligence with Open Source Firewall](https://www.mylesagnew.com/blog/open-source-intelligence-with-open-source-firewall.html): Using open source tools for OSINT alongside an open source firewall setup.

## Open Source Tools

- [casaos-installation-deb13](https://github.com/mylesagnew/casaos-installation-deb13): Bash script to install CasaOS on Debian 13.
- [cloudflare-backup](https://github.com/mylesagnew/cloudflare-backup): Automated Cloudflare DNS record backup script — exports all zones and records via the API.
- [dns-blocklists](https://github.com/mylesagnew/dns-blocklists): Curated DNS blocklists for Pi-hole and network-level blocking.
- [poc_opencti](https://github.com/mylesagnew/poc_opencti): Docker deployment for OpenCTI threat intelligence platform.
- [promptgenie](https://github.com/mylesagnew/promptgenie): Prompt linting, static risk scanning, and CI tooling for AI-agent prompts.
- [github-backup](https://github.com/mylesagnew/github-backup): Bash scripts to snapshot every GitHub repository owned by an account.
- [n8n-json](https://github.com/mylesagnew/n8n-json): n8n automation workflows in JSON format for security alerts and pipelines.

## Security Domains

- Cloud Security (AWS, Azure, GCP) — IAM, network security, encryption, compliance posture
- DNS Recovery & Management — backup tooling, registrar hygiene, recovery runbooks
- Web & WordPress Hardening — WAF configuration, Cloudflare hardening, attack surface reduction
- DFIR Readiness — Splunk detection, Velociraptor forensics, incident response playbooks
- SecDevOps Automation — Terraform, Ansible, Docker, n8n workflow pipelines
- AI Agent Security — prompt injection, trust boundary review, CI-integrated prompt linting

## Contact

- Website: https://www.mylesagnew.com/
- GitHub: https://github.com/mylesagnew
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mylesagnew/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/mylesagnew