About Hawk


How to Get Involved

Hawk is actively seeking new developers to join our open-source community. We welcome developers across different specialties:

Development Contributions

  • PowerShell Developers: Help expand Hawk's core investigation capabilities
  • Front-End Developers: Enhance the Hawk website with modern web technologies
  • Test Engineers: Create and maintain automated tests using the Pester framework

Testing & Validation

  • Test new releases and features
  • Validate investigation workflows
  • Report bugs and issues through GitHub
  • Suggest improvements based on real-world usage

To begin contributing to Hawk, simply clone the Hawk GitHub repository, select an open issue to tackle, and start coding! For any questions on the project structure / code base, contact the Hawk development team via email or via the questions issue form on the Hawk GitHub repository.

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Core Contributors

Hawk thrives thanks to a vibrant community of security professionals, incident responders, and PowerShell enthusiasts who contribute their expertise and time. While countless individuals have helped shape this tool, several key contributors have been instrumental in Hawk's development and evolution:

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T0pCyber

T0pCyber is one of the original creators and developers of Hawk. His innovative vision led to creating what one of the first comprehensive PowerShell tools for Microsoft cloud forensics.

Jonathan Butler
Jonathan Butler

Jonathan is an active duty Marine with over 20 years of cybersecurity experience, who brings his software development expertise to security tooling and automation.

Lorenzo Ireland
Lorenzo Ireland

Lorenzo is a Cloud Solutions Architect with over 27 years of IT and cybersecurity experience, who uses his development expertise to create innovative cloud security solutions.

Julius Perez
Julius Perez

Julius is a prior Navy Nuclear Engineer who specializes in Electrical Engineering and Software Development. He brings his experience in engineering and in scripting and data analysis.

See our complete list of contributors on our GitHub contributors page. If you are a Hawk contributor and would like to be featured on this page, please contact the Hawk team