Azar Hosseini

Telecom CyberSecurity SME | Risk Manager | SOC & TSOC Responder

Istanbul, Istanbul, Türkiye

About

Cyber Security Specialist with over 12 years as a Senior SOC Responder in telecom and banking. Expertise in 4G/5G security, LTE core, SS7, Diameter, GTP, AI-driven threat detection, and GSMA compliance (IR.34, IR.77, FS.20, TS.29060). Achieved 40% faster incident response and 25% reduction in false positives. Key contributions: • Built & optimized SOC infrastructure (Splunk, ELK, Zeek, Snort, Zabbix, Nessus, MISP) • Developed 97 GTP, 150 SS7, 120 Diameter attack scenarios; integrated MOTIF with MITRE ATT&CK Mobile • Hardened ESXi, DNS, switches/routers per CIS Benchmarks; ensured GDPR/PCI-DSS compliance • Conducted web/app pentests (OWASP WSTG, Burp Suite) and vulnerability assessments (ISO 27002) • Designed AI phishing detection Splunk add-on (Python SDK) and desktop agent • Delivered 5G NSA labs training using Free5gc; implemented Cellusys/F5 ASM signaling firewalls Skilled in: MITRE ATT&CK, ISO 27001, NIST, GDPR, PCI-DSS | SANS-503/542, PWK, Security+ | Python, C.

Experience

  • Cyber Security Consultant at Xecurity Pulse
    Jun 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

  • Information Technology Telecommunications at RoyalPardaz Co.
    Oct 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 10 mos

    Security in Telecommunication - Diameter, GTP, SS7

  • Cyber Security Trainer at ..
    Jan 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 7 mos

    - Samanitg: Penetration, PWK - Tebyan: SANS-542 - Roozbeh Academy: SANS- 503 - Kerman Gas Company: SANS-503 - Tehran Institute of Technology: LPIC1, linux essential

  • Risk Manager at Ideall Technology
    Jan 2023 - Apr 2023 · 4 mos

    - implementing secure infrastructure based on ELK, CIS CSAT, Nessus - penetration web test to evaluate risk product - setting control policies and mitigation phase - providing normal/abnormal dashboard - setting AML procedure and trend of suspicious reports - providing cyclic risk evaluation on splunk dashboards

  • Security Operations Center Analyst at Spara Security Group
    Nov 2020 - Oct 2022 · 2 yrs

    This company implements security projects of Pasargad Bank infrastructure and I am working as a SOC expert.