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💻 𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙚𝙡@𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙣:~$ 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙖𝙢𝙞 I’m a cybersecurity practitioner focused on turning: Operational chaos into clarity, risk into resilience, and threats into actionable insight. 🚀 𝐁𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞: 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐂𝐲𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 Cybersecurity hasn’t just been a profession for me — it’s a passion, one that was recognized when I received the Cybersecurity Rising Star Award from ISC² at the 2024 Global Achievement Awards. I help organizations build resilient operational security by designing processes that align with business priorities, reduce response time, and support informed decision-making. I’ve worked across cross-functional teams to improve visibility into risks, develop actionable workflows, and enable leadership to stay ahead of emerging threats. Whether it’s refining reporting, enhancing incident management, or aligning with frameworks and compliance goals, I focus on delivering security that is practical, efficient, and strategic. 💡 𝐌𝐲 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 I focus on predicting, preventing, and elevating security outcomes. Whether I’m writing detection logic, analyzing behavior, or collaborating across teams, my aim is to move fast without breaking clarity. 🔍 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐞 ✅ Threat Detection & Response – Reducing dwell time and improving response workflows using modern SOC tools ✅ Incident Response & Forensics – Investigating threats, identifying IOCs/TTPs, and building response knowledge ✅ Automation & Threat Intelligence – Developing playbooks, integrating OSINT, and streamlining triage ✅ Framework Alignment – Applying MITRE ATT&CK, Diamond Model, NIST, and ISO 27001 to drive maturity ✅ Detection Engineering – Creating use cases and converting them into high-fidelity, low-noise detections 🎯 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 & 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 📌 Delivered high-confidence detections and led response efforts across diverse threat scenarios 📌 Reduced false positives through tuned detection and logic optimization 📌 Automated response workflows to cut alert fatigue and increase efficiency 📌 Led investigations with memory/log/packet analysis and concise reporting 📌 Cross-functional coordination with security, legal, and ops to prioritize threats 🔗 𝐋𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭! If you're looking for someone skilled in SOC, Detection & Response, Threat Intelligence, or Detection Engineering—let’s talk. I’m always open to learning, collaborating, and building security that works.
• Analyze threat intelligence to create effective query languages, ensuring robust detection of cybersecurity threats. • Develop and implement use cases to enhance IBM's Threat Detection posture, improving security measures across the organization. • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to unify business needs and drive best practices, contributing to IBM's reputation as a leader in enterprise security.
• Led cyber defense operations for a large infrastructure, monitoring and responding to threats 24/7. • Deliver 24/7 threat monitoring and response, enabling rapid containment of high-risk incidents. • Conduct advanced log and packet analysis to identify anomalies, lateral movement, and stealthy attacks. • Reduce false positives through refined detection logic and proactive threat intelligence correlation. • Drive proactive threat hunting aligned with MITRE ATT&CK and the Diamond Model methodologies. • Collaborate with legal, intelligence, and risk teams to manage escalations and remediation plans. • Enhance incident response through executive-level reporting and post-incident reviews. • Improve security operations maturity by developing streamlined incident response workflows. • Contribute to vulnerability management efforts, prioritizing security risks based on impact. • Support regulatory and policy compliance by aligning SOC operations with NIST and ISO frameworks.
Monitored IT infrastructure 24/7 in SOC environment; analyzed security event data and identified patterns of compromise.Created incident tickets with structured triage, escalation, and response protocols. Tuned SIEM correlation rules to reduce false positives and increase visibility. Authored and improved security playbooks and SOC knowledge base documentation to accelerate analyst response times.