Sohail Syed
Security Analyst
Hyderabad,TS
Summary
- Bachelor of Computer Science with 3+ years of SOC Experiences with Private sector (Entertainment & media, Health & Insurance and software Development industry.) different tools and Technologies with IT infrastructure & Information Security.
- Cyber Security Professional (SIEM | SOC | ArcSight | CEH | Security Event Monitoring | Incident Response & Escalation | Splunk | Log Management | Digital Forensics | Email Security| Malware Analysis | Threat Hunting | DDOS | Vulnerabilities Assessment.
Overview
4
4
Certifications
3
3
years of post-secondary education
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Security Analyst
Prompt Infotech
Coimbatore, Tamilnadu
05.2019 - Current
- Investigate malicious phishing emails, domains and IPs using Open Source tools and recommend proper blocking based on analysis.
- Analyzing Phishing and Spam related activities and notifying to the users
- Working on Real time network traffic by analyzing the logs from IDS, Firewalls, Anti-Virus and Active Directory through SIEM Tool (Splunk).
- Creating Splunk reports, dashboards, forms, visualizations, alerts.
- Correlate event logs to create more targeted dashboards and alerts.
- Identify and document information security risks and propose mitigating controls
- Creating case for the suspicious issue and escalating it to POC’s at the client end team for further investigation.
- Search firewall, email, web or DNS logs to identify and mitigate intrusion attempts.
- Use Vulnerability Assessment tools such as Nessus, NMAP, Nexpose, Netsparker to perform security testing.
- Raising incidents with concern teams, respond to the incidents and service request and bring together additional information to either resolve or escalate the issue to the appropriate teams.
- Assist in identifying root causes of incidents and follow up with SMEs for incident closure.
- Assist the team lead in generating weekly reports.
- Ability to excel in a face paced, challenging, operations environment with 24/7 shifts.
Help Desk Technician
Prompt Infotech
Coimbatore, Tamilnadu
05.2018 - 04.2019
- Provide technical assistance and support for incoming queries and issues related to computer systems, software and hardware.
- Maintain daily performance of computer systems.
- Respond to email messages for customers seeking help.
- Install, modify and repair computer hardware and software.
- Resolve technical problems with Local Area Networks (LAN), Wide Area Networks (WAN), and other systems.
- Run reports to determine malfunctions that continue to occur.
- Removed malware, ransomware and other threats from laptops and desktop systems.
- Built and provided basic end-user troubleshooting and desktop support on Windows, Linux and Mac systems.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Krishna University
Vijayawada 06.2015 - 03.2018
Skills
Digital Forensic Tools : FTK imager, Autospy, Volatility
Proficient in Ticketing Tools: ServiceNow
Well versed with Networking concepts and network protocols
Vulnerability Assessment
Packet Analysis with Wireshark
Familiar with types of attack, Cyber kill chain & Phases of Hacking
Exposure to using MITRE ATTACK for threat hunting
Capable of independently learning new technology by utilizing available documentation and vendor support resources
Experience with OSINT analytical tools with the ability to produce actionable prioritized targets
Certification
Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
RESPONSIBILITIES I CAN HANDLE ONCE I LEARN
- In depth analysis on alerts with sufficient information to raise an incident.
- Monitoring emerging and zero-day threats.
- Follow security policies and SOPs for analysis.
- Perform duties in efficient way to meet client SLAs
- Actively participate in Blue teaming and Threat hunting initiatives.
- Ensure all logs are collected by SIEM report if logs are not flowing properly in SIEM from various log sources.
Interpret data related to sales, revenue and marketing using statistical techniques.
Declaration
I hereby declare that, the details mentioned above are genuine.
Yours truthfully
Timeline
SECURITY BLUE TEAM L1
04-2021
Autospy Certified from Basis Technology
03-2021
Certified Ethical Hacker (Practical)
08-2020
Security Analyst
Prompt Infotech
05.2019 - Current
Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
03-2019
Help Desk Technician
Prompt Infotech
05.2018 - 04.2019
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Krishna University
06.2015 - 03.2018