Ahmed Malik (Security+, CySA+, CASP+)

Experienced information security professional with unending experience, a love for inventive problem solving, and a strong dedication to pushing the boundaries of technology. Security investigations, log analysis, incident response, and network security are all high priorities. A thorough understanding of crucial system and data confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Self-disciplined and motivated team player who prioritizes teamwork.

HOME HACKING LAB: Designed and configured home security lab using virtual machines.

• Runned Internal Nessus Scan against the Metasploitable VM, Reviewed Nessus Report.
• Conducted simulated cyber-attacks in a home lab environment using Kali Linux against different operating systems including Linux, Windows 10, and Metasploitable.
• Built a Fortinet Fortigate NGFW Lab using Eve-NG via VMware Workstation
• Resolved Damn Vulnerable Web App (DVWA) cases on Metasploitable VM using basic penetration testing features of Kali Linux to better understand web application attacks and learn web application security.
• Used Burp Suite to Brute Force a Login Page on DVWA. Attacked and hacked Linux and windows machine using Linode as the attacking machine (Reverse shell).
• Experience in using various tools such as PE Studio, Splunk, QRadar, Falcon Crowdstrike, TheHive, SEtoolkit, Sherlock, Nessus, Burp Suite in Kali Linux.
• Completed three TryHackMe Learning Paths in the cybersecurity field and currently in process of completing the SOC Analyst 2 & Offensive Pentesting
• Downloaded and configured Splunk on my Linux, ingested logs, Data masking and created multiple Indexed using regex pattern.

• CompTIA Security+ (2023)
• CompTIA CySA+ (2023)
• CompTIA CASP+ (2023)

• NIST 800- 53
• OWASP 10
• Cyber Kill Chain
• Mitre Attack Framework
• Information Security Playbook