Ashani Knight

Cybersecurity analyst with comprehensive knowledge in threat analysis, incident response, and security auditing. Effective in collaborating with vendors to bolster security measures and conducting regular audits to ensure compliance with data protection regulations. Adept at troubleshooting vulnerabilities across multiple platforms.

• Foundations Of Cybersecurity
• Connect and Protect, Networks, and Network Security
• Tools Of The Trade Linux and SQL
• Play It Safe: Manage Security Risks
• Assets Threats and Vulnerabilities
• Sound The Alarm Detection and Response

• TryHackMe Rooms, Utilized interactive, gamified virtual environment to enhance practical knowledge and hands-on skills.
• Linux Fundamentals (1, 2, & 3) and Linux Strength Training, Navigated directories and files, adjusted permissions, analyzed logs, explored common utilities.
• Intro to Logs and Log Analysis, Identified log types, located logs, employed regular expressions (RegEx), and utilized command line and CyberChef for effective log analysis.
• Wireshark Basics and Wireshark 101, Gained proficiency in packet dissection, navigation, and filtering techniques; analyzed ARP, ICMP, TCP, DNS, HTTP, and HTTPS traffic for network troubleshooting and security analysis.
• Windows Fundamentals (1, 2, & 3) and Windows Forensics (1 & 2), Acquired fundamental understanding of Windows, including file systems, user account control (UAC), control panel, system configuration, security, firewall, registry, and FAT/NTFS file systems; developed skills in accessing hives, utilizing registry explorer, and recovering files.
• Splunk Basics, Incident Handling with Splunk, and Splunk (2 & 3), Developed skills in navigating Splunk; conducting incident handling using Splunk; participated in the Boss of the SOC investigation for security analysis.
• Pyramid Of Pain; cybersecurity solutions like Cisco Security(opens in new tab), SentinelOne(opens in new tab), and SOCRadar(opens in new tab) to improve the effectiveness of CTI (Cyber Threat Intelligence), threat hunting, and incident response exercises. Pyramid of Pain concept as a Threat Hunter, Incident Responder, or SOC Analyst.
• Cyber Kill Chain;Framework is designed for identification and prevention of the network intrusions.
• Junior Security Analyst Intro; Experience daily security analysts duties.
• SOC Role in Blue Team;Discover security roles and learn how to advance your SOC career, starting from the L1 analyst
• Humans as Attack Vectors;Exploiting through social engineering. phishing, and impersonation , using manipulation to gain unauthorized access, steal credentials, or deploy malware
• Systems as Attack Vectors;Learn how attackers exploit vulnerable and misconfigured systems, and how you can protect them
• Microsoft Intune Monitoring;Experience real-time visibility into device health, compliance, app developments, and security postures through admin center
• Offensive Security Intro;Experience breaking into computer systems, exploiting software bugs, and finding loopholes in application to gain unauthorized access understanding the tactics. Also showing how to enhance our system defenses.
• Defensive Security Intro;Exploring of defense security and how they play a pivotal role projecting networks and organizations. Also known as the Blue Team, which actively prepare and protect organizations IT infrastructure by preventing intrusions and detecting intrusions when occurred then respond to them properly
• Search Skills;Evaluating credibility information sources, using standard search engines advance operators,exploring specialized search engines for security intelligence, read and navigate technical documentation, and leverage social media & news outlets
• Pentesting Fundamentals;Hands on experience finding vulnerabilities in a system or application stimulating tools and methods used by malicious attackers; with permission or lawful ways
• SOC L1 Alert Triage;SOC L1 Alert Reporting;Focusing actionable experience in monitoring, investigating, and classifying security threats using SIEM/EDR tools. Distinguishing between true/false positives and following response playbooks
• SOC Fundamentals;Proficiency in SIEM tools (Splunk, QRadar, Elastic), incident investigation, and log analysis
• What is Networking?; Learning the fundamentals of computer network