Firas Kouki

Information Security student, graduating in May 2024, with passion for aligning security architecture plans and processes with security standards and business goals. Currently pursuing my education in computer science, I am dedicated to acquiring a deep understanding of cloud computing principles and cybersecurity.

• Google Cybersecurity certificate
• Microsoft Azure Fundamentals AZ-900
• Microsoft Azure Security Technologies AZ-500

Security projects:

• Configuring and updating Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Firewall.
• Utilized tcpdump to capture and analyzed TCP traffic.
• Utilized Wireshark to analyze HTTP/S and RDP traffic.
• Configured groups and performed basic administrative tasks with Microsoft Active Directory.
• Used Sysmon and Event Logs to detect and analyze malicious activities on Windows server including identifying DDL hijacking.
• Used Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) to identify unusual parent-child relationships and malicious .NET assembly loading.

Restaurant Website: 

https://github.com/FK-Firas/restaurant-website-f23

• Created an Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD) that accurately represents the entities, relationships, and attributes identified for the entire database.
• Implemented a physical database in SQL Server, based on the ERD.
• Designed the website page using Figma, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Used Python with Flask to establish a connection to the database and handle the entire ordering process.

• Honoree of Thomas Jefferson Scholarship.
• Cultural Ambassador at U.S. Department of State.
• AIESEC Team Leader: Leader of a team working on empowering young people to make a progressive social impact.
• University club’s membership: IEEE, Student without borders, Circle K, Phi theta cappa.

Find me on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/firas-kouki-6a4118257/