🎓 Cybersecurity & Network Security Graduate Student @ University at Buffalo
🔐 Aspiring SOC Analyst | Blue Team | Network Security Enthusiast
I focus on defensive security, incident response, SIEM investigations, and digital forensics, with hands-on experience across enterprise-style lab environments.
Driven cybersecurity professional aiming to contribute to Blue Team operations and SOC environments by detecting threats, responding to incidents, and strengthening organizational security posture using data-driven and forensic techniques.
| Skill Area | Hands-On Project |
|---|---|
| 🌐 Network Security & Segmentation | ICS-OT GCP Security Simulation |
| 📊 SIEM & Log Analysis | SIEM Splunk Threat Investigation |
| 🚨 Incident Response | InfoSec Tabletop Incident Response |
| 🔍 Digital Forensics | Digital Forensics with Incident Response Simulation |
| 🛡️ Website Security Hardening | Web Vulnerability Mitigation |
| 🦠 Malware Defense | Malware Analysis Platform |
| 🔐 Mobile Encyption Security | Mobile Cryptographic Encryption Security |
- Simulated ICS/OT environments on Google Cloud Platform
- Implemented network segmentation and security controls
- Threat detection and investigation using Splunk
- Log correlation and security event analysis
- Tabletop exercises for security incident scenarios
- Developed response procedures and playbooks
- Evidence collection and analysis techniques
- Incident response integration and simulation
- Vulnerability assessment and remediation
- Security best practices implementation
- Malware analysis and reverse engineering
- Threat intelligence platform development
- Mobile SSH alternative with REST API, RSA 4096-bit encryption, and QR-based key exchange
- Lightweight security solution for portable, authenticated mobile server access
| Lab | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 🛡️ System Security | Hands-on labs covering OS-level security, access controls and system hardening techniques | View Labs |
| 🔒 Computer Security | Practical exercises in vulnerability analysis, exploitation defense and secure configurations | View Labs |
| 📋 Information Security & Assurance | Labs focused on security policies, risk assessment, compliance frameworks and assurance methodologies | View Labs |
| 🔍 Digital Forensics | Forensic investigation labs including evidence acquisition, log analysis and incident reconstruction | View Labs |
🔹 Incident Response – Tim-Force Tabletop Exercise
Simulated real-world incident response with timeline analysis, decision-making, and lessons learned.
🔹 Splunk SOC Investigation & Dashboards
Built SPL queries and dashboards to detect suspicious authentication and user behavior.
🔹 Digital Forensics: SSH Brute Force + Privilege Escalation
Performed forensic analysis using system logs, bash history, and timeline reconstruction.
🔹 Secure MediaWiki Hosting
Designed a segmented network using pfSense, Fail2Ban, and Linux hardening techniques.
- 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/faraz-ahmed-5670931a7/
- 📧 Email: farazx789@gmail.com