ISLAMIAT MUHAMMED
Yorkville,IL
Summary
Dedicated SOC, Cyber Threat Intelligence and Incident Response Analyst with expertise in identifying, analyzing, and mitigating cybersecurity threats. Proficient in malware analysis, security operations, and incident response, leveraging industry-leading security tools. Adept at working with cross-functional teams to develop and implement robust security measures.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
SOC/Incident Response Analyst
Pitch Technologies
10.2022 - Current
- Reviewing and triaging information security alerts, provide analysis, determine, and track remediation, and escalate as appropriate
- Managing and supporting the log collection, security scanning, intrusion detection, content filtering, and other security-related systems
- Quickly identifying and responding to cybersecurity incidents, such as data breaches, malware infections, or unauthorized access
- Implementation of IAM MFA and role-based access control and IAM policies overall
- Ensuring authorized access by investigating improper access, revoking access, reporting violations, and monitoring information requests
- Providing 24/7/365 monitoring and analysis of security event alerts across the enterprise network
- Reviewing all incoming alerts, properly investigating and ticketing all identified potential security threats within the agency incident response-ticketing platform
- Generating tickets for validating incidents
- Monitoring dashboards and intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDS/IPS)
- Performing initial analysis, malware analysis and investigation into alerts as they are seen (to include anti-virus and phishing alerts)
Desktop Support Specialist
Pitch Technologies
03.2020 - 10.2022
- Resolved complex technical issues that arose on client computer using troubleshooting
- Effectively made recommendations to IT users on selection of hardware and software
- Successfully administered user accounts, Exchange mailboxes, and security and distribution
- Installed and maintained Windows and desktop software, service packs, patches, and anti-virus updates
- Managed assets inventory and deployed desktop images to end users
- Worked directly with HR dealing with New Hire Onboarding Process and trained
- Participated in revolving on-call schedule to provide 24/7 service to users
- Troubleshoot various technical issues dealing with printers, network, and phone systems
- Worked with third-party vendors to resolve issues with hardware or software covered by annual maintenance agreements
- Managed laptop and MacBook inventory and assisted in procuring new hardware, software and related supplies
Education
CompTIA Security -
Skills
- Endpoint Investigations, Malware Analysis, Threat Intelligence
- SIEM: Splunk, Microsoft Azure Sentinel
- EDR: Crowdstrike, O365 Defender, Cisco AMP
- Threat Analysis: Joe Sandbox, Triage
- Vulnerability Scanning: Nessus, Firepower, FireEye NX/HX
- Cloud Security: Azure Active Directory, AWS GuardDuty, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Azure CloudApps
- Service Management: ServiceNow
Open Source Tools
- IPvoid.com
- VirusTotal.com
- MXToolbox.com
- AbuseIP DB
- Scamalytics
Education And Certifications
CompTIA Security +
Areas Of Interest
- Threat Hunting
- Threat Intelligence
- Malware Analysis
- Digital Forensics
- Risk Management
Timeline
SOC/Incident Response Analyst
Pitch Technologies
10.2022 - Current
Desktop Support Specialist
Pitch Technologies
03.2020 - 10.2022
CompTIA Security -
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