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Lior Knafo

Ramat Gan

Summary

Highly motivated cybersecurity analyst (Tier 2) with a proven ability to thrive in fast-paced environments.

Demonstrates strong organizational and interpersonal skills, fostering collaboration and effective communication within teams.

Driven to continuously develop expertise in information security and cyber defense.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
year of post-secondary education

Work History

Cyber Security Analyst Tier 2

Qmasters
04.2023 - Current
  • Managing clients, both in Israel and abroad, and acting as their point of contact for all cybersecurity-related issues.
  • Incident Response: Conducted in-depth investigations and implemented appropriate responses to cybersecurity threats.
  • Security Technologies: Utilized EDRs (Palo Alto, Microsoft Defender, Cyber Reason, Crowd Strike, Symantec, Sentinel One, Carbon Black).) and SIEMs (Rapid7, Qradar) for advanced security management.
  • Cloud Security: Secured cloud environment (AWS) with WIZ. Experienced in Azure, Jump Cloud environments.
  • Threat Hunting & Mitigation: Proactively hunted for threats on client assets, leveraging SANDBOX, IPS/IDS, and Mail Relay for mitigation strategies.
  • Security Operations: Monitored, operated, and processed data, investigating suspicious events across platforms.
  • Reporting & Playbooks: Generated security reports for clients and created playbooks to streamline incident handling.

Cyber and Visent Investigator

Israel police
06.2022 - Current
  • Gathering data from all types of cell phones & operating systems, computers, CCTV and Osint, handling hazardous devices, and experienced in data restoration, while working in a virtual environment workspace.

Police Investigator

Israel police
01.2018 - 05.2022
  • Identified witnesses and collected statements to gather information and pursue remedies for violations of legal standards, Sometimes in an investigation you have a piece of information and you have to use technological tools to complete the whole puzzle.

G4S

Security company - service representative
01.2013 - 01.2014
  • Providing emergency service at the time of outbreaks or fires to private and government buildings.
  • Professional operation of emergency events.

Technical Service Representative

Partner
01.2012 - 01.2013
  • Providing solutions and help to The company's customers
  • Providing quick solutions , working under pressure while providing adequate service.

Army - Field Intelligence

Army
01.2009 - 01.2012

Education

Diploma - Network Management And Information Security

See Security
Ramat Gan
01.2021 - 10.2021

B.A in Criminology And Psychology - Criminology And Psychology

Ariel University
Ariel
01.2015 - 2018.01

Skills

Windows server, Active directory, GPO , Microsoft office, Networking: DHCP, configuring and troubleshooting, IPv4 subnetting, IPv6, TCP & UDP ,OSI 7 layers, DNS , VLAN, Virtual Trunking Protocol, Dynamic Trunking Protocol, ,Spanning Tree Protocol, Network Address Translation, LAN and WAN, OSPF, working with Packet Tracer VMware

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Languages

  • Hebrew - Native language
  • English - Full proficiency



Timeline

Cyber Security Analyst Tier 2

Qmasters
04.2023 - Current

Cyber and Visent Investigator

Israel police
06.2022 - Current

Diploma - Network Management And Information Security

See Security
01.2021 - 10.2021

Police Investigator

Israel police
01.2018 - 05.2022

B.A in Criminology And Psychology - Criminology And Psychology

Ariel University
01.2015 - 2018.01

G4S

Security company - service representative
01.2013 - 01.2014

Technical Service Representative

Partner
01.2012 - 01.2013

Army - Field Intelligence

Army
01.2009 - 01.2012
Lior Knafo