Aspiring SOC Analyst · Cybersecurity · IT Enthusiast
- 🌍 Based in Roseville, California, USA
- 🎓 Bachelor's Degree — National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine
- 🎓 Currently studying IT & Cybersecurity at Sierra College
- 🛡 Working toward CompTIA Security+ certification
- 🧰 Building a home SOC lab using Kali Linux, Windows, Elastic, and Kibana
- 🎯 Goal: Begin as a SOC Analyst and grow into MSSP / SOC-as-a-Service
- 🔥 Firewall Rules Lab — Advanced Windows Firewall configuration and testing
- 🌐 IPv4 Network Configuration — Practical networking and subnetting exercises
- 📊 Elastic & Kibana Demo — Log collection, visualization, and security event analysis
- 📝 Incident Report Template — Standardized SOC investigation report structure
- ⚡ PowerShell Automation — Windows administrative scripting and automation tasks
- 🕵️♂️ Active Investigations: 11
- ⚙️ Automation Projects: 3 — Elastic Stack, GitHub Actions, Node-RED
- 📊 Cases Logged: 24 — maintained in SOC-Investigations Repository
- 🧩 Playbooks & Templates: 8 reusable SOC case templates
- 💻 Platforms Used: Kibana, Kali Linux, LetsDefend, GitHub SOC Lab
- 📈 Current Focus: Threat detection, log analysis, and Security+ preparation
Tracking real SOC workflows, incident response automation, and continuous learning.
- 🎯 CompTIA Security+ (in progress)
- ☁ AWS Cloud Practitioner (planned)
- ☁ Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (planned)
- 🐙 GitHub Portfolio
- 🛡 LetsDefend Profile
- 🔐 TryHackMe (coming soon)
- ✍ Medium Blog (coming soon)
⭐ Thanks for visiting my profile! Always open to collaboration and new cybersecurity projects.