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About Prince

Cybersecurity practitioner focused on SOC operations, penetration testing, and secure systems administration โ€“ with a strong bias toward hands-on labs and production-ready workflows.

Profile

I transitioned from IT operations and documentation into a dedicated cybersecurity track. I build home labs, simulate attacks, and practice detection engineering to develop muscle memory around real adversary behavior.

My goal in the UAE market is to join a team where I can contribute as a SOC Analyst or Junior Pentester, while continuing to grow toward advanced offensive security and cloud security roles.

Focus Areas

  • Alert triage, log analysis, and investigation notes
  • Web application and infrastructure penetration testing
  • Security-focused system administration (Linux / Windows)
  • Network segmentation, VPN tunneling, and firewall tuning

Skills Matrix

Key competencies mapped to SOC, offensive, and infrastructure domains.

SOC & Blue Team

  • SIEM (Splunk / Elastic basics)
  • Windows Event Logging
  • Linux audit logs
  • Use-case mapping (Brute force, C2, web attacks)

Offensive Security

  • Recon (Nmap, Gobuster, Sublist3r)
  • Burp Suite (manual web testing)
  • Kali Linux workflow
  • OWASP Top 10 mindset

Systems & Networking

  • Linux Server Admin (Ubuntu / Debian / Kali)
  • Windows Client & basic AD concepts
  • OpenWrt, WireGuard VPN, custom routing
  • Basic scripting (Bash / Python)

Professional Skills

  • Incident documentation
  • Technical reporting
  • Stakeholder communication
  • Continuous learning

Experience Timeline

Relevant roles and responsibilities contributing to my security mindset.

Associate โ€“ Insurance Operations ResourcePro 2023 โ€“ 2024

Processed high-volume, high-accuracy insurance documentation under strict SLAs and confidentiality requirements โ€“ sharpening my attention to detail and risk awareness.

  • Maintained 100% accuracy across sensitive client data.
  • Worked in compliance-heavy workflows with audit trails.
Computer Lab Instructor Koshys Institute 2022 โ€“ 2023

Managed 50+ lab systems, supported students on programming, networking, and cybersecurity basics, and maintained lab uptime.

  • Introduced students to Linux, basic networking, and security fundamentals.
  • Ensured stable, secure lab environments for practical sessions.

Certifications & Lab Stack

What validates my knowledge and what I use daily.

Certifications

  • Certified Penetration Tester (CPT) - RedTeam Hacker Academy
  • Fortinet Certified Fundamentals in Cybersecurity (NSE 1) - Fortinet
  • CEH v13 - Exam Preparation in progress
  • Additional vendor labs & internal training (TryHackMe / HackTheBox)

Security Lab Stack

  • Kali Linux / Parrot
  • Burp Suite Community
  • Nmap, Masscan, Gobuster
  • Wireshark / tcpdump
  • Splunk / Elastic (lab)
  • Zeek & Suricata (prototype lab)
  • OpenWrt router, WireGuard, DNS filtering