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Ali  AlSafi , Senior Cyber Defence Specialist

Ali AlSafi

Senior Cyber Defence Specialist·Bank AlBilad

Saudi Arabia

Bachelor's degree, علوم الحاسب

Work experience

Total years of experience: 4 years, 6 months

Senior Cyber Defence Specialist

August 2024 - Present

Bank AlBilad

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

August 2024 - Present

• Conduct DFIR investigations across enterprise environments using Splunk and Fidelis EDR.
• Analyzed network activities to uncover advanced threats including webshells and illegal code
injections.
• Integrated FortiGate logs and Sysmon telemetry for end-to-end forensic visibility.
• Delivered internal awareness sessions to reduce user-related security incidents.
• Developed and executed incident response scenarios involving lateral movement and command
execution (e.g. PsExec, SMB).
• Investigated CVE exploitation attempts and applied rapid containment.
• Built Splunk queries to detect suspicious PowerShell payloads and C2 communication
behavior.protection measures.

Company industry:
Banking

Soc analyst L1

September 2023 - August 2024

BANK ALBILAD

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

September 2023 - August 2024

• Monitor an organizations IT infrastructure. This includes monitoring security systems, apps, and networks for anomalies that could suggest a breach or assault.
• Detect, assesses, and mitigates security threats.
• React and investigates the incidents.

Company industry:
Banking
Job role:
Banking

Cyber Defence Specialist

September 2023 - August 2024

بنك البلاد

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

September 2023 - August 2024

• Take reactive and proactive actions against cyber threats and incidents.
• Builds temporary fixes to eliminate security threats and restores the organisations data and
information security.
• Monitored and analyzed data transfer activities to detect and prevent data breaches and leaks.
• Conducted regular audits and assessments to identify potential vulnerabilities and improve data
protection measures.
• Monitor an organizations IT infrastructure. This includes monitoring security systems, apps, and
networks for anomalies that could suggest a breach or assault.

Company industry:
Banking
Job role:
Information Technology

Faculty member

December 2022 - June 2023

Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University

Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia

December 2022 - June 2023

• Classroom teaching, academic advising and counseling of students, participation in departmental committee work, continuous development of the curriculum through assessment, applied research or
scholarly activity, and service such as assisting in recruitment of students and initiatives designed to
help students succeed academically, assigned duties.

Company industry:
Primary, Prep, & Secondary School

Faculty member

October 2021 - June 2023

Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University

Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia

October 2021 - June 2023

• Guided students on cybersecurity fundamentals and network defense practices.
• Integrated threat detection labs based on real-world scenarios.
• Engaged in curriculum development, student advising, and departmental committees.

Company industry:
Primary, Prep, & Secondary School
Job role:
Teaching and Academics

Computer teacher

October 2021 - March 2023

Dar Al-Qabas Private School

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

October 2021 - March 2023

Company industry:
Primary, Prep, & Secondary School

معلم

October 2021 - February 2023

مدارس دار القبس الاهلية

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

October 2021 - February 2023

معلم حاسب آلي

Company industry:
Primary, Prep, & Secondary School
Job role:
Community Services

Education

جامعة الأمير سطام بن عبدالعزيز

August 2024

August 2024

Bachelor's degree, علوم الحاسب

Saudi Arabia

Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University

July 2020

July 2020

Bachelor's degree, Bachelor of Computer Science

Saudi Arabia

Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University

July 2020

July 2020

Bachelor's degree, علوم الحاسب

Saudi Arabia

Skills

Bug Tracking
Expert
Bug Tracking
Expert
Dev C++
Expert
Dev C++
Expert
Web Languages
Expert
Web Languages
Expert
Computer Science
Expert
Computer Science
Expert
Management
Expert
Management
Expert
سرعة الكتابة
Expert
سرعة الكتابة
Expert
web applications
Intermediate
web applications
Intermediate
ADVISING
Intermediate
ADVISING
Intermediate
SECURITY SYSTEMS
Intermediate
SECURITY SYSTEMS
Intermediate
ACADEMIC ADVISING
Intermediate
ACADEMIC ADVISING
Intermediate
TEACHING
Intermediate
TEACHING
Intermediate
INFRASTRUCTURE
Intermediate
INFRASTRUCTURE
Intermediate
APPLIED RESEARCH
Intermediate
APPLIED RESEARCH
Intermediate
RESEARCH
Intermediate
RESEARCH
Intermediate
CYBER SECURITY
Intermediate
CYBER SECURITY
Intermediate
EVENT MANAGEMENT
Intermediate
EVENT MANAGEMENT
Intermediate
INVESTIGATION
Intermediate
INVESTIGATION
Intermediate
web design
Intermediate
web design
Intermediate
programming
Intermediate
programming
Intermediate
تطوير البرمجيات بلغات html++ , c
Intermediate
تطوير البرمجيات بلغات html++ , c
Intermediate
تحمل ضغط العمل
Expert
تحمل ضغط العمل
Expert
اصالح بعض الأخطاء في الشبكات
Intermediate
اصالح بعض الأخطاء في الشبكات
Intermediate
الشغف للتعلم والتطور
Expert
الشغف للتعلم والتطور
Expert
برامج الاوفيس
Expert
برامج الاوفيس
Expert
web development
Intermediate
web development
Intermediate
ms project
Intermediate
ms project
Intermediate
team management
Intermediate
team management
Intermediate
windows server
Intermediate
windows server
Intermediate
problem solving
Intermediate
problem solving
Intermediate
time management
Expert
time management
Expert
microsoft powerpoint
Expert
microsoft powerpoint
Expert
CYBER SECURITY
Intermediate
CYBER SECURITY
Intermediate
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Intermediate
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Intermediate
DASHBOARD
Intermediate
DASHBOARD
Intermediate
DEBUGGING
Intermediate
DEBUGGING
Intermediate
DIGITAL FORENSICS
Intermediate
DIGITAL FORENSICS
Intermediate
FIREWALL
Intermediate
FIREWALL
Intermediate
FORENSIC SCIENCES
Intermediate
FORENSIC SCIENCES
Intermediate
INCIDENT RESPONSE
Intermediate
INCIDENT RESPONSE
Intermediate
PSEXEC
Intermediate
PSEXEC
Intermediate
SPLUNK
Intermediate
SPLUNK
Intermediate

Languages

Arabic

Native Speaker

English

Intermediate

Training and Certifications

Certifications
Analyst
Information Security
Become a SOC Analyst - Level 1 , 2
CEHv12
Security+
eJPT
eCIR
eCDFP

Training
Business Analyst
وزارة الاتصالات وتقنية المعلومات
Jun 2021
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Hobbies and interests

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