Abdullah Khawaja, Cyber Security Analyst

Abdullah Khawaja

Cyber Security Analyst

Malcrove EMEA Technology LLC

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Software Engineering
Experience
4 years, 10 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :4 years, 10 Months

Cyber Security Analyst at Malcrove EMEA Technology LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since December 2021

The job responsibilities include but not limited to the following:
• Leading, building, and maturing the threat hunting program, creating new detection methodologies, and providing expert support to incident response and monitoring functions.
• Applying analytical and technical skills to investigate intrusions, identify malicious activity and potential insider threats, and perform incident response.
• Developing, maturing, and maintaining TTP or attack pattern detection.
• Performing the full threat hunting cycle, including developing EDR detection rules, recommending, and mitigating the effects caused by an incident.
• Analyzing large and unstructured data sets to identify trends and anomalies indicative of malicious activities.
• Assisting in incident response activities such as host triage, malware analysis, remote system analysis, end-user interviews, and remediation efforts.
• Proficiently performing Level 3 Threat Hunting activities with a focus on security alert rule tuning.
• Optimizing security alert rules to reduce noise and improve detection accuracy.
• Responsible for training new L1 analyst recruits on Cyber Defense Center (CDC) procedures and tools.

IT Operations Engineer at Mi-C3 International
  • Malta - Birkirkara
  • April 2021 to December 2021

My job responsibilities include but not limited to the following:
• Managing Linux based physical and virtual infrastructure, automation, containerization, and orchestration tools.
• Managing orchestration & containerization tools such as Kubernetes and Google Cloud Platform.
• Orchestrating solutions using various tools with a focus on Kubernetes and Google Cloud Platform.
• Writing and maintaining scripts and automation using Python, and Bash.
• Configuring and managing data visualization services, such as Grafana, Apache Superset, and Kibana.

Information Security Analyst at MCB Bank Limited
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • December 2019 to March 2021

My job responsibilities include but not limited to the following:

 Monitoring and analyzing logs of critical assets and applications
 Designing correlation rules and reporting
 Fine-tuning of existing correlation rules to reduce false positives
 Incident Response
 File Integrity Monitoring (FIM) using Wazuh
 Identification of vulnerabilities, risks, threats, and compromises
 Coordination with other teams for patches and countermeasures

Network Intern at Multan Electric Power Company (MEPCO)
  • Pakistan - Multan
  • July 2015 to August 2015

My training included but not limited to the following:

 Working in NOC.
 Experienced different servers and setting them up at Data Center
 Took part in setting up different servers in the newly established data center.
 Setting up computers to the new domain at the data center.

Software Developer Intern at EduSoft System Solutions
  • Pakistan - Multan
  • June 2014 to August 2014

My training included but not limited to the following:

 C#.NET Desktop Application development.
 Database Management on SQL Server
 Report generating in Crystal Reports

Education

Bachelor's degree, Software Engineering
  • at National University of Sciences and Technology
  • February 2018

1) Academic Credential Verification Using Blockchain Technology - Final Year Project 2) File Encryption System using XOR Stream Cipher 3) Tetris Computer Desktop Game 4) Home Security System 5) Inventory Management System 6) Dictionary Using IntelliSense 7) Dynamic Image Web Serve 8) E-Light Archiver 9) CredoSwipe 10) Cyber Warfare & Terrorism

Specialties & Skills

Analysis
Deep Packet Inspection
Anti phishing
Defense
Cyber Security

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Native Speaker
Punjabi
Intermediate
French
Beginner

Memberships

Pak-US Alumni Network
  • General Member
  • December 2016
ISC2
  • Certified Member
  • August 2023
McKinsey Forward Program
  • Member
  • June 2023

Training and Certifications

Microsoft Office Specialist (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2017

Hobbies

  • Chess
    City Level Champion