Hirad Showghi

Details

Skills

SOC Operations • SIEM Monitoring • Log Analysis • Threat Detection • Incident Response

Vulnerability Management • Vulnerability Scanning • Risk Prioritization

Cloud Security (AWS) • IAM • VPC • S3 Encryption • Docker • Linux/Windows Security

Network Security • Traffic Analysis • Firewalls • DNS • TCP/IP • VPNs • Proxy

Endpoint Security • Sysmon • Windows Event Logs • Telemetry • Hardening

Detection Engineering • MITRE ATT&CK Mapping

Tools: Splunk • Elastic • Nessus • OpenVAS • Nmap • Wireshark • Git/GitHub

Security Frameworks: NIST CSF • Cyber Kill Chain • Incident Response Lifecycle

About

I’m a highly motivated and relentlessly curious cybersecurity professional focused on developing real, practical skill through hands-on labs, projects, and continuous learning. I’ve strengthened my foundation across networking, system hardening, and defensive security by building and configuring my own security environments, which taught me core security processes, blue-team workflows, and analytical approaches to detecting, understanding, and responding to threats. I approach challenges with a solutions-first mindset and use every project to deepen my technical instincts. I also write security blogs to break down what I learn and sharpen my communication skills. Ambitious, adaptable, and detail-driven, I’m committed to growing into a high-impact security professional and contributing to teams where I can learn fast and add value quickly.