Nathaniel Addai Gyarteng
Junior SOC Analyst | Threat Detection & Incident Response
Junior SOC Analyst | Threat Detection & Incident Response
CompTIA Security+ certified aspiring SOC Analyst with hands-on experience building SIEM environments, simulating attacks, and mapping threats to the MITRE ATT&CK framework. Passionate about blue team defense, log analysis, and protecting systems from real-world threats through proactive detection and hardening.
Built open-source SIEM with Wazuh + OpenSearch; custom rules for reverse shells, credential dumping, and persistence. Real-time Slack/Discord alerts.
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Custom SPL queries and interactive dashboards mapping live attacks to MITRE tactics/techniques for threat hunting and coverage analysis.
Configured UFW firewall and Fail2ban; successfully defended against repeated brute-force and exploit attempts from Kali attacker.
Completed SOC-focused labs on alert triage, log analysis, incident response, and MITRE ATT&CK mapping.
Awarded 2nd place nationally for cryptography research; built interactive Python GUI demos of RSA and classical algorithms.
