Stella's your go-to security guard in the digital world with a broad spectrum of expertise in incident response, threat detection and prevention and digital forensics. My extensive knowledge spans various critical areas of cybersecurity including network defense, identity and access management, endpoint security operations and regulatory compliance.Areas of Expertise and Tool Proficiency:*Basic security tools: Well-versed in firewalls, network access control(NAC), intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDS/IPS), threat and vulnerability management tools, and data loss prevention tools (DLP). Experienced in deploying and configuring NIDS/NIPS like Snort, Suricata, Zeek* SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) solutions such as Splunk, Microsoft Azure Sentinel using KQL, ELK, Qradar, Graylog and Elasticsearch to aggregate security events for analysis enhancing threat detection. Knowledgable about next-generation SIEM that incorporate user and behaviour analytics (UEBA) and Security Orchestration and Automation(SOAR)*Incident Response with an understanding of NIST SP 800-61r2, Cyber Kill Chain and MITRE ATT$CK frameworks*Phishing analysis to identify, triage and defend against phishing attacks*Digital forensics: Proficient with tools such as Wireshark, Autopsy, FTK Imager, KAPE, and Volatility to analyse both Windows and Linux artifacts*Knowledgable in regulatory standards, ensuring organizations meet compliance requirements while maintaining data security*Mitigating threats using Microsoft Defender 365, Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Sentinel*Cloud-based Cybersecurity solutions *Experienced in tools and products such as DeepBlueCLI, Case management tools, Browser history viewer, Browser history capture, RBCmd, MISP, Event Viewer, Linux CLI, Scalpel, Windows File Analyzer, File reputation checkers, Steganography toolsA collaborator whose primary goal is to reduce downtime and ensure business continuity by proactively protecting organizations from cyber threats and responding effectively to security incidents.