🛡️ SOC Analyst (Level 1) Candidate | ISC2 Certified in Cybersecurity (CC) | Blue Team | AI Security Learner

🔐 Building practical cybersecurity skills through hands-on SOC investigations, security labs, TryHackMe learning paths, and technical documentation.

🌐 Portfolio: GRISHANK.SEC — SOC Analyst Portfolio

• 🛡️ Building practical SOC Analyst / Blue Team skills
• 🔎 Hands-on practice with log analysis, threat detection, authentication investigation, and network traffic analysis
• 🪟 Working with Windows Security Logs, Sysmon, Event Viewer, PowerShell, and Windows telemetry
• 🌐 Analyzing network traffic using Wireshark, TCP/DNS investigation, and packet analysis
• 🧩 Mapping observed security behavior to MITRE ATT&CK
• 🤖 Exploring AI Security, LLM security, and emerging AI threats
• 📝 Documenting investigations, technical findings, and cybersecurity learning on GitHub
• 🎯 Targeting entry-level SOC Analyst / Security Analyst opportunities

📁 GitHub Repository

Hands-on investigation of suspicious network communication using Wireshark.

• DNS & TCP traffic analysis
• Suspicious TCP communication
• TCP stream reconstruction
• Windows command-shell activity
• Network evidence analysis
• MITRE ATT&CK mapping
• SOC analyst assessment

🏅 Completed

📁 GitHub Repository

Hands-on investigation of Windows Security Event Logs inside a controlled Windows 11 virtual machine.

• Event ID 4625 failed logons
• Event ID 4624 successful logons
• Repeated authentication failures
• Authentication sequence analysis
• Logon type analysis
• NTLM authentication
• Status / SubStatus analysis
• Suspicious authentication pattern assessment

🏅 Completed

📁 GitHub Repository

Hands-on Windows Sysmon investigation focused on suspicious PowerShell activity and system discovery.

• Sysmon Event ID 1
• PowerShell execution
• Command-line analysis
• whoami.exe system discovery
• Parent-child process relationships
• Process lineage analysis
• MITRE ATT&CK mapping
• SOC investigation documentation

🏅 Completed

📁 SOC Level 1 Journey

Completed the TryHackMe SOC Level 1 learning path covering practical defensive-security topics including:

• SOC fundamentals
• Alert triage
• Log analysis
• Incident response
• Threat detection
• SIEM fundamentals
• Digital forensics
• Defensive security tooling
• Windows & Linux security

🏅 Completed

📁 AI Security Journey

Completed the TryHackMe AI Security learning path covering security considerations around AI systems and workflows.

Topics include:

• AI fundamentals
• Large Language Models
• Prompt security
• AI threats
• Prompt injection
• AI security concepts

🏅 Completed

📁 Cyber Security 101 Journey

Comprehensive documentation of the TryHackMe Cyber Security 101 learning path.

Topics include:

• Networking
• Linux
• Windows
• Cryptography
• Web security
• Exploitation fundamentals
• Defensive security
• SIEM fundamentals
• Incident response
• Security tooling

🏅 Completed

Completed the TryHackMe Pre Security path as the foundation of my cybersecurity learning journey.

Topics included:

• Networking fundamentals
• Operating systems
• Linux basics
• Windows fundamentals
• Security fundamentals

🏅 Completed

• 🛡️ ISC2 — Certified in Cybersecurity (CC)

• 🎯 TryHackMe — SOC Level 1
• 🤖 TryHackMe — AI Security
• 🛡️ TryHackMe — Cyber Security 101
• 🧠 Google AI Professional Certificate
• 🔐 TryHackMe — Pre Security

• SOC Operations
• Alert Triage
• Log Analysis
• Threat Detection
• Incident Investigation
• Authentication Monitoring
• Security Investigation
• MITRE ATT&CK

• Windows Security Event Logs
• Windows Event Viewer
• Sysmon
• PowerShell
• Process Creation Analysis
• Parent-Child Process Analysis
• Windows Authentication Events

• TCP/IP
• DNS
• HTTP/HTTPS
• Network Traffic Analysis
• Wireshark
• Packet Analysis
• TCP Stream Reconstruction

• Wireshark
• Nmap
• CyberChef
• Burp Suite
• Metasploit
• Event Viewer
• TryHackMe

• SIEM Fundamentals
• EDR Fundamentals
• SOAR Fundamentals
• Digital Forensics Fundamentals
• Incident Response Fundamentals
• Threat Intelligence Fundamentals

• Artificial Intelligence Fundamentals
• Large Language Models (LLMs)
• Prompt Engineering
• AI Security
• AI Threats
• Prompt Injection
• AI-assisted Security Analysis

My primary career focus is cybersecurity and SOC operations.

I also have a software-development background with exposure to:

• Java
• Spring Boot
• MySQL
• REST APIs

Python is currently being learned for future security automation and SOC tooling.

• SOC investigation and alert triage
• Detection Engineering
• Threat Hunting
• Windows security monitoring
• Security automation with Python
• DFIR fundamentals
• AI Security

Current Goal:
🎯 Secure an entry-level SOC Analyst / Security Analyst role.

Long-Term Direction:
🛡️ SOC → Detection Engineering / Threat Hunting → Advanced Defensive Security

🟢 SOC Analyst Candidate

🛡️ 3 SOC Investigation Projects Completed

🎓 ISC2 Certified in Cybersecurity (CC)

📚 TryHackMe SOC Level 1 Completed

🤖 AI Security Learning Completed

🌐 Portfolio Live

⭐ "Cybersecurity is a journey of continuous learning, investigation, and solving real-world security challenges."