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Khizar-malik97/README.md

Hi, I'm Khizar Ul Islam (Malik) ๐Ÿ‘‹

๐Ÿ” Cybersecurity & Networking Enthusiast | SOC Analyst in the Making

๐ŸŽ“ BS Software Engineering โ€” SZABIST Islamabad (2021โ€“2025) | โœ… CEH Certified


๐Ÿš€ About Me

  • ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Focused on SOC Analyst & Blue Team operations, with hands-on exposure to Red Team / Penetration Testing
  • ๐ŸŒ Strong foundation in Networking (TCP/IP, OSI, traffic analysis)
  • โš”๏ธ Practical experience with the Cyber Kill Chain, vulnerability assessment, and exploitation
  • ๐Ÿงช Building and documenting real SIEM and security labs end-to-end โ€” not just tutorials, but full deployment write-ups
  • ๐Ÿ“ Based in Islamabad, Pakistan โ€” actively pursuing SOC Analyst / Junior Security Engineer roles in the UAE

๐ŸŽ“ Certifications & Training

  • โœ… CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker) โ€” completed via NAVTTC government-sponsored program (June 2026)
  • โœ… 12-day Red Team On-the-Job Training โ€” NAVTTC ร— VirtualSoft Technology, covering reconnaissance, vulnerability assessment, and exploitation with Metasploit & msfvenom

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Tools & Technologies

Kali Linux Nmap Wireshark Metasploit Burp Suite Linux

SIEM / Security Platforms: Wazuh ยท Elasticsearch ยท Kibana ยท Logstash ยท Splunk Core Skills: Threat Analysis ยท Risk Assessment ยท Vulnerability Assessment ยท Network Security ยท Incident Investigation


๐Ÿ’ผ Experience

  • ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Red Team OJT (Trainee) โ€” NAVTTC ร— VirtualSoft Technology (June 2026) Hands-on reconnaissance, vulnerability assessment, and exploitation using Metasploit and msfvenom.
  • ๐ŸŽฎ Game Developer Intern โ€” Unity, C#
  • ๐ŸŒ Web Developer Intern โ€” HTML, CSS, JavaScript

๐Ÿ“Œ Featured Projects

Project Description
๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Wazuh SIEM Home Lab Single-node Wazuh SIEM deployment on Ubuntu Server โ€” installation, configuration, agent management, log collection, and detection rules, fully documented.
๐Ÿ” Elastic Stack (ELK) SIEM Deployment Single-node Elasticsearch, Kibana & Logstash deployment for log indexing and visualization โ€” from package installation through service verification.
๐Ÿ•ต๏ธ Penetration Testing Lab Hands-on pentesting labs covering reconnaissance, enumeration, exploitation, and post-exploitation, based on the Cyber Kill Chain methodology.

๐Ÿ“ซ Connect With Me

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  1. Khizar-malik97 Khizar-malik97 Public

  2. Penetration-Testing-Lab Penetration-Testing-Lab Public

    Hands-on penetration testing labs covering reconnaissance, enumeration, exploitation & post-exploitation based on the Cyber Kill Chain methodology.

  3. Wazuh-SIEM-HomeLab Wazuh-SIEM-HomeLab Public

    A hands-on Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) home lab built with Wazuh on Ubuntu Server. This repository documents deployment, configuration, agent management, log collection, rule tโ€ฆ

  4. elastic-stack-siem-deployment elastic-stack-siem-deployment Public

    Hands-on SOC lab project: built and configured a single-node ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash) for log indexing and visualization. Documented every step โ€” from package installation to serโ€ฆ

  5. soc-analyst-portfolio soc-analyst-portfolio Public

    Professional SOC Analyst portfolio โ€” detection engineering, incident reports, and blue team projects. Built with React, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS.

    TypeScript