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Active Directory Attack Simulation & Hardening

security

Emulated post-exploitation techniques in a Windows AD lab using Atomic Red Team, Mimikatz, and PowerShell. Integrated Wazuh SIEM to detect 20+ MITRE-mapped TTPs and performed CIS-based hardening, achieving 80% compliance improvement.

#Active Directory#Kali Linux#Wazuh#Mimikatz#Atomic Red Team+2

ThreatHawk SIEM Deployment & Custom Detection Engineering

security

Deployed ThreatHawk and Wazuh SIEM across multi-vendor enterprise environments. Built 30+ custom detection rules and log parsers for Huawei routers, WatchGuard firewalls, TrendMicro EDR, CrowdStrike, and spyware/grayware events. Reduced false positives by 45% through systematic rule tuning.

#ThreatHawk#Wazuh#Huawei#WatchGuard#TrendMicro EDR+3
Work in Progress

GCC Compliance Mapping Automation

security

Built a compliance mapping framework with Python scripts that cross-reference ISO 27001 controls against NCA ECC, SAMA CSF, ADHICS, PDPL, UAE IA, and Bahrain NCSC. Scripts auto-detect existing ISO controls in rules and append matched regional framework controls from a master spreadsheet, cutting manual mapping effort by 60%.

#ISO 27001#NCA ECC#SAMA CSF#ADHICS#PDPL+4
Work in Progress

NoxShield SIEM

security

Full-featured security operations dashboard with live Wazuh API integration, geolocation attack maps, MITRE ATT&CK visualization, and compliance tracking (PCI-DSS, HIPAA, NIST). Backed by SQLite with auto-refreshing data pipelines.

#Next.js#TypeScript#Wazuh API#Recharts#SQLite+2

Rafu Portfolio

development

A cybersecurity-themed portfolio featuring GSAP animations, 3D skills globe, interactive hacking terminal, and custom target cursor. Built with Next.js and deployed on Vercel with optimized OG previews.

#Next.js#TypeScript#GSAP#Tailwind CSS#Three.js+1

Multi-Sensor Intrusion Detection IoT

development

IoT security solution using ESP32, motion/gas/fire sensors, and ESP32-CAM. Engineered a Flutter + Firebase mobile app for real-time alerts, improving response time by 60%.

#IoT#ESP32#ESP32-CAM#Flutter#Dart+2

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