Mazen Alqahtani
Riyadh,Saudi Arabia
Summary
Cybersecurity graduate with hands-on experience in security operations, SIEM monitoring, log analysis, vulnerability management, and Linux administration. Proficient in security tools including Wazuh, Splunk, Wireshark, and Nessus, gained through internships and practical training. Committed to threat detection and incident response, with a focus on continuous technical skill development to enhance enterprise security
Overview
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Certification
Work history
Cybersecurity Intern
Dell Technologies
Riyadh
- Monitored security events and alerts using SIEM tools during daily operations
- Assessed vulnerabilities by reviewing scan results for potential security risks
- Managed user and access permissions through Active Directory activities
- Documented and analysed security events during incident response support
Education
Bachelor's degree - Cybersecurity
College of Communications and Information
Riyadh 2001.04 -
Skills
- SIEM and log analysis
- Incident response
- Vulnerability management
- Linux
- Splunk
- Wazuh
PROJECTS
Graduation Project
Secure High Availability Load Balancing with HAProxy | 2025, Implemented HAProxy as a load balancer with high availability and failover between multiple servers Enhanced security against DDoS attacks by applying rate limiting and connection throttling,Applied access control lists (ACLs) and traffic filtering to block malicious requests
Wazuh Home Lab
Built a home SOC lab using Wazuh, Ubuntu, and Windows virtual machines
Monitored security events and analyzed logs through the Wazuh dashboard
Investigated authentication events and system alerts to identify suspicious activitie
Certification
CompTIA Security+
Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+) Tuwaiq Academy | 40 Hours
LANGUAGES
Arabic – Native
Fluent
English – Professional Proficiency
Upper intermediate
Timeline
Bachelor's degree - Cybersecurity
College of Communications and Information
2001.04 -
Cybersecurity Intern
Dell Technologies