Ahmed Salam — SOC Analyst

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Certifications

Active

CompTIA Security+

CompTIA

Issued Feb 2025 · Expires Feb 2028

Core cybersecurity skills in threat detection, incident response, architecture, and security operations.

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Completed

SOC Level 1

TryHackMe

Completed Apr 2026

14 modules, 65 hands-on labs covering threat detection, SIEM, digital forensics, incident response, and phishing analysis.

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In Progress

CompTIA Network+

CompTIA

In Progress_

Networking fundamentals — protocols, infrastructure, troubleshooting, and network security essentials.

Pending completion

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Badges

TryHackMe 30 earned

Linux Being competent in Linux

First Four Completing four rooms in your first week

7 Day Streak Achieving a 7 day hacking streak

Network Fundamentals Completing the Network Fundamentals module

Webbed Understands how the world wide web works

How The Web Works Completing the How The Web Works module

Metasploit Contains the knowledge to use Metasploit

Blue Hacking into Windows via EternalBlue

OWASP Top 10 Understanding every OWASP vulnerability

Sword Apprentice Completing the SQLMap room

Shield Apprentice Completing the FlareVM room

Career Ready Understanding impact of training on teams

Cyber Defence Framework Finishing the Eviction challenge

Cyber Threat Intelligence Finishing the Friday Overtime challenge

Phish Hunter Completed the Phishing Analysis room series

Windows Guardian Investigated and defended Windows against threats

Linux Guardian Stood guard against emerging Linux threats

Platinum League Platinum League 1st place

Lookup Champion Investigated the attack through TI lookups

Wireshark Competent with Wireshark & Packet Analysis

Defensive Toolsmith Mastered essential SOC tools for detection

Web Defender Learned to detect common attacks on web apps

Malware Explorer Identified and classified different types of malware

To Benign or Not Benign? Finishing the Benign challenge!

Boogeyman Slayer Finishing the SOC L1 Capstone Module

100% True Positive Achieving 100% true positive rate in a scenario

SOC Apprentice Explored how a SOC team operates from inside

First Step into SOC Explored emerging threats and SOC response

Networking Nerd Completing the Network Fundamentals module

Skilled Navigator Finishing the Eviction challenge!

Hack The Box Coming in Phase 3

Badges will appear here as HTB modules are completed

Junior Cybersecurity Analyst Path — In Progress_

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Projects

Featured

Home SOC Lab v2.0

Production-grade 4-VM purple team lab — 10 custom MITRE ATT&CK detection rules, Atomic Red Team simulation (8/10 detected), and 3 professional incident reports with real forensic evidence.

Wazuh 4.14.4 Sysmon MITRE ATT&CK Atomic Red Team Kali Linux

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v1.0 Foundation

Home SOC Lab with Wazuh

Built a complete multi-agent SIEM environment from scratch using VirtualBox, Ubuntu Server, and Windows 11 endpoint with Sysmon. Includes real-time event correlation, alert tuning, and threat simulation.

Wazuh Sysmon VirtualBox Ubuntu Server Windows 11

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Coming Soon

Upcoming Lab Projects

Actively building and documenting new SOC labs — from threat hunting workflows to malware analysis sandboxes. Each project will include full technical write-ups.

In Progress Documenting

Stay tuned

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Achievements

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CompTIA Security+

February 2025

Earned foundational certification in cybersecurity, covering threat detection, incident response, and security architecture.

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Multi-Agent Wazuh SOC Lab

Completed 2026

Built and operationalized a full home SOC lab with Wazuh SIEM, Sysmon endpoint monitoring, and real-time event correlation.

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TryHackMe Top 2%

Ongoing 2025–2026

Completed 132 rooms across SOC, threat detection, and red team paths. Earned 30 badges ranking in the global top 2%.

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Technical Write-ups

SIEM February 2026

Building a Multi-Agent Wazuh SOC Lab from Scratch

Complete step-by-step journey of deploying Wazuh SIEM, Sysmon on Windows, agent enrollment, and troubleshooting real-world issues in a home lab environment.

Read on GitHub

Upcoming 2026

More Write-ups on the Way

Documenting upcoming lab projects with deep technical detail — threat hunting, detection engineering, malware sandboxing, and more.

In progress _

Ahmed
Salam

Certifications

CompTIA Security+

SOC Level 1

CompTIA Network+

Badges

Projects

Home SOC Lab v2.0

Home SOC Lab with Wazuh

Upcoming Lab Projects

Achievements

CompTIA Security+

Multi-Agent Wazuh SOC Lab

TryHackMe Top 2%

Technical Write-ups

Building a Multi-Agent Wazuh SOC Lab from Scratch

More Write-ups on the Way

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