Cybersecurity professional in vuln management seeking operations role in Incident Response, Digital Forensics, Insider Risk or DLP

Hello, I'm Leo!

For the past three years, I've been working as an analyst in vulnerability management at a national financial institution in the United States. I'm looking to pivot from vuln management to a more technical operations role as a SOC analyst, insider threat analyst, or incident responder. 

To prepare for that pivot, I'm studying for the Practical SOC Analyst Associate (PSAA) certification offered by TCM Security. So far, it's been a great primer for cyber defense techniques and methodolgies and I'm excited to learn more, especially the digital forensics portion!

After I earn that certification, I plan to dive into learning Splunk SPL and scripting in bash and PowerShell to further my skills as a competent blue-teamer.

Some other certifications I've earned are:

-GIAC Security Essentials (GSEC)

-CompTIA A+

-CompTIA Security+

-CompTIA Cloud+

-ITILv4 Foundations

-TraceLabs OSINT Foundations by OSINT Combine

Some other relevant and interesting information about me:

-I'm a dual citizen of the United States and Canada.

-My background and degree (B.A.) is in English. I'm always the go-to guy for writing good documentation and SOPs, and presenting technical information in a non-technical, easy to understand way!

-My dream role is to assist people and organizations in finding and securing digital evidence of malicious behavior. 

-I knew I wanted to work for the 'blue' side in cyber when I first saw the Forensic Files episode "Hack Attack" (Season 8, Episode 39) in which Tim Lloyd deployed a logic bomb against his former employer's computer systems. Digital forensic experts were able find evidence leading to Lloyd and helped prosecutors secure a conviction.