Asmath Vanaja

I’m a SOC Analyst and cybersecurity professional with hands-on experience in SIEM monitoring, phishing investigation, PowerShell execution analysis, vulnerability assessment, and incident response. I work with Splunk and focus on turning logs into actionable detections through strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

In my SOC Trainee / Cybersecurity Intern role at Mysoclabs (Apr 2024 – Oct 2024), I investigated phishing emails and suspicious PowerShell execution, performed vulnerability assessments using Nessus, OpenVAS, and Nmap, and analyzed network traffic with Wireshark while documenting findings. I also mapped activity to MITRE ATT&CK and strengthened my Windows event log investigation approach.

Beyond day-to-day SOC work, I built a Phishing Email Investigation project to analyze email headers, malicious URLs, and IOCs using VirusTotal, and a Suspicious PowerShell Execution project where I investigated encoded PowerShell activity and mapped events to MITRE ATT&CK. Through a SOC home lab with Splunk—configuring Windows log forwarding and detecting brute-force attacks—I kept learning during my career break via hands-on labs, TryHackMe, and SOC projects.