Mala Inuwa

I’m an entry-level SOC analyst with practical exposure to SIEM monitoring, alert triage concepts, and endpoint and network visibility. I’ve built my foundation through BSc Cybersecurity (Second Class Upper Honors) and certifications that reinforce my blue-team and threat-intelligence focus.

In my ICT Operations Unit role at NILDS, I deployed Wazuh to collect events, review alerts, and connect endpoint/network activity to detections. I integrated Suricata to support rule-based network IDS alerting and designed custom alerts, then identified and reported IOCs and suspicious patterns in a clear, SOC-ready way.

I also mapped real threat reports to MITRE ATT&CK and produced detection and hunting recommendations, while performing vulnerability scans with Nmap, Nikto, and Nessus. Alongside this, I supported wireless controller administration and troubleshooting, and validated controls through authorized ethical-hacking activities in controlled lab environments using Metasploit, Burp Suite, Ettercap, and phishing simulations.