mustafa sohail

I’m a cybersecurity Assistant Manager who focuses on turning security intelligence into practical, automated outcomes. At K-Electric, I’ve designed and delivered in-house platforms that streamline security assessment and vulnerability remediation for real operational needs.

I strengthen application and cloud-adjacent security through “shift left” practices—integrating CI/CD source code reviews and secure coding, then validating risk with DAST and SAST across web, mobile, API, and LLM applications. I also run offensive security engagements, including Red Team, Purple Team, and Breach & Attack Simulation exercises, to harden defenses and improve real-world resilience.

Beyond execution, I assess and harden enterprise security architecture—covering PAM, EDR, NDR, SIEM, VMware, Proxy, and EMS—while applying the SANS Vulnerability Management Maturity Model (VMMM) to guide improvements. I perform threat hunting, compromise assessments, cyber drills, and secure configuration assessments to validate detection capabilities and improve organizational security posture.

Before fully specializing in cybersecurity, I also built software and analyzed data: I contributed to multiple production-ready React projects and supported undergraduate research using Simulink and MATLAB. I bring that hands-on engineering mindset to security—shipping systems, collaborating in teams, and continuously learning (eJPT, Cisco Networking Academy cybersecurity path, TryHackMe paths, and blockchain specialization), with a finalist finish at the Ignite National Cybersecurity Hackathon in 2024.