Toghrul Mustafali

Deliver English-medium undergraduate coursework in Information Security Management Systems (ISO/IEC 27001) and Network Security. Design comprehensive course and academic assessments aligned with industry standards and theoretical frameworks.

Monitored and triaged security alerts in IBM QRadar for companies across PASHA Holding, investigating incidents and recommending remediation. Blocked malicious sources found in alerts by blacklisting them on Cisco and Palo Alto firewalls.

Monitored endpoints and alerts for several client tenants in SentinelOne XDR, investigating and responding to incidents. Removed applications with high-severity CVEs from company endpoints and servers, and ran regular security checks.

Provided live technical support for remote participants at COP29, the UN climate conference. Managed online meetings on the conference event platform and Microsoft Teams, and coordinated the volunteers supporting them.

Executed secure data wiping protocols on decommissioned hardware, ensuring strict compliance with organizational data protection policies and cybersecurity standards. Managed IT asset inventory, tracking hardware life cycles and optimizing resource allocation across departments.

Pursuing a PhD in Computer Science with research on graph-based AI for detecting multi-stage attacks in critical infrastructure.

Completed an MSc in Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence, including modules on threat hunting, secure software development, and machine learning.

Earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering.

Completed the Blue Team Defender Programme, covering threat analysis, network defense, and incident response with SIEMs.

Grade: High Honour

Earned a Network Administrator Diploma with High Honour, focusing on computer networks and network administration.