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VISAL SATTAR

@visalsattar

Cybersecurity and AI red teaming graduate who built an intrusion detection system and exposed model failures on live attack traffic.

Pakistan
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I built an AI-based intrusion detection system that captures live TCP/UDP traffic and scores flows with machine-learning models. When I tested it with live attack traffic, I found the models missed floods outside their training distribution and added a model-independent rule that caught a real device's flood within one second.

I led the engineering of a three-person team for this project. I created reproducible evaluations using a held-out CICIDS2017 split and raw-pcap replay through the live pipeline, and diagnosed and fixed three feature-extractor mismatches that had reduced recall.

As a Web Development & Database Intern at Bureau of Agriculture Information KP, I built responsive intranet pages with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Bootstrap for use across phones, tablets, and desktops.

On my Underwater Trash Detection with YOLOv8 project, I fine-tuned a segmentation model on the TrashCan dataset and served detections through a Flask app. I also compared four datasets and added marine-life and ROV classes to reduce false detections. I completed the Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate, and CompTIA Security+ is in progress.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

BK

Web Development & Database Intern

Bureau of Agriculture Information KP

Jun 2023 - Dec 2023 (6 months)

Built responsive intranet pages in HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Bootstrap so staff could use internal tools on phones, tablets and desktops.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

CO

CompTIA

CompTIA Security+, Cybersecurity

CompTIA Security+ certification in progress, with the exam expected in early 2027.

TP

The University of Agriculture, Peshawar

Bachelor of Science (Hons), Computer Science

2022 - 2026

Grade: CGPA 3.1 / 4.00

Activities and societies: Led a three-person team building an intrusion detection system; probed models with live attack traffic; built a reproducible evaluation with 99.50% F1; diagnosed and fixed feature-extractor mismatches.

Pursued a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Computer Science with a CGPA of 3.1/4.00, completing a final year project on an AI-based intrusion detection system.

GO

Google

Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate, Cybersecurity

Completed the Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate in May 2026.

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