Ariyo Ogundana

About Ariyo Ogundana

Cybersecurity Analyst with 5+ years of experience across SOC operations, threat detection, security investigations, incident response support, and network security monitoring. Skilled in Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk, QRadar, Rapid7 IDR, Defender, and FortiAnalyzer, with strengths in alert triage, log analysis, phishing investigation, and improving detection quality through tuning and analysis.

Experience

1. Cybersecurity Analyst Soc Analyst

   Youverify

   Dec 2023 — Present · US

   Reviewed and triaged 50+ security alerts weekly across SIEM, endpoint, identity, and network tools.Supported 10–15 investigations monthly involving phishing, login anomalies, malware alerts, and suspicious network activity.Used Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk, QRadar, Rapid7 IDR, and FortiAnalyzer to review suspicious activity, validate alerts, and support day-to-day threat detection.Pulled together logs from firewalls, VPNs, email, endpoints, and authentication systems to understand what happened, how far an issue spread, and what evidence should be preserved.Analyzed DNS, HTTP/S, TCP/IP, and VPN activity to investigate unusual connections, user behavior, and possible malicious traffic.Supported incident response by helping with triage, root cause analysis, evidence collection, and clear case documentation for follow-up and reporting.Reduced recurring false positives by roughly 25% through alert tuning and correlation improvements.Maintained security documentation, investigation notes, and weekly reporting that helped leadership track trends and recurring alert types.

Education

• University of Lagos

  BSC, Urban and Regional Planning

• University of Bedfordshire

  MSC, Information Technology Management and Security