Ashish Kumar

About Ashish Kumar

I am a Cybersecurity Analyst with 4.5 years of experience specializing in Security Operations Center (SOC) environments and incident response. My career has been defined by a proactive approach to threat detection—moving beyond simple monitoring to investigating complex security notables and implementing risk assessment strategies that prevent unauthorized access before it occurs.Throughout my tenure at organizations like Guardian Life and Accenture, I have developed a deep proficiency in the modern security stack, including Splunk ES, LogRhythm, and XSOAR. I pride myself on my ability to translate raw log data from firewalls and Active Directory into actionable intelligence, ensuring that malicious activity is neutralized swiftly.Beyond the screen, I am a collaborator. Whether I’m drafting shift hand-overs, leading phishing awareness campaigns, or assisting IRT/SME teams with remediation recommendations, my goal is to strengthen the overall security posture of the enterprise.Core Competencies:SIEM & Monitoring: Splunk ES, LogRhythm, Real-time AnalysisThreat Defense: Threat Intelligence, Phishing Analysis, Malware AnalysisResponse & Governance: Incident Response, OWASP, DLP, Vulnerability Assessment

Experience

1. Engineer IT Security Soc

   Guardian Life

   May 2024 — Present · Gurugram, IN

   Working in a 24/7 team to monitor and handle security events/incidents, and conduct post investigations if necessary.Enforcing defensive security controls such as WAF, Splunk etc in enterprise cloud environment [ AWS ].Ingesting applications flow logs and security sensor logs into our centralised incident management portal.

Education

• St.Xavier's School,Bokaro

  School, Science

• Narula Institute Of Technology

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Information Technology