Daniel D Davalillo

About Daniel D Davalillo

As a native Venezuelan, I’ve seen how poor decision making and subpar leadership have…

Experience

1. Security Operations Analyst

   LPL Financial

   Jul 2022 — Present

   As a Security Operations Analyst, I lead initiatives to detect, respond to, and reduce phishing and malware threats across a user base, while also managing cross-functional security projects and optimizing threat response processes. • Enhanced security measures by implementing a proactive threat hunting strategy, leading to a 55% decrease in successful phishing attacks across the organization. • Leveraged MITRE ATT & CK and Cyber Kill Chain frameworks to develop custom detection and automation rules in PDR, Splunk, and SOAR platforms, reducing false positives and alert fatigue by 35%. • Produced and presented 20+ key SOC metrics and KPIs—including MTTR, phishing trends, DDoS, and false positive rates—via Splunk dashboards to senior leadership monthly, driving improvements in operational efficiency and resource allocation. • Crafted 10+ SOAR playbooks, incident response runbooks, and supporting documentation to streamline and standardize security operations processes.• Drove deployment and configuration of Microsoft Defender for users, optimizing real-time protection settings and ensuring consistent, rapid response to malware and phishing threats. • Managed project tasks and milestones in JIRA, enabling transparent progress tracking and accountability across vendors, engineering and architecture teams. • Communicated weekly with executive stakeholders, providing detailed project updates and progress reports to ensure visibility and alignment.• Authored monthly threat awareness newsletters, translating complex technical findings with the aim of educating 20K+ financial advisors on emerging cyber threats and best practices for detection and avoidance. • Conducted in-depth feasibility assessments on cybersecurity products and vendors to support strategic enhancements to SOC capabilities.