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Philip Zangara

SOC Analyst · Threat Analyst · Detection Engineering

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About Me

Cybersecurity professional specializing in threat detection, SIEM engineering, and security workflow automation. My work spans blue-team operations, detection rule development, and threat intelligence with hands-on experience across Splunk, Sigma, Suricata, and MITRE ATT&CK.

I build detections, not just monitor for them. Projects include Sigma rules converted to Splunk SPL, a CTI dashboard correlating AlienVault OTX against live Sysmon telemetry, and Python tools for phishing triage and IOC enrichment.

Currently seeking roles in detection engineering, SOC analysis, and MDR operations.


🎓 Certifications

Certification Issuer
SecurityX · PenTest+ · CySA+ · Security+ · A+ CompTIA
Splunk Core Certified Power User & Core Certified User Splunk
AWS Cloud Practitioner (CCP) Amazon
Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) Microsoft
Blue Team Level 1 (BTL1) Security Blue Team

M.S. Cybersecurity & Information Assurance · B.A.S. Cybersecurity


🛠️ Skills & Tools

Blue Team / Defense

Splunk Suricata Wireshark

Infrastructure & Platforms

Linux Raspberry Pi Docker AWS Azure

Scripting & Dev

Python Bash


🚀 Projects

Project Description
🚩 Vulnerability Management Program Implementation Implementing a mock vulnerability management program
💻 Programmatic Vulnerability Remediations Powershell, BASH, & Shell Commands to remediate vulnerabilities
🎯 Threat Hunt Reports From Cyber Range
🎣 Simple Phishing Analyzer Python-based phishing email analyzer performing automated triage of .eml files
🔍 Simple IOC Lookup Python-based IOC enrichment tool for automated triage of IPs, domains, URLs, and file hashes
🪵 Simple Log Parser Python-based log parser that automatically detects and extracts IOCs from Windows Event XML, Apache, and auth.log files
🔎 Simple PCAP Extractor Python-based PCAP parser for extracting network metadata and HTTP file artifacts from capture files
📋 Sigma Detection Rules Sigma detection rules for common adversary TTPs mapped to MITRE ATT&CK with Splunk SPL conversions
🛡️ Splunk OTX CTI Dashboard Splunk Classic Dashboard correlating AlienVault OTX threat intelligence against live Sysmon telemetry
🔒 Linux Security Monitoring Dashboard Ubuntu 24.04 hardened with DoD STIG V1R1 using OpenSCAP. MITRE ATT&CK mapped detections in Splunk with drift simulation and automated daily compliance scanning
📡 Suricata NIDS on Raspberry Pi + Splunk Deployed Suricata as a home NIDS on a Raspberry Pi 4, visualized alerts via Splunk dashboard
🔊 Suricata ET Noise Analysis Analyzed Emerging Threats ruleset noise on a live home network

Building security tools that answer real questions. Open to roles in threat detection, MDR, and SOC operations.

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  1. nist-csf-gap-analyzer nist-csf-gap-analyzer Public

    A Python tool that compares a self assessment against the real NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0 and generates a gap report. It shows coverage by Function, Category, and Subcategory, and flags…

    Python

  2. vulnerability-management-program vulnerability-management-program Public

    Vulnerability Management Program

  3. windows-stig-remediation windows-stig-remediation Public

    PowerShell remediation scripts for Windows DISA STIG findings, validated with Nessus compliance scans and designed for repeatable security hardening.

    PowerShell

  4. splunk-otx-cti-dashboard splunk-otx-cti-dashboard Public

    Splunk Classic Dashboard visualizing AlienVault OTX threat intelligence correlated against live Sysmon endpoint telemetry. Built for the ECA Cyber Range Splunk Security Dashboard Challenge.

  5. linux-stig-siem-monitoring linux-stig-siem-monitoring Public

    Ubuntu 24.04 hardened with DoD STIG V1R1 using OpenSCAP. Live security event monitoring in Splunk with detections mapped to MITRE ATT&CK. Includes drift simulation and automated daily compliance sc…

    Shell

  6. sigma-detection-rules sigma-detection-rules Public

    Sigma detection rules for common adversary TTPs mapped to MITRE ATT&CK, with converted Splunk SPL queries and sample logs for testing.