Self-directed project
Fundamentals of Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity · September 2026
A ProoV case study · educational project, not employment
Built a complete beginner SOC incident response workflow from phishing triage through log investigation, kill-chain mapping, containment, and breach notification. Demonstrated strong evidence-based reasoning by identifying the malicious email indicators, spotting anomalous sign-ins, sequencing containment to cut access first, and writing a concise GDPR-style notification and executive incident summary.
Graded against
- Threat Triage & Detection20%
- Log Analysis & Investigation30%
- Incident Response & Containment20%
- Compliance & Breach Notification15%
- Executive Communication & Lessons15%
Passed · pass mark 60/100
What stood out6
- Correctly caught all four phishing red flags without false positives
- Identified the impossible-travel login and the anomalous auth rows
- Chose a containment order that cut access first and avoided destructive actions
- Explained the MFA control choice in terms of breaking the attack chain
- Leakage-Free Incident Triage
- Evidence-Based Log Investigation
The work I submitted18 tasks
10 tasks · 3.9k characters · 8 written answers · 207 words
- Phishing Triage186 characters
- Killchain Map244 characters
- Log Triage175 characters
- Ioc Extraction176 characters
- Containment Plan373 characters
- Breach Notification529 characters
- Incident Report852 characters
- Recommendations648 characters
- Real Case Analysis423 characters
- Teach Back275 characters
- Phishing Triage8 words
- Killchain Map12 words
- Log Triage9 words
- Ioc Extraction8 words
- Containment Plan14 words
- Breach Notification52 words
- Incident Report91 words
- Recommendations13 words
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