Silas Oyewole

Hi I'm Silas Oyewole, an aspiring cybersecurity professional with a foundational year of intensive, hands-on learning across leading platforms including TryHackMe, LetsDefend, BlueTeams, and Cisco Netacad. Driven by a passion for defensive security, I am actively seeking an internship or entry-level SOC Analyst (Blue Team) role to apply and advance my practical skills.

My expertise encompasses a robust set of capabilities vital for safeguarding digital assets, including network security, web security, incident response, network configuration and troubleshooting, threat intelligence, log analysis, phishing email analysis, threat analysis & response, and traffic analysis. I've honed these skills through diverse projects and job simulations, including:

• Developing an incident response plan.
• Conducting Wireshark traffic analysis to detect anomalies.
• Performing VAPT on intentionally vulnerable websites, exploiting vulnerabilities like SQL Injection, XSS, OS Command Injection, and HTML vulnerabilities.
• Designing a phishing email simulation and interpreting its results during a Mastercard job simulation.
• Completing a Deloitte job simulation where I analyzed web activity logs and supported a client during a cybersecurity breach.

I am proficient with industry-standard tools including Wireshark, Splunk, Elastic, and Kali Linux. My dedication to the field is underscored by achieving the (ISC)² Certified in Cybersecurity certification, validating my commitment to industry best practices.

I thrive as a proactive, problem-solving, and critical-thinking team player, consistently seeking new challenges to enhance my hands-on proficiency. I am eager to contribute to a dynamic security environment, leverage my foundational knowledge, and grow into an invaluable asset dedicated to fortifying an organization's defenses.