Self-directed project
Fundamentals of Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity · August 2026
A ProoV case study · educational project, not employment
Built a complete beginner SOC incident response package for a phishing-led intrusion: triaged the email, identified anomalous logins and IoCs, sequenced containment, drafted a GDPR Article 33 notification, and produced a structured incident report with timeline, root cause, impact, and recommendations. Also connected the exercise to the Continental case with an evidence-based control recommendation and a clear explanation of the 72-hour reporting clock.
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 flagged the phishing email’s key red flags, including urgency, greeting issues, link, and attachment.
- Identified the anomalous sign-in rows and explicitly caught impossible travel without false positives.
- Sequenced containment in a defensible order that cut access first and avoided destructive actions.
- Wrote a GDPR notification that covered the incident nature, affected data, likely consequences, and mitigation steps.
- Leakage-Free Incident Triage
- Evidence-Based Log Investigation
The work I submitted18 tasks
10 tasks · 5.6k characters · 8 written answers · 355 words
- Phishing Triage189 characters
- Killchain Map245 characters
- Log Triage175 characters
- Ioc Extraction176 characters
- Containment Plan373 characters
- Breach Notification1.2k characters
- Incident Report1.3k characters
- Recommendations648 characters
- Real Case Analysis656 characters
- Teach Back535 characters
- Phishing Triage8 words
- Killchain Map12 words
- Log Triage9 words
- Ioc Extraction8 words
- Containment Plan14 words
- Breach Notification144 words
- Incident Report147 words
- Recommendations13 words
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