Affoua Kouadio

Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence engineer, specialized in security event monitoring, SIEM alert analysis, and ISO 27001 compliance. Hands-on operational experience in SOC (Orange CI) and IS auditing (ANSUT). Rigorous, autonomous, and comfortable in multicultural and critical environments.

Cybersecurity Trainer at EDITECH (2025-11 – 2026-06)

• Delivered hands-on training on AWS and Azure cloud security and administration services, ITIL and NIST frameworks, MITRE ATT&CK, and preparation for CompTIA Security+, SC-900, SC-200, AZ-900 and AZ-104 certifications.
• Designed tailored learning modules and coached participants in developing their technical and professional skills in cybersecurity and network administration.

Security Engineer at ANSUT (2025-05 – 2025-11)

• Conducted internal IS security audits: control assessment and gap analysis against ISO 27001 and NIST CSF frameworks.
• Wrote technical and executive audit reports with prioritized remediation plans.
• Performed internal penetration tests; documented vulnerabilities and remediation recommendations.
• Administered Microsoft Sentinel: created detection rules, investigated and contained security incidents.
• Led security awareness campaigns and authored knowledge bases and procedures.
• Developed a Python automation tool (data reconciliation) later transferred to SOC automation.

Security Analyst (SOC) at Orange CI (2024-03 – 2024-11)

• Monitored and qualified SIEM alerts (phishing, data exfiltration, malware).
• Conducted in-depth forensic investigations using the SANS 508 methodology: evidence collection, IOC analysis, structured reporting.
• Automated alert detection and handling via Python scripts; continuously improved detection quality.
• Deployed and configured SOC solutions: Wazuh, pfSense, Request Tracker for onboarding new clients.
• Detected behavioral anomalies (UBA) using unsupervised learning (Scikit-learn, Streamlit).

Master's Degree in Security Cybersecurity & Artificial Intelligence – INP-HB (2022 – 2024)

Bachelor's Degree in Network & Information Security – INP-HB (2018 – 2021)

Bachelor's Degree in Web Technologies & Digital Imaging – Université Virtuelle de Côte d'Ivoire (2018 – 2021)

Baccalaureat in Science Series (Serie C) – Ecole Supérieure Africaine des TIC (2015 – 2018)