Ishwa Mhatre

Cyber Analyst with hands-on experience in SIEM monitoring, incident triage, and threat investigation at Maharashtra Cyber. Skilled in IBM QRadar, log analysis and incident response processes. Strong understanding of networking fundamentals and threat detection. Seeking to build a long-term career in Cybersecurity and Security Operations.

Cyber Analyst L1 - Aforeserve - Maharashtra Cyber - Maharashtra

(2024-10)

• Monitor and analyze 500+ daily security events using IBM QRadar SIEM.
• Perform Level-1 incident triage for phishing, brute-force attempts, malware alerts, and suspicious IP activity.
• Investigate logs from Windows systems, firewalls, proxy servers, and network devices.
• Correlated security events using SIEM rules to identify suspicious patterns.
• Validated IOCs using threat intelligence platforms and open-source intelligence sources.
• Assisted in reducing false positives through alert analysis and tuning recommendations.
• Mapped incidents to MITRE ATT&CK techniques for structured reporting and threat categorization.
• Prepared incident reports and escalated high-severity alerts as per SOC escalation matrix and SLA guidelines.

Master of Science - Information Technology - University of Mumbai (2024 - 2026)

Bachelor of Science - Information Technology - University of Mumbai (2020 - 2023)