Mert Musluoglu

Cybersecurity consultant with a Master's in Cybersecurity from Riga Technical University. Experienced in audits and penetration testing in 1A CUE. Also, experienced in user management, and system analysis in Bigo Live company. Skilled in Windows OS, Kali Linux, and cybersecurity tools such as Nmap, Burp Suite, Netexec, Wireshark and more. Efficient in Python, Java, and Bash and committed to innovation in cybersecurity.

Cybersecurity Consultant - 1A CUE Consulting & Engineering GmbH

(2025-01 - 2026-05)

As a cybersecurity consultant, I have contributed on automotive cybersecurity assessments according to ISO/SAE 21434, and I have utilized skills with penetration testing methods and tools by mainly focusing on web exploitation, network security and active directory. Additionally, I have created checklists and mind maps for each type of automotive cybersecurity assessment to benefit from AI automatization.

• Conducted cybersecurity assessments and audits covering Software Architecture Design (SWAD), Software Unit Design (SWUD), Software Test Report (SWTR), Software Test Specification (SWTS), Software Architecture Design Verification Record (SWAADVREC), Software Architecture Design Verification Report (SWAADVREP), Software Design Verification Record (SWUDVREC), and more
• Performed Threat Analysis and Risk Assessment (TARA) in alignment with ISO/SAE 21434
• Defined and derived cybersecurity goals based on TARA outcomes and standard requirements
• Creation of assessment checklists for each assessment type (SWAD, SWUD, SWTR, SWTS, Tara, Heavens, etc.)
• Creation of AI assessment automatization mind map to visualize the AI's step-by-step functions during an assessment
• Creation of AI's raw data (the checklists), restrictions, dependencies, processing findings, output&feedbacks
• Target enumeration
• Identifying vulnerabilities
• Infiltration
• Privilege escalation
• Reporting of the findings
• Blog posts on company's SharePoint about Blockchain technology
• Blog posts on company's SharePoint about Quantum computing & post-quantum encryption
• Penetration testing presentation for the office staff covering subnet enumeration, unauthenticated host enumeration, authenticated host enumeration, privilege escalation, and Living off the Land Techniques

User Management Advisor - Bigo Live - Turkey, Istanbul

(2020-12 - 2022-08)

Information management and analysis of thousands of users to enhance the system functionality and security. User management of the VIP accounts by implementation of application's functions based on user's preferences unless it conflicts a security measure in the application. Additionally, Canva tool is used for application's event designs to fasten design process throughout the organization when new sections and functionalities are created.

Internship - Arçelik A.Ş. - Turkey, Istanbul

(2020-08 - 2020-09)

CI/CD system integration and Autobuild mechanism. Linux-Ubuntu, Jenkins for CI/CD.

Bachelor - Computer Science and Information Technology - Riga Technical University (2015 - 2020)

Master - Cybersecurity Engineering - Riga Technical University (2022 - 2024)