Abdullah Yousaf

Cybersecurity-focused Computer Science student with hands-on experience in SOC operations, threat monitoring, vulnerability assessment, and incident response. Proven ability to integrate artificial intelligence with network defense by engineering a custom hybrid Intrusion Detection System (IDS). Proficient in Wazuh, Wireshark, Nmap, Burp Suite, and Autopsy. Skilled in developing responsive frontend interfaces for security dashboards and analyzing system telemetry to identify anomalous behavior.

Cybersecurity Intern at Techaccess Pakistan (2025-07 – 2025-09)

• Reinforced SOC operations for a team of 8 analysts, focusing on real-time network defence and proactive threat monitoring across a multi-client environment.
• Triaged 50+ daily security alerts in Wazuh SIEM, maintaining a sub-2-hour escalation time for validated incidents and reducing analyst backlog by 15%.
• Conducted vulnerability assessments across 10+ systems using Nmap and Burp Suite, producing structured remediation reports adopted directly into client security roadmaps.
• Analysed network and system logs using Wireshark, Wazuh and Autopsy, contributing to 3 incident post-mortems and improving detection rule coverage by 20%.

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science – Capital University of Science & Technology (2022-09 – 2026-07)