Isaam Shafiq

BS Cyber Security graduate with hands-on experience across the services a security consultancy sells: penetration testing, vulnerability assessment, SOC monitoring, and ISO 27001 compliance documentation. Comfortable researching organisations and their security posture using open-source techniques, and experienced in explaining technical findings to non-technical readers through written reports. Keen to apply that understanding on the business development side of cybersecurity.

SOC Analyst (Intern) at CypherGuard (2025-08 – Present)

• Monitor and investigate security alerts across client environments, giving practical insight into the problems organisations face day to day.
• Write incident and escalation documentation that readers outside the investigation can follow and act on.

Junior SOC Analyst (Intern) at AVROX Solutions (2024-08 – 2025-08)

• Investigated security alerts, carried out root cause analysis, and supported vulnerability scanning and access reviews.
• Authored response playbooks and reporting templates adopted as the team's standard documentation.

Compliance & Security Research (Final Year Project) at Air University / ClaimTech (2024-06 – 2025-06)

• Worked directly with an industry partner to understand their requirements and translate them into agreed security deliverables on a fixed timeline.
• Produced a full ISO 27001-style documentation set, including a risk register, IT policies, and standard operating procedures.
• Applied HIPAA and GDPR requirements to a healthcare AI system, the kind of compliance driver that leads organisations to buy security services.

Penetration Testing Research Intern at National Center for Cyber Security (NCCS) (2022-06 – 2023-08)

• Carried out network and wireless penetration testing with Nmap, Wireshark, and Metasploit under senior researchers.
• Researched targets using open-source intelligence techniques, then documented findings in reports with risk ratings and remediation recommendations.

BS in Cyber Security – Air University (2021 – 2025)