Ahmed Jm

Final-semester Information Systems student (KAU, graduating Dec 2026) with hands-on infrastructure experience at a Saudi law firm: resolved two office-wide network incidents through to documented root cause, implemented static management addressing, NTP and DNS resilience, and administer Windows Server and Active Directory. Designing the network sensor placement for a Suricata IDS and Wazuh SIEM deployment. Security+ certified; preparing for Cisco CCNA (exam December 2026) and Fortinet network security certification.

Follows change-management procedure and documents every change.

IT Infrastructure & Security (Part-time) at HQ Law Firm (2025-01 – Present)

• Resolved two office-wide network incidents end-to-end — triage, containment, root-cause analysis and written incident report — and implemented preventive changes: static management IPs, time synchronisation (NTP) across devices, and DNS resilience.
• Administer and harden Windows Server and Active Directory; introduced and enforce a written change-management procedure for every change.
• Designing network sensor placement and log-source coverage for a Suricata IDS and Wazuh SIEM deployment following a full asset-discovery exercise.
• Triage endpoint security alerts (Kaspersky, Microsoft Defender), classify severity and escalate per procedure; identified unmanaged AnyDesk and TeamViewer instances running as services and escalated them to management.
• Maintain a findings register of 35+ security risks, including an end-of-life server exposed to EternalBlue, BlueKeep and Zerologon, with a staged containment plan.

Incident Response Support (Ransomware) at Osama Elkhereiji & Partner Co. (2023-08 – 2023-12)

• Supported containment and recovery of a live ransomware incident; helped trace the breach vector through log and network analysis.

Digital Forensics Consultant at Confidential litigation clients (2023-12 – 2026-01)

• Collected and analysed digital evidence on three litigation matters, including email-authenticity verification (headers, SPF/DKIM/DMARC, metadata), with full chain of custody.
• Led an examination whose findings were accepted as evidence before the Jeddah Court of Appeal; the case was decided in the client’s favour.

Compliance Intern (Summer Training) at Hide Cyber Security (2025-05 – 2025-08)

• Supported risk assessments, vulnerability testing and compliance audits against NCA ECC, SAMA CSF and NIST; documented findings and remediation steps.

Bachelor of Science in Information Systems – King Abdulaziz University (2021-09 – 2026-12)