B.Tech Cybersecurity · 3rd Year · Hyderabad

Gadila
Vaishnavi

Cybersecurity Student Aspiring SOC Analyst

Building practical skills to help defend digital environments. My focus is security monitoring, SIEM, network security, Linux, Windows security, web security and threat detection.

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8.57Overall average
SOCCareer focus
Hands-onLearning approach

A little about me

Curiosity, tested hands-on.

Turning cybersecurity theory into practical skills, one lab and investigation at a time.

I’m a third-year B.Tech Cybersecurity student at Swami Vivekananda Institute of Technology in Hyderabad, focused on building a strong practical foundation for a future in security operations.

My learning centers on security monitoring, SIEM, networking, Linux, Windows security, web security and controlled cybersecurity labs. I enjoy solving technical problems, understanding system behavior, investigating security events in logs, learning security tools and building practical labs with a strategic mindset.

I take ownership of my learning through research, documentation, AI as a learning and problem-solving companion, hands-on experimentation, troubleshooting and practical projects—then validate what I learn in controlled environments.

What I’m learning

Skills & tools

A growing toolkit for security operations, network analysis and practical cybersecurity.

Cybersecurity

SOC FundamentalsSecurity MonitoringThreat DetectionIncident AnalysisNetwork SecurityWeb SecurityVulnerability AssessmentEthical Hacking FundamentalsGRC Fundamentals

Security tools

SplunkWiresharkBurp SuiteNmapCisco Packet TracerTryHackMeWindows Event Viewer

Operating systems

LinuxKali LinuxWindowsUbuntu

Networking & labs

TCP/IPOSI ModelIP AddressingPorts & ProtocolsNetwork AnalysisTroubleshootingVMwareVirtualized Cybersecurity LabsMetasploitable2

Programming & design

Beginner level

Python · BeginnerWeb Design · Beginner

Strengths

Problem SolvingStrategic ThinkingAnalytical ThinkingTroubleshootingSelf-LearningAI-Assisted LearningAdaptabilityContinuous LearningPractical Cybersecurity

Learning by doing

Projects & practical labs

Controlled environments for building confidence with security tools, logs and networks.

PROJECT 01SIEM · Monitoring

Windows Security Monitoring with Splunk

Built a Windows security-monitoring environment with Splunk Enterprise and the Windows Universal Forwarder to collect and analyze Windows Security, System and Application Event Logs.

Splunk EnterpriseUniversal ForwarderWindowsUbuntu LinuxSIEMSecurity · System · Application Logs
PROJECT 02Authorized lab

SecureCorp Employee Portal Security Assessment

Conducted an authorized educational assessment in a controlled TryHackMe environment, exploring authentication, session management, password-reset behavior, cookies and application responses with Burp Suite.

Burp SuiteWeb SecurityHTTPAuthentication TestingSession ManagementTryHackMe
PROJECT 03Network lab

Network Security & Analysis Lab

Built practical labs to explore network discovery, traffic analysis, ports, protocols and troubleshooting across virtualized systems.

Kali LinuxNmapWiresharkCisco Packet TracerVMwareNetworking
PROJECT 04Isolated practice

Metasploitable2 Security Lab

Created an isolated practice environment with Kali Linux and Metasploitable2 to learn vulnerability-assessment and penetration-testing concepts safely.

Kali LinuxMetasploitable2MetasploitVMwareNetwork Security
PROJECT 05Hands-on practice

Cybersecurity Practical Labs

Worked through exercises in Linux commands, Windows security, networking, SOC concepts, SIEM monitoring, web security testing and cybersecurity challenges.

LinuxWindowsSplunkBurp SuiteWiresharkNmapTryHackMe
Security assessments and penetration-testing practice are described here as authorized learning in controlled lab environments.

Career direction

Why SOC?

I’m drawn to SOC operations because I enjoy analyzing security events, investigating suspicious activity, understanding how attacks appear in logs and using security tools to identify and respond to potential threats. I’m building the practical foundation to grow into this work.

Current focus areas

Security MonitoringSIEMLog AnalysisThreat DetectionIncident AnalysisNetwork SecurityWindows SecuritySOC Operations

Academic foundation

Education

B.Tech — Cybersecurity

Swami Vivekananda Institute of Technology

3rd YearHyderabad, Telangana
Semester 1-17.95
Semester 1-28.72
Semester 2-18.50
Semester 2-29.10
Overall average8.57

Let’s connect

Interested in my learning journey?

I’m building toward a career in security operations and welcome opportunities to connect, learn and share practical cybersecurity work. I use GitHub to document my projects, lab work and technical learning journey.

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