Kabir A.

India · Senior Cybersecurity Specialist · Cognizant | Client: Etex SE – Global Manufacturing (Managed Security Services)

BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore

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About

Kabir A. is an Incident Response-focused Cybersecurity Specialist with over 7 years of enterprise experience, operating as an L3 escalation point in a Managed Security Services environment. He possesses deep hands-on expertise across the Microsoft Defender XDR stack and a strong track record of managing complex incidents end-to-end. Kabir is actively seeking an in-house CDC/SOC IR Lead role in the UAE or broader Middle East.

Skills

  • Incident Response & Investigation
  • Alert Triage & Validation
  • Timeline Reconstruction
  • Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
  • MITRE ATT&CK Mapping
  • IOC Enrichment
  • Malware Analysis
  • Outbreak Containment
  • Threat Hunting
  • Detection Use Case Development

43 skills in total

Experience

  • Senior Associate – Cyber Security Specialist (XDR & Incident Response)

    Cognizant | Client: Etex SE – Global Manufacturing (Managed Security Services)

    Apr 2025 — Present

  • Endpoint Security Engineer – CrowdStrike & McAfee

    Sony India Software Centre (RGBSI) | Bangalore

    Dec 2022 — Apr 2025

  • Endpoint Security Engineer – McAfee / Trellix

    McAfee Software India / Trellix | Bangalore

    Oct 2018 — Dec 2022

Education

  • BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore

    Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Information Science

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