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I design and build production-grade security systems for companies that need to secure cloud infrastructure, pass audits, and operate in regulated environments. Most teams don’t have a security tool problem. They have an architecture, integration, and execution problem. That’s where I come in. What I Do I help startups and enterprise teams move from: ❌ fragmented tools and partial controls ❌ audit delays and failing security reviews ❌ reactive fixes and security debt → to ✅ engineered, scalable security architecture ✅ audit-ready, continuously compliant environments ✅ automated, integrated security operations Core Expertise Cloud Security & Cryptography • Multi-cloud security architecture (AWS, Azure, GCP) • TLS PKI systems with automated certificate lifecycle (IaC + CI/CD) • Encryption architecture (CMEK, KMS, data masking, data protection) • Cryptographic hardening aligned with FIPS and modern standards • DNS security, network isolation, and zero-trust patterns Identity & Access Management • SSO (SAML, OIDC), enterprise identity federation • RBAC and least-privilege system design at scale • SCIM provisioning and identity lifecycle automation • Integration with enterprise IdPs (PingFederate, Azure AD, Okta) • Cross-account and multi-environment access control Compliance & Audit Readiness • SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, HIPAA, FedRAMP-aligned environments • End-to-end delivery: gap assessment → implementation → audit support • Control design, remediation, and evidence automation (Vanta, Drata, custom pipelines) • Continuous compliance monitoring vs point-in-time audits • Closing audit findings fast (not just identifying them) Security Engineering & Incident Response • CI/CD security (SAST, DAST, IaC scanning, secret management) • Vulnerability management with automated remediation workflows • Cloud misconfiguration detection (CIS benchmarks, runtime analysis) • Secure system design across infrastructure and application layers • Incident response, forensics support, and system hardening AI-Driven Security I don’t just integrate tools — I design security platforms. I have built and architected multi-agent AI-driven cybersecurity systems combining: • Cloud security analysis (AWS integrations, IAM analysis, misconfiguration detection) • Offensive security (recon, exploitation, privilege escalation simulation) • Vulnerability management (SAST, DAST, fuzzing, CI/CD integration) • SOC automation (SIEM/SOAR integrations, alert enrichment, playbooks) • Forensics and incident investigation workflows • Compliance reporting mapped to frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI, HIPAA) Key capabilities: • Multi-agent orchestration and communication • Automated remediation workflows • MITRE ATT&CK mapping and executive reporting • API-driven integrations across security tooling ecosystem • Role-based access for security, DevOps, and compliance teams This enables: → Continuous security instead of periodic assessments → 80% reduction in manual security effort → Faster audit readiness and real-time visibility How I Work • Engineering-first — I build and implement, not just advise • Work directly in production systems (cloud, identity, pipelines) • Design for real audit constraints, not theoretical compliance • Fast execution, clear communication, and ownership Typical Clients • SaaS companies preparing for SOC 2 / ISO 27001 / HIPAA • Cloud-native platforms handling sensitive or regulated data • Startups entering enterprise sales with security blockers • Organizations with fragmented security tools that don’t work together Important I’m not a fit for checklist-based security or surface-level audits. If you need: • real security architecture • working implementations • systems that pass audits and hold up in production - we’ll work well together.

🔐 Wazuh SIEM specialist and SOC engineer with hands-on experience deploying, configuring, and managing security monitoring infrastructure for enterprise environments. I help businesses detect threats, respond to incidents, and maintain secure, high-availability IT infrastructure across Linux and Windows systems. Whether you need a Wazuh SIEM deployed from scratch, SIEM alert tuning, endpoint security hardening, or full SOC operations support. I deliver production-ready solutions, not just configurations. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🛡 SECURITY & SIEM ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✔ Wazuh SIEM – Full deployment, agent onboarding, custom rules & decoders ✔ Log Management & Analysis – Syslog, Windows Event Logs, CEF/JSON ingestion ✔ Threat Detection & Incident Response – Alert triage, IR documentation, root cause analysis ✔ Endpoint Security – Kaspersky EDR, ESET PROTECT, VirusTotal FIM integration ✔ Firewall & Network Security – pfSense, FortiGate, IPsec VPN, WAN hardening ✔ GeoIP Enrichment & Attack Dashboards – OpenSearch/Kibana visualizations ✔ Active Response Automation – Python scripting, email alerting, SMTP integrations ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🖥 SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✔ Windows Server – Active Directory (AD DS), DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, AD CS ✔ Linux Server – Ubuntu, Debian, Red Hat / RHEL — setup, hardening, automation ✔ Virtualization – VMware ESXi, Proxmox VE, Hyper-V, XenServer ✔ Monitoring & NMS – Zabbix, PRTG, Nagios, Wazuh agent health monitoring ✔ Backup & Recovery – Veeam Backup, NFS, disaster recovery planning ✔ Email & Cloud – Zimbra Mail Server, Nextcloud, OwnCloud ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌐 NETWORKING ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✔ Routing & Switching – VLANs, inter-VLAN routing, static & dynamic routing ✔ VPN – IPsec site-to-site, OpenVPN, WireGuard, Cloudflare Zero Trust ✔ Firewalls – pfSense HA/CARP cluster, FortiGate policy management ✔ Remote Access – RustDesk, MeshCentral, self-hosted RDP solutions ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📜 CERTIFICATIONS ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✔ CC – Certified in Cybersecurity (ISC²) ✔ CCNA – Cisco Certified Network Associate ✔ RHCSA – In Progress I bring real enterprise experience not just lab setups. My work spans SOC operations at a national-scale defense retail chain, infrastructure security across border terminals and logistics sites, and ongoing managed security services for international clients. 📩 Available for one-time projects, ongoing retainers, and urgent engagements. Let's secure your infrastructure message me to get started.

As an experienced Cybersecurity Professional, my expertise encompasses Penetration Testing, Vulnerability Scanning, Information Security Management, and Compliance Oversight. With a comprehensive background, I provide multifaceted skills for effective digital asset protection in the dynamic cybersecurity landscape. In Cybersecurity Assessment, I excel in Threat Identification and Mitigation, adept in using tools like Burp Suite, Metasploit, OWASP ZAP, Nessus, and Nmap. My proficiency extends to Google CASA Tier 2 assessments, where I specialize in both dynamic and static scanning, leveraging OWASP ZAP and Fluid Attacks for robust evaluations. This expertise complements my in-depth understanding of Network Protocols, Firewall Configuration, and Database Management, and experience in various Operating Systems. My programming skills in Python, Perl, Ruby, and Bash Scripting enable the development of custom security tools, automating Penetration Testing and Vulnerability Assessment processes. These abilities, coupled with my analytical problem-solving skills, empower me to anticipate and counter Cyber Attacks effectively. In Web Application Security, I combine knowledge of Web Development and Penetration Testing for comprehensive Application Security Assessments. As an OSINT Specialist, I utilize public data sources for enhanced Risk Assessments and Threat Modeling. My role as a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Compliance Officer underlines my commitment to Information Security Policies and regulatory standards adherence. Dedicated to professional growth, I continuously engage with the latest Cybersecurity Trends and technologies through Industry Conferences and Professional Development Courses. My extensive skill set is geared towards providing effective Risk Mitigation Strategies, ensuring the security and integrity of digital assets.

If you're building on Azure or modern cloud infrastructure and want to ensure it’s secure before attackers find the gaps — I can help. I’m a cybersecurity consultant and founder of Exfiltra, helping startups and enterprises secure their applications, cloud infrastructure, and DevOps pipelines. I have worked with organizations generating $6B+ in annual revenue and helped companies strengthen security across cloud environments, applications, and compliance programs. I personally lead security engagements and, when needed, bring in specialists from my team at Exfiltra to support larger or complex projects. Most clients hire me when they want to: ✔ Secure Azure / AWS / GCP environments ✔ Perform professional penetration testing ✔ Implement DevSecOps and secure CI/CD pipelines ✔ Prepare for SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, FedRAMP, or CMMC ✔ Improve security posture using industry frameworks CORE EXPERTISE AZURE & CLOUD SECURITY • Azure security architecture reviews • Microsoft Defender for Cloud & Sentinel • Identity security (Entra ID / Conditional Access) • Cloud configuration reviews and CIS Benchmark hardening APPLICATION SECURITY & PENETRATION TESTING • Web application penetration testing • API security testing • Mobile application security testing • Network and cloud penetration testing • Assessments aligned with OWASP Top 10 and OWASP ASVS DEVSECOPS & SECURITY AUTOMATION • Secure CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps / GitHub Actions) • Infrastructure as Code security (Terraform / Bicep) • SAST and DAST integration in pipelines SECURITY TOOLS • Snyk • Semgrep • OWASP ZAP • Burp Suite • Wazuh • CrowdStrike • Microsoft Sentinel AI & LLM SECURITY • AI application threat modeling • Prompt injection and model abuse testing • Secure architecture for AI-powered applications WHY CLIENTS WORK WITH ME • Upwork Expert-Vetted (Top 1% of freelancers) • Founder of Exfiltra – a cybersecurity services company • Supported by a team of security specialists for larger engagements • Contributor to OWASP ZAP • Experience securing environments for organizations generating $6B+ in revenue • Background in both software engineering and cybersecurity • Security research involving organizations like the U.S. Department of Defense NOT A GOOD FIT IF • You want to hack or recover social media accounts • You want enterprise-grade security but are not willing to invest in it If your goal is to build secure systems instead of reacting to breaches later, feel free to invite me to your job or send a message describing your project.

Are you struggling to keep up with complex compliance requirements? Worried about audit readiness or documentation gaps? OR Looking for someone who can turn compliance chaos into reality? That is where I can come in, a cybersecurity GRC expert who gets it done right. I OFFER MONEY BACK GUARANTEE TO MY CLIENTS AGAINST STANDARDS' COMPLIANCE! With over 9 years of experience, I am focused on delivering high-quality, cost-effective solutions aligned with international standards and client business objectives. My expertise lies in auditing, compliance, cybersecurity risk assessments, and framework implementation across various industries including finance, healthcare, telecom, SaaS, and government sectors. 🔍 What I Offer: ✔️ Gap Analysis against ISO 27001, ISO 42001, SOC 2, NIST 800-53, NIST CSF, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, CTDISR, SAMA, and more. ✔️ Risk Assessments and mapping controls to identified risks and business impacts. ✔️ Policy & Procedure Development aligned with technical environments and compliance standards. ✔️ Audit Support including pre-audit preparation, internal control reviews, and remediation planning. ✔️ Compliance Reporting with Capability Maturity Model (CMM) levels and detailed findings. ✔️ Research-based Recommendations for compliance ✔️ Research on Cybersecurity Topics including but not limited to GRC domain 🎯My Commitment: I focus on understanding the unique needs and business context of each client to suggest practical, effective solutions, not just checklists. Whether you are seeking compliance certification, risk reduction, or security posture enhancement, I ensure: ✔️ Timely delivery of quality work ✔️ Cost-effective and scalable solutions ✔️ Alignment with business goals ✔️ Clear and actionable documentation ✔️ Confidentiality and professionalism at every step 🛠️ Technical Expertise: ✔️ Security audit reporting & control evaluation ✔️ Internal and external audit coordination ✔️ Data classification and control mapping ✔️ Regulatory research and control development ✔️ Writing research papers and technical documentation 📜 Certifications: ✔️Certified Information Privacy Professional-Europe (CIPP/E) ✔️ISO 27001:2022 Lead Auditor (CQI | IRCA) ✔️ISO 42001 AI Governance Implementation Roadmap (UKAS) ✔️(ISC)² Certified in Cybersecurity (CC) ✔️ ISO 20000, ISO 9001, ISO 27001 Associate Certifications 🌍 Standards & Frameworks I Work With: ISO 27001 | ISO 42001 | ISO 22301 | ISO 27011 | ISO 15408 (Common Criteria) | SOC 2 | NIST 800-53 | NIST CSF | CIS Controls | PCI DSS | HIPAA | GDPR | SAMA | CTDISR | PDPL 🔑 Keywords: Internal Audit | Cybersecurity GRC | Risk Assessment | Gap Analysis | ISO 27001 | SOC 2 | Compliance | NIST CSF | GDPR | HIPAA | AI Compliance | Policy Development | Audit Reporting | Remediation Planning | Cost-effective Security Solutions | ISO 42001 | CTDISR | CIS Controls | AI Risk Management| SAMA| PDPL| CTDISR| Risk Management| Audit Documentation| Policy Review and Update| Research| CIPP/E

Trusted Advisor 🥇 🚀 Get Audit-Ready in 6 Weeks — Guaranteed. Confused by compliance? I translate complex regulations into simple, actionable steps. Whether you need to win enterprise trust with ISO 27001 or unblock sales with a SOC 2 report, I provide the fastest, most cost-effective path to certification. Why hire a consultant when you can hire a Strategic Partner? As the Founder of Axipro, I’ve led over 100 successful certifications in the last year alone. We don't just "give advice"—we handle the heavy lifting. 🛠 THE GRC TOOL EXPERT Are you struggling with your automated GRC platform? I am an official partner and power user of: ✅ Drata (Gold Partner) ✅ Vanta (Expert Implementation) ✅ Secureframe, Thoropass, Sprinto, Scrut, & more. I can help you get your progress running in record time and even provide discounted subscription rates through our MSSP partnership. 🛡 ONE-STOP COMPLIANCE SHOP - Policies & Procedures: Custom-tailored, audit-ready documentation. - Risk Management: Deep-dive assessments that protect your business. - Security Questionnaires: Get them off your desk and submitted in hours, not weeks. - Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testings: Remediation recommendations and detailed reports to improve security posture - CPA Attestation: We have in-house CPAs to sign off on your SOC 2 Type 1 & 2 reports. 🌍 GLOBAL STANDARDS COVERED ISO 27001, 9001, 14001, 45001, 27701, 27017, 27018, 42001 (AI) | SOC 2 Type 1 & 2 | HIPAA | PCI DSS | GDPR | FedRAMP | NIST CSF | CMMC | TISAX | HITRUST | SAMA NCA ⭐ WHAT CLIENTS ARE SAYING "Ali is a lifesaver. He got us SOC 2 certified through Vanta and saved us months of work." — Founder, Druxia (USA) "Knowledgeable, professional, and incredibly responsive. Ali got us across the line with Drata for ISO 27001." — Founder, Tilt Legal (AUS) 💎 THE AXIPRO ADVANTAGE 10+ Years Experience: Lead Engineer & Auditor minds