I'm a Computer Engineering student focused on Security Operations (SOC) — log analysis, detection engineering, and incident triage. I started my cybersecurity path on the offensive side, and now I'm channeling that attacker mindset into building better detections.
- 🔴 Started in cybersecurity on the offensive / red team side — Certified Associate Penetration Tester & Certified Web Security Expert (Hackviser)
- 🔭 Currently building a SOC home lab: Splunk + Sysmon detection engineering against Caldera-simulated adversary techniques (MITRE ATT&CK)
- 🌱 Bridging that red team background into blue team / detection engineering
- 🎯 Open to opportunities in SOC / Security Operations
- 📫 Reach me at meryembetulcelik1@gmail.com
Security & Monitoring
Scripting & Languages
DevOps
🎯 Offensive Security — where I started
- Certified Associate Penetration Tester (CAPT) — Hackviser, 2026
- Certified Web Security Expert (CWSE) — Hackviser, 2026
🛡️ Detection, Threat Intel & Cloud Security
- Siber Tehdit İstihbaratı ve Tehdit Avcılığı (Cyber Threat Intelligence & Threat Hunting) — BTK Akademi, 2025
- CyberOps Associate — Cisco Networking Academy, 2025
- Kubernetes and Container Security — RaConf'26, 2026
📘 Foundations
- Cybersecurity Essentials — Cisco Networking Academy, 2024
- Mobil Güvenlik ve Sızma Teknikleri (Mobile Security & Pentesting) — BTK Akademi, 2025
- Kali Linux — BTK Akademi, 2026
- NDG Linux Unhatched — Cisco Networking Academy, 2025
- Version Control: Git & GitHub — BTK Akademi, 2026
Full list & verification badges on LinkedIn
| Project | Description |
|---|---|
| log-analyzer | Rule-based log analysis & alerting tool — YAML config, live tail monitoring, CSV reporting |
| altaysec-ssti-lab | Hands-on lab demonstrating server-side template injection (SSTI) vulnerabilities & exploitation |
| TorScraper | Concurrent scanner that crawls Tor-network targets, capturing HTML content and screenshots |
| SaglikCell_Group8 | Health-tracking app built in a 10-hour hackathon marathon (Turkcell CodeNight 2026) |