I'm Rukhsar, an IT Support and Cybersecurity professional with 8+ years of experience supporting customers in a Fortune 500 enterprise environment.

I'm currently completing my Bachelor of Science in Information Technology while building hands-on cybersecurity experience through Home SOC Labs, SIEM implementations, Windows Event Log analysis, Linux administration, networking, cloud technologies, and virtualization.

My goal is to build a career in Technical Support, Application Support, Security Operations (SOC), and Cybersecurity, where I can combine strong troubleshooting skills, customer experience, and security knowledge to solve real-world technical problems.

• 🔭 Currently building a Home SOC Lab using Splunk Enterprise, Windows 11, Kali Linux & VirtualBox

• 🌱 Currently learning SIEM Engineering, Threat Detection, Windows Event Logs, Linux Administration, Active Directory, Networking, Cloud Security and Incident Response

• 👯 Looking to collaborate on Cybersecurity, SIEM, Detection Engineering, Technical Support, IT Infrastructure and Open Source Security Projects

• 👨‍💻 View all my projects: https://github.com/RukhsarPathan

• 📝 I write technical articles on Medium: https://medium.com/@RukhsarPathan7

• 💼 LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/rukhsarpathan7

• ⚡ Fun Fact: I believe the best way to learn cybersecurity is by building, breaking, documenting, and repeating.

• CompTIA Security+
• CompTIA Network+
• CompTIA A+
• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
• ITIL® 4 Foundation
• B.S. Information Technology (Expected July 2026)

• Windows 10/11
• Windows Server (Learning)
• Linux (Ubuntu & Kali)

• Splunk Enterprise
• Microsoft Sentinel (Learning)
• Windows Event Logs
• Sysmon
• Security Event Analysis
• Log Investigation

• TCP/IP
• DNS
• DHCP
• VPN
• Routing & Switching Fundamentals
• Network Troubleshooting

• AWS
• Microsoft Azure (Fundamentals)

• Oracle VirtualBox

• Python
• Bash
• JavaScript

• SQL
• MySQL
• Microsoft SQL Server

• Technical Troubleshooting
• Application Support
• Software Support
• Ticket Management
• Root Cause Analysis
• Remote Support
• Customer Support
• Documentation

Building a real Security Operations Center lab using:

• Splunk Enterprise
• Windows 11
• Kali Linux
• VirtualBox
• Windows Event Logs
• Security Monitoring

🔗 Repository: https://github.com/RukhsarPathan/SOC-Lab

• HTML
• CSS
• JavaScript
• React
• UI/UX Design
• Responsive Web Design

• Technical Support
• IT Support
• Application Support
• Software Support
• Security Operations Center (SOC)
• Incident Response
• Threat Detection
• Cloud Security
• Detection Engineering
• Cybersecurity

"Learning in public. Building in public. Growing one lab at a time." 🚀