About Me
I’m a former Medical Laboratory Scientist with 4+ years of experience transitioning into cybersecurity. I bring deep expertise in HIPAA, precision, and compliance — now combined with technical hands-on work in Red Teaming, Blue Teaming, and Cloud Security.
🔐 Red Team
Enum4linux, CrackMapExec, SMB enumeration, password brute force, LOLBAS attacks, lateral movement via PsExec, Pass-the-Hash.
🛡️ Blue Team
Sysmon + Splunk detection rules, threat correlation, PowerShell attack detection, endpoint visibility.
☁️ Cloud Security (AWS)
3-tier VPC architecture, EC2, Security Groups, S3 bucket logging, CloudTrail + GuardDuty.
📊 GRC
NIST 800-53 mapping, risk register creation, audit policies, regulatory alignment (HIPAA).
👤 IAM (Microsoft Entra ID)
RBAC, Conditional Access, Privileged Identity Management (PIM), MFA enforcement, Access Reviews.
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🎓 Education
- M.Sc. Cybersecurity and Information Assurance – WGU (Expected 02/2026)
- B.Sc. Cybersecurity and Information Assurance – WGU (03/2025)
- B.Sc. Microbiology – University of Gondar (01/2018)
📜 Certifications
- CompTIA PenTest+ (03/25)
- CompTIA CySA+ (01/25)
- CompTIA Security+ (01/23)
- SSCP – ISC2 (01/24)
- CompTIA Network+, A+, Project+ (01/23–01/24)
- ITIL Foundation – AXELOS (01/24)
- Linux Essentials (01/24)
📞 Contact
- Email: leuln1212@gmail.com
- Portfolio: leulcyber.github.io
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/leul-nigussie
- GitHub: github.com/LeulCyber/ProjectLeulN