Younis' CV
Younis Alhussaini
IT - Cybersecurity Engineer
Profile summary
IT - Cybersecurity Engineer | IT - Cybersecurity Adaptable professional transitioning from volunteer roles to IT - Cybersecurity Analyst with 10 years of progressive experience in the GCC. Track record of evaluating network activity streams, monitoring security alerts, and mapping compliance frameworks. Dedicated to threat detection, incident triage, and maintaining secure information systems.
Career highlights
Threat Intelligence and Monitoring: Evaluates network and endpoint activity streams continuously through Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Sentinel platforms while executing brand and data leak monitoring using multiple intelligence tools.
Security Operations and Incident Response: Analyzes incoming phishing mail submissions, monitors security alerts, and automates repetitive security tasks and incident response workflows by configuring Cortex XSOAR playbooks.
Compliance and Framework Mapping: Mapped security compliance frameworks including ISO27001, ADDA, UAEIA, and ADHICS while executing daily SIEM health checks, network activity monitoring, and threat detection.
Training and Professional Development: Delivered training as a certified trainer in Cyber Gate Academy, represented the company as a speaker at events, and advanced through 6 professional and trainee roles.
Key skills
Professional experience
Directs security monitoring operations for government infrastructure, focusing on threat detection and incident triage. Manages endpoint protection systems and security information event management platforms across public sector digital services. Coordinates vulnerability intelligence gathering to secure government networks and digital assets.
- Evaluates network and endpoint activity streams continuously through Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Sentinel platforms.
- Analyses incoming phishing mail submissions to identify attack vectors and mitigate emerging email threats.
- Aggregates vulnerability data from multiple intelligence sources to produce actionable internal security advisories.
- Automates repetitive security tasks and incident response workflows by configuring Cortex XSOAR playbooks.
Directed threat intelligence operations within Abu Dhabi, focusing on continuous surveillance of organisational entities for data leaks, URL spoofing, phishing, and brand abuse. Managed security advisory creation and regional threat monitoring.
- Executed brand and data leak monitoring using SOC-Radar, Cybel, and Open Source websites.
- Ran scripts and OSINT tools to support GCC threats and attacks monitoring.
- Delivered training as a certified trainer in Cyber Gate Academy and represented the company as a speaker at events.
Directed security operations within an intelligence team, managing vulnerability tracking and endpoint activity analysis to protect systems.
- Analyzed phishing emails using D3 tools to isolate and report suspicious communications.
- Monitored security alerts using IBM QRadar and Microsoft Defender.
Collaborated with Khalifa University on infrastructure security initiatives, reporting to institutional leadership while supporting policy compliance and threat monitoring workflows.
- Executed daily SIEM health checks, network activity monitoring, and threat detection using AlienVault and Fortinet tools.
- Mapped security compliance frameworks including ISO27001, ADDA, UAEIA, and ADHICS.
- Authored standard operating procedures, security awareness flyers, and advisories.
- Distributed Zakat Alfitr provisions directly to community recipients during seasonal operations.
- Delivered public speaking engagements to convey organizational messages to audiences.
- Collected debris and waste materials to restore public coastal zones during community service events.
- Worked alongside peer volunteers to complete physical clean-up tasks according to safety guidelines.
Projects
Built a Flutter-based app to track and reduce electricity use, with UI designed in Figma. beside of: •Awareness tips via the application. •Posters, and social media. •Fixed bugs affecting energy consumption.
Flutter FigmaEducation
IT - Information Security
- Al Ain, UAE
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Dubai, UAE
Cybersecurity and Risk Management
- Dubai, UAE
- 92.6%
- Ruwais, UAE
Bachelor of Science: IT - Information Security United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) 2024 Dubai, UAE Diploma in Artificial Intelligence (AI) Albyan Institute 2024 Dubai, UAE Diploma in Cybersecurity and Risk Management Tamken Training Center 2018 Ruwais, UAE High School Diploma: 92.6% Al Abbas Bin Abdul Muttalib Secondary School Academic Project 2024 Sustainability Awareness Application, UAEU Built a Flutter-based app to track and reduce electricity use, with UI designed in Figma. beside of:
- Awareness tips via the application.
- Posters, and social media.
- Fixed bugs affecting energy consumption.
Certifications
Languages
Arabic · Native
English · Professional