Hassan Minhal Raza
Cybersecurity graduate with hands-on experience in SOC operations, penetration testing, and technical support.
Hassan Minhal Raza
SEC_OPS • VERIFIED IDENTITY
Verified Certifications
Certified Ethical hacker (CEH)
Comprehensive practical mastery of ethical hacking concepts, attack vectors, network scanning, malware threats, and penetration testing methodologies.
Certified Cybersecurity Educator Professional (CCEP)
Validation of professional instructional competencies in red-team training, hands-on lab mentoring, and defensive security curriculum delivery.
Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator (CHFI)
Specialized qualification in digital forensic investigations, evidence acquisition, chain of custody maintenance, and cybercrime incident containment.
Offensive & Defensive Capabilities
Splunk & Log Analysis
Log ingestion, search queries (SPL), correlation rule crafting, threat hunting, and alert triage across enterprise log streams.
Wazuh SIEM / EDR
Host-based security monitoring, vulnerability detection, file integrity monitoring (FIM), and active response configurations.
Incident Response & Investigation
Security event triage, anomaly detection, incident containment, artifact isolation, and post-incident reporting.
Vulnerability Assessment
Vulnerability identification, prioritized risk rating, scanning workflows using Nessus and Nmap, and remediation guidance.
Burp Suite & Web Security
Intercepting proxies, web application security testing, parameter fuzzing, and OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities verification.
Wireshark Packet Analysis
Deep packet dissection, network traffic sniffing, TCP stream tracking, anomalous protocol analysis, and PCAP forensics.
Networking (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VPN)
Routing & switching, subnetting, TCP/IP stack fundamentals, DNS security, DHCP configurations, and encrypted VPN tunnels.
Nessus, Nmap & Metasploit
Comprehensive security toolchain proficiency including Kali Linux, Nessus scanner, Nmap network scanning, and Metasploit framework.
Forensic Lens: Deepfake Detection Through Micro-Level Facial Blood-Flow Signals
Pioneering research into optical biometric verification. While generative adversarial models can synthesize hyper-realistic facial surfaces, they struggle to model subtle photoplethysmographic vascular pulses coherently across distinct anatomical sub-regions.
Security Engineering Projects
Deepfake Detection Research (Forensic Lens)
Micro-level facial blood-flow signals extraction for synthetic media and deepfake detection.
Web Application Security Testing
Hands-on black-box and grey-box security evaluations mapping against OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities.
Academic Degrees
MS In Cybersecurity
Comsats University Isb, Lahore
08/2026 - 08/2028 • Lahore, Pakistan
Postgraduate cybersecurity degree with focus on biometric forensics, deepfake detection through micro-level blood flow analysis, advanced threat modeling, and cryptosystems.
BS In Cybersecurity
The Superior University Lahore
01/2022 - 01/2026 • Lahore, Pakistan
Comprehensive undergraduate program in network security, ethical hacking, digital forensics, incident response, operating system internals, and secure software development.
Collaborate or Discuss Security Operations
Available for threat hunting consultations, forensic deepfake research collaborations, curriculum development, and red/blue team security assessments.