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Mazhar Mert Ozbil

Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
Istanbul

Summary

Proficient Offensive Security Consultant, committed to delivering tangible results through comprehensive offensive security assessments. Demonstrates expertise in cyber security evaluations, web/mobile penetration testing, Red Teaming, and Data & Application security. Exhibits a proactive approach towards assuming supplementary duties to ensure collective team objectives are met. Keenly pursuing additional offensive security certifications to further enhance professional credentials.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
7
7
Certifications

Work History

Senior Cybersecurity Consultant

PwC
04.2024 - Current

Ethical Hacking Proficiency

  • Conducted breach and attack simulation operations on systems, assessing and strengthening defenses to withstand real-world cyber threats. This is achieved using the Picus tool to ensure effective threat assessment.
  • Engagement in a threat modeling project involves a detailed assessment of the customer's architecture, with active remediation of identified vulnerabilities.
  • Delivering projects regarding; Cyber Security Assessment, Cloud Security, RCG, Data&Application Security
  • Applied advanced methodologies to conduct penetration tests across diverse platforms, including mobile and web applications, network devices, operating systems, and databases.


Innovative Cybersecurity Solutions and Engagement

  • Developing innovative services to address the evolving needs of the cybersecurity sector.
  • Engaging directly with clients for both pre-sales and post-sales activities.
  • Planning project timelines and actively participating in all phases of execution.


Client Relationship Building

  • I have successfully implemented actionable security enhancements based on the vulnerabilities identified through penetration tests. Effectively communicated both the vulnerabilities and their corresponding solutions to ensure comprehensive understanding.

Offensive Security Consultant

IBM X-Force Red
12.2023 - 04.2024

Ethical Hacking Proficiency

  • Applied advanced methodologies to conduct penetration tests across diverse platforms, including mobile and web applications, network devices, operating systems, and databases.
  • Conducted breach and attack simulation operations on systems, assessing and strengthening defenses to withstand real-world cyber threats.

Red Team Operations

  • Conducted dynamic simulations of potential attack scenarios, utilizing tactics and techniques employed by threat actors to evaluate and improve the defensive capabilities of the organization.

Client Relationship Building

  • I have successfully implemented actionable security enhancements based on the vulnerabilities identified through penetration tests. Effectively communicated both the vulnerabilities and their corresponding solutions to ensure comprehensive understanding.


Cybersecurity Consultant

IBM
03.2022 - 12.2023
  • Providing Cyber Security Assessments, Web & Mobile Penetration Testing, Maturity, and Risk Evaluation for the clients
  • Implementing and managing SAST&DAST tools to enhance the threat visibility of the clients
  • Maintaining guidance for clients to remediate active vulnerabilities.
  • Delivering projects regarding; Cyber Security Assessment, Cloud Security, RCG, Data&Application Security
  • Conducting technical assessment of security domain effectiveness regarding 10EP framework of IBM
  • Actively participating in threat modeling sessions to map the architecture and highlight possible risks of the applications
  • Conducting ISO27001 assessments to provide foresight for audits


Integration Consultant

IBM
08.2020 - 03.2022
  • Analyzed, designed, and developed BPM flows to automate internal/external business processes of the clients
  • Developed Web, Mobile & Desktop applications with Java/JavaScript/Python/ASP.Net
  • Maintained the integration among Web&Mobile applications and ERP systems
  • Designed and built databases and table structures for applications
  • Tested, deployed, and troubleshoot middleware products.
  • Corrected, modified, and upgraded software to improve performance.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Sabanci University
Istanbul
08.2017 - 02.2022

Skills

    Web/Mobile Penetration Testing Developing Security Plans Data Security Audit

Customer Relationship Building

Client Relations

Certification

Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)

Languages

Turkish (Native)
English (Advanced)

Timeline

Web appication Penetration Tester eXtreme (eWPTX)

09-2024

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor

08-2024

Azure Security Engineer (AZ-500)

05-2024

Senior Cybersecurity Consultant

PwC
04.2024 - Current

Offensive Security Consultant

IBM X-Force Red
12.2023 - 04.2024

Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)

10-2023

CREST Registered Penetration Tester (CRT)

09-2023

CREST Practitioner Security Analyst (CPSA)

09-2023

Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) | Score:122/125

05-2022

Cybersecurity Consultant

IBM
03.2022 - 12.2023

Integration Consultant

IBM
08.2020 - 03.2022

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Sabanci University
08.2017 - 02.2022
Mazhar Mert OzbilSenior Cybersecurity Consultant