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MOHAMED ALI KHALFAN ABDULLA

Cybersecurity Graduate | Identity & Access Administration | Digital Forensics

Dubai, UAE

Profile summary

Security and Forensics graduate (Bachelor of Information Technology) based in Dubai, certified in TryHackMe Pre Security and Exterro ACE. Completed an information security placement at GDRFA Dubai managing user provisioning, access controls, and least privilege. Residence visa; available to join immediately.

Career highlights

Identity and Access Administration: Administered departmental user accounts by provisioning new profiles, removing leaver access, and enforcing least-privilege policies at GDRFA.

Digital Forensics Credential: Earned the Exterro AccessData Certified Examiner credential, confirming technical capability in FTK for digital forensics and evidence handling.

Security Operations Exposure: Gained practical exposure to alert monitoring, incident escalation procedures, URL-filtering policies, and application security testing within a government SOC environment.

Key skills

TechnicalKali Linux Windows and Linux Python JavaScript SQL
ProfessionalUser account provisioning and deprovisioning privilege assignment and revocation access-control policy least privilege role-based access control SIEM (IBM QRadar) log analysis threat and anomaly investigation incident response and disaster recovery Computer forensics and investigation evidence acquisition and handling FTK FTK Imager Autopsy Ethical hacking penetration testing vulnerability assessment Nmap Wireshark Network security TCP/IP enterprise network services WAN security cloud computing Security risk management data protection security policy project management (PMI) Flask secure coding OWASP Top 10 authentication and access control

Professional experience

Information Security Work PlacementJun 2026 - Aug 2026
General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA) – Information Security DepartmentDubai, UAE

Contributed to daily identity and access administration within the information security division, supporting baseline security controls and operational workflows under team supervision. Assisted with procedural access governance while observing core enterprise defense practices.

  • Administered user accounts across departmental systems by creating accounts for new joiners and revoking access for leavers.
  • Configured and updated access privileges in direct alignment with approved requests and departmental access-control policies.
  • Applied least-privilege principles across departmental access-request procedures under the supervision of the information security team.
  • Gained exposure to government SOC operations, observing alert monitoring, incident escalation protocols, URL-filtering policies, and internal application security testing.

Projects

SehaLink – Healthcare Appointment Platform

Focused on security architecture and vulnerability assessment for a team-developed healthcare booking platform. Defined authentication and role-based access control (RBAC) requirements, aligned endpoints with OWASP Top 10 standards, and executed 14 functional and security test cases to verify token validation and access restrictions on administrative endpoints.

Python Flask RBAC OWASP Top 10 Security Testing

Education

Bachelor of Information Technology - Security and Forensics, Security and ForensicsJan 2022 - Aug 2026
Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT), Dubai, UAE

Cumulative GPA: 3.13 / 4.00 (Good Standing) | Cumulative GPA: 3.13 / 4.00 (Good Standing) | Relevant coursework: Ethical Hacking, Computer Forensics and Investigation, Security Intelligence, Cryptography and Data Protection, Security and Risk Management, Incident Response and Disaster Recovery, Telecommunications and WAN Security, Secure Software Architecture and Coding.

Certifications

Exterro ACE – AccessData Certified ExaminerExterro2024-11-01T00:00:00.000Z
Pre Security Learning PathTryHackMe2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z
CCNA: Introduction to NetworksCisco Networking Academy2026-07-01T00:00:00.000Z
Certificate of Achievement – Project Management (CIS 3603)HCT2025-05-01T00:00:00.000Z

Languages

Arabic · Native

English · Fluent