Dorcas Sunday

Education Consultant

Abuja, NG.

About

Education Consultant and Tech Learning Facilitator with expertise in curriculum alignment, technical skills development, and educational program support. Completed 3MTT fellowship in June 2026 with a focus on practical tech skills training, capstone mentoring, and digital literacy advancement.

Work

UNICCON Group

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SOC Analyst (L1)

Abuja, Nigeria

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Summary

Monitored security alerts, analyzed network traffic, and performed log analysis to identify potential security incidents. Evaluated security controls and misconfigurations to support threat containment and remediation.

Highlights

Triaged daily security alerts in Splunk SIEM using SPL queries, Sysmon, and Windows Event Logs (4625, 4672).

Investigated phishing emails by analyzing headers (SPF/DKIM/DMARC), extracting IOCs, and validating via VirusTotal and URLScan.

Mapped findings to MITRE ATT&CK framework (T1110, T1078, T1566) and documented incidents in Jira/ServiceNow to escalate true positives within SLA.

DHF

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SOC Volunteer / Security Analyst

Abuja, Nigeria

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Summary

Supported SOC operations through active threat landscape analysis, phishing investigation, and system log monitoring. Assisted with incident response workflows and security policy compliance.

Highlights

Analyzed phishing reports and user-submitted emails to identify social engineering attacks and mitigate email threats

Monitored security events to ensure compliance with operational security policies and support incident response

Participated in threat intelligence gathering and incident containment workflows

3MTT Nigeria

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Cybersecurity Fellow & Tech Facilitator

Abuja, Nigeria

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Summary

Hands-on training and peer facilitation in technical skills, security monitoring, and practical digital learning. Completed 3MTT in June 2026.

Highlights

Utilized monitoring and analytical tools (Nmap, Wireshark, Kali Linux) to inspect network traffic and teach digital safety frameworks

Analyzed security events and web traffic against OWASP Top 10 vectors to support learning and technical skills development

Collaborated on a capstone project evaluating wireless security protocols and rogue access point detection, completing the 3MTT program in June 2026

Opendefenders Technologies

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Intern – Wilses Cybersecurity Solutions

Lusaka, Lusaka, Zambia

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Summary

Trained in cybersecurity operations supporting threat detection and incident response under Wilses Cybersecurity Solutions.

Highlights

Triaged 30+ daily security alerts in Splunk, performed L1 validation using SPL queries, Sysmon, and Windows Event Logs (4625, 4672)

Investigated phishing emails: analyzed headers (SPF/DKIM), extracted IOCs (URLs, hashes), validated via VirusTotal/URLScan, and recommended block in email gateway per playbook

Mapped findings to MITRE ATT&CK (T1110, T1078, T1566), documented incidents in Jira with timeline & evidence, and escalated 12 true positives to L2 within SLA, improving detection accuracy by 80% via rule tuning

BNS CyberLab Limited

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Intern

New Delhi, Delhi, India

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Summary

Participated in cybersecurity training in digital forensics and malware analysis.

Network Against Scam and Cybercrime

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Corp Member / Volunteer Research Assistant

Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria

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Summary

Researched emerging cyber threats, phishing tactics, and social engineering vectors to generate threat intelligence. Analyzed scam methodologies and email headers to enhance SOC detection rules and defense strategies.

Highlights

Analyzed active phishing and scam campaigns to generate actionable threat intelligence for security teams

Developed threat indicators and defense guidelines to mitigate digital fraud and social engineering threats

Collaborated on threat tracking and campaign analysis to strengthen proactive monitoring

Education

University of Bedfordshire

Luton, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Bachelor of Science Computer Security and Forensics Grade: Second Class Upper

Skills

Incident Response & Triage

Alert Triage, Phishing Analysis (SPF/DKIM), VirusTotal, URLScan, Jira, ServiceNow, SLA Escalation.

SIEM & Log Monitoring (Splunk)

Splunk Enterprise Security, SPL Queries, Dashboards, Alert Tuning, Log Parsing, Sysmon.

Network & Log Analysis

Wireshark, Packet Analysis, Log Parsing, Malware Analysis, Traffic Monitoring.

Research & Critical Thinking

critical thinking, research skills, adaptability, collaboration.

SOC Frameworks & EDR

MITRE ATT&CK (T1110, T1078, T1566), NIST SP 800-61, OWASP Top 10, Windows Event IDs (4625, 4672), Microsoft Defender EDR.

SOC & Monitoring Tools

Splunk, Wireshark, Nmap, TCPDump, Kali Linux, Burp Suite.

Projects

Home SOC Lab & Threat Detection

Summary

Built a home SOC lab environment to analyze security events, log structures, and threat detection mechanisms. Ingested 10GB Windows Event Logs into Splunk Free to build detection rules and monitoring dashboards.

Wi-Fi Security Assessment

Summary

Conducted a comprehensive Wi-Fi security capstone project for the 3MTT program, partnered with UNICCON, NextGen, and Airtel. Performed vulnerability assessments and risk analysis on wireless protocols (WPA2/WPA3) to demonstrate exposure and design robust enterprise defense strategies.

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