Lloyd Sato | Cyber Security Professional

About Me

I am a Cyber Security Professional and Master’s Graduate with commercial experience in security operations and risk management . I am skilled in translating technical threats into business advice, managing risk registers, and implementing security frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK to improve organizational maturity . Based in London, UK .

Technical Skills

Security Operations

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Splunk (Admin & Optimization)
Microsoft Sentinel (SIEM)
CrowdStrike EDR
Nessus (Infrastructure Scanning)

Malware Analysis & Forensics

Static & Dynamic Analysis
Reverse Engineering
Any.Run Sandbox
REMnux Linux Toolkit
Ghidra & Debugging Tools

Scripting & Frameworks

Python & PowerShell Scripting
SQL (Backend Logs & Risk Registers)
MITRE ATT&CK Framework
GDPR Compliance

Featured Research

Decoding Malicious Camouflage

Master's Project | Jan 2024

Conducted an in-depth analysis of evasion techniques in malware against EDR and AMSI detection . Utilized a hybrid analysis methodology (Static & Dynamic) within a secured sandbox environment .

Key Findings:

Redline Stealer: Identified obfuscated PowerShell scripts using memory patching to disable AMSI and scheduled tasks for persistence .
WannaCry: Analyzed system recovery inhibition techniques (vssadmin) and forensic countermeasures (self-deleting scripts) .
SheetRAT: Uncovered trust subversion techniques involving root certificate downloads from legitimate domains to bypass SSL/TLS inspection .

Experience

Security Operations Analyst (SOC L1)

Acumen Technix LTD, London | Dec 2025 – Present

Deployed Microsoft Defender for Endpoint to block complex malware threats .
Administered Splunk to detect and triage incidents, distinguishing false positives from critical breaches .
Managed risk registers using SQL to track service impacts in alignment with GDPR .
Mapped adversary techniques to MITRE ATT&CK for actionable intelligence .

Researcher

University of Westminster, London | Oct 2023 – Mar 2024

Conducted research into malware evasion techniques supporting threat actor identification .
Performed analysis on Redline Stealer, WannaCry, and SheetRAT using Any.Run to dissect code and behavior .
Produced standardized threat analysis reports using the MITRE ATT&CK framework .

Security Operations Analyst (SOC L1)

HSBC Software Development, India | July 2021 – Nov 2022

Analyzed security alerts from Microsoft Sentinel and CrowdStrike to detect and respond to threats .
Developed custom scripts (Python/PowerShell) to automate threat intelligence collection .
Conducted static and dynamic analysis of malware samples to identify IOCs .

Education & Certifications

Master of Cyber Security and Forensics

University of Westminster, London, UK

Bachelor of Electronics and Communications Engineering

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, India

Certifications

CompTIA Security+
IBM Cybersecurity Analyst Professional
CREST Incident Response (In Progress)

About Me

Technical Skills

Security Operations

Malware Analysis & Forensics

Scripting & Frameworks

Featured Research

Decoding Malicious Camouflage

Key Findings:

Experience

Security Operations Analyst (SOC L1)

Researcher

Security Operations Analyst (SOC L1)

Education & Certifications

Master of Cyber Security and Forensics

Bachelor of Electronics and Communications Engineering

Certifications

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