Keshav Locknauth
CyberSOC Analyst | CTF Player | Bug Hunter
France
Tier 2 SOC Analyst at Orange Cyberdefense, working across Splunk, QRadar, Microsoft Sentinel, Cortex XSOAR, CrowdStrike Falcon, Akamai, and Microsoft Defender. Background in self-taught web and mobile development, with a Top-up BSc in Cybersecurity from Polytechnics Mauritius (awarded by Kingston University, UK). Active CTF player and bug hunter on the side.
Experience
CyberSOC Analyst (Intermediate) · Orange Cyberdefense
2023 - PresentFrance
- Tier 2 SOC operations: alert triage, investigation, and incident response across customer estates
- Detection and hunting across Splunk, IBM QRadar, and Microsoft Sentinel SIEM platforms
- EDR investigation and response with CrowdStrike Falcon and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- Web attack incident handling via Akamai WAF telemetry (OWASP Top 10 patterns, bot mitigation)
- SOAR playbook execution and tuning in Cortex XSOAR
Splunk QRadar Microsoft Sentinel Cortex XSOAR CrowdStrike Falcon Microsoft Defender Akamai WAF
Certifications
Splunk Core Certified User
Splunk
Introduction to Linux (LFS101)
Linux Foundation · 2024
Certified in Cybersecurity (CC) - Course Pre-assessment
ISC2 · 2024
Cyber Threat Intelligence 101 (Foundation Level Threat Intelligence Analyst)
arcX · 2024
Linux 100: Fundamentals
TCM Security · 2024
Programming 100: Fundamentals
TCM Security · 2024
Skills
Security
SOC Operations Tier 2 Incident Response Threat Hunting Pentesting Bug Hunting Vulnerability Research CTF Cryptography OSINT
SIEM / EDR / SOAR
Splunk IBM QRadar Microsoft Sentinel Cortex XSOAR CrowdStrike Falcon Microsoft Defender Akamai WAF
Programming
Python TypeScript JavaScript C C++ Java Dart PHP
Web & Mobile
React Tailwind CSS Flask Django Flutter Firebase
Offensive Tooling
Burp Suite pwntools Ghidra radare2 Volatility3 Wireshark Linux (Kali) Git
Data
SQL NoSQL MongoDB
Featured Projects
RECOG.py
Python-based reconnaissance toolkit for pentesting and bug hunting workflows. Wraps and chains common recon utilities into a single repeatable pipeline.
Python Recon Pentesting Bug Hunting
Education
Top-up BSc (Hons) in Cybersecurity · Polytechnics Mauritius (awarded by Kingston University, UK)
Jun 2025 - Jun 2026Diploma in IT, Cybersecurity · Polytechnics Mauritius (awarded by University Malaysia of Computer Science & Engineering, UNIMY)
Mar 2020 - May 2023Languages
French · Native
English · Professional
Mauritian Creole · Native