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Emrah Yıldırım

Professional Journey

Work Experience

My professional journey across aviation and banking sectors, specializing in cybersecurity operations and incident response.

calendar_month Aug 2025 - Present

Cyber Security Incident Responder

account_balance Kuveyt Türk Participation Bank
schedule Full-time
location_on Istanbul, Turkey (Hybrid)
security

Currently serving in the banking sector, actively contributing to threat hunting, incident triage, phishing analysis, digital forensics, and correlation rule optimization. Working with advanced security technologies including SIEM, SOAR, and EDR/XDR platforms to protect critical financial infrastructure.

Threat Hunting Incident Response Digital Forensics SIEM SOAR EDR/XDR
calendar_month Sep 2022 - Aug 2025

Cyber Security Analyst

flight_takeoff Turkish Airlines
schedule Full-time · 3 years
radar

Worked in the aviation sector on threat monitoring, incident response, malware analysis, security awareness, and threat hunting. Gained extensive experience in 24/7 SOC operations, which significantly strengthened decision-making skills and incident response capabilities in high-pressure environments.

SOC Operations Malware Analysis Threat Monitoring Security Awareness Incident Response
calendar_month Jul 2022 - Aug 2022

SecOps Engineer Intern

description Jotform
schedule Internship · 2 months
engineering

Gained hands-on experience in security operations and engineering practices. Contributed to security automation initiatives and learned industry-standard security tools and methodologies in a SaaS environment.

Security Operations Security Automation SaaS Security
calendar_month Mar 2022 - Apr 2022

Cyber Threat Intelligence Intern

shield BGA Bilgi Güvenliği
schedule Internship · 2 months
psychology

Developed foundational skills in cyber threat intelligence, including threat actor tracking, indicator of compromise (IOC) analysis, and intelligence reporting. Learned to leverage threat intelligence platforms and open-source intelligence (OSINT) techniques.

Threat Intelligence IOC Analysis OSINT
calendar_month Jun 2021 - Aug 2021

Web Applications Security Intern

web ISTECENTER
schedule Internship · 3 months
location_on Istanbul, Turkey
bug_report

Started my cybersecurity journey by learning web application security fundamentals. Gained practical experience in identifying and reporting common web vulnerabilities such as SQL injection, XSS, and CSRF. Used industry-standard security testing tools.

Web Security Penetration Testing Vulnerability Assessment
The journey continues...