Mert Sarica
VP Of Security Research & Operations
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Top SchoolMert Sarica is a cybersecurity leader with 10+ years of hands-on and executive experience building and operating world-class threat detection and response programs across banking and enterprise environments. As VP of Security Research & Operations at SOCRadar he advises the CEO, drives product innovation, and leads teams of threat researchers, hunters, analysts and technical writers to democratize threat intelligence. Previously he served as CISO-level executive at InterTech/DenizBank and built one of the highest-rated Cyber Defense Centers at Akbank, overseeing 24/7 monitoring, vulnerability management, and incident response for large financial institutions. He began his career as an ethical hacker and rose rapidly through technical leadership roles, earning six promotions at IBTech and delivering penetration testing, malware analysis, and SIEM engineering. A regular speaker and blogger who has lectured on malware analysis at the graduate level, he blends deep technical craft with strategic governance and measurable security metrics. Based in Washington, DC, Mert pairs an MBA and an information-systems background with a proven track record of turning security research into operationalized defenses.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
İstek Uluğbey LisesiÖzel Doğuş İlköğretim - Liseİşletme Yüksek Lisans Programı (MBA) Master of Business Administration, İşletme Yüksek Lisans Programı (MBA) Master of Business Administration at Yeditepe University
Github Skills (12)
frida7
vala7
instrumentation7
reverse-engineering5
replay3
traffic3
interop3
java2
android2
radare22
pcap2
rdp1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
mertsarica/hack4career
Oct 2015 - Nov 2022
Contributions:52 commits, 57 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 2 months
mertsarica/mertsarica
Jan 2023 - Feb 2024
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
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