Summary
Sultan Alanazi is a cybersecurity professional with 14 years of experience specializing in SIEM administration, incident response, and firewall management, currently serving as Events and Security Information Administrator at SAMI in Riyadh. He has deep hands-on expertise with Splunk, LogRhythm, IBM QRadar, Palo Alto, Fortinet, Carbon Black, and Cortex XSOAR, and holds Security+, eJPT and PCNSA certifications. Sultan has a track record of integrating diverse log sources, developing Sigma-based detection use cases, and automating response playbooks to reduce mean time to detect and remediate threats. His background spans government and private sectors, where he has balanced tactical incident handling with strategic consultancy and reporting. Notably, he pairs technical depth with practical project and customer-facing experience from earlier roles in IT project management and ticketing support.
14 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Management Information Systems, General, Bachelor's degree, Management Information Systems, General at Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University