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AmalUBasnayake/README.md

Hi πŸ‘‹ I'm Amal Udayanga Basnayake

Cloud Security Engineer | Azure Security Specialist | Cybersecurity Enthusiast


πŸ‘¨β€πŸ’» About Me

πŸ” Cybersecurity enthusiast focused on Cloud Security, SIEM Monitoring, and Threat Detection.

  • 🏫 IT & Systems Specialist at Musaeus College
  • ☁️ Working with Microsoft Azure Cloud Infrastructure
  • πŸ›‘οΈ Passionate about Blue Team Security & Cyber Defense
  • πŸ“š Preparing for AZ-500 Microsoft Azure Security Engineer Certification
  • πŸš€ Building Real-World Cloud Security Labs
  • πŸ” Focused on Identity Security, SIEM Monitoring, and Threat Detection

πŸ›‘οΈ Cybersecurity Skills

πŸ” Identity & Access Management
☁️ Cloud Security Architecture
πŸ“Š SIEM Monitoring
🧠 Threat Detection
βš™οΈ Incident Response
πŸ”Ž Log Analysis
πŸ›‘οΈ Security Monitoring
🚨 Threat Hunting


☁️ Cloud Security Technologies


πŸš€ Featured Cybersecurity Projects

πŸ›‘οΈ Azure WAF + Application Gateway Security Lab

Protecting web applications using Web Application Firewall and OWASP protection.

πŸ” Azure Just-in-Time VM Access Security Lab

Securing Azure Virtual Machines using Microsoft Defender JIT Access.

🌐 Azure DDoS Protection Hands-On Lab

Mitigating volumetric attacks using Azure DDoS Protection.

πŸ“Š Microsoft Sentinel SOC Monitoring Lab

Detecting cyber threats using SIEM log monitoring and analytics.

☁️ Azure Hub-Spoke Security Architecture

Enterprise-style secure network architecture design.


πŸ“Š GitHub Stats


πŸ“ˆ GitHub Activity Graph


πŸ”₯ Contribution Activity


πŸ† GitHub Achievements


🌍 Live Cyber Threat Intelligence

Cyber attacks are constantly happening across the internet.
Security professionals use global threat intelligence platforms to monitor cyber threats.

Examples of global cyber threat monitoring tools:

β€’ Kaspersky Cyber Threat Map
β€’ Fortinet Cyber Threat Map
β€’ Check Point Live Threat Map


πŸ“š Latest Cybersecurity Articles

  • Azure WAF + Application Gateway Web Application Security Lab
  • Enforcing Zero Trust with Azure Conditional Access & MFA
  • Securing Azure Virtual Machines using Just-in-Time Access
  • Microsoft Sentinel SOC Monitoring Lab

🌐 Connect With Me


πŸš€ Current Focus

  • Azure Security Engineering
  • Cloud Threat Detection
  • SIEM & SOC Monitoring
  • Microsoft Sentinel Automation
  • Security Architecture Design

⭐ Always learning and building real-world cybersecurity labs.

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  1. Windows-Endpoint-Security-Monitoring-Sysmon Windows-Endpoint-Security-Monitoring-Sysmon Public

    Implementing advanced system telemetry and endpoint monitoring using Microsoft Sysmon with a hardened configuration to detect suspicious process executions and system modifications.

  2. Live-Network-Security-SIEM-Lab Live-Network-Security-SIEM-Lab Public

    A real-time Network Security Monitoring (NSM) lab that captures live traffic using TShark and visualizes security insights on a Splunk SIEM Dashboard. Features automated data ingestion and proactiv…

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  3. Splunk-Realtime-Network-SOC-Dashboard Splunk-Realtime-Network-SOC-Dashboard Public

    A professional real-time Security Operations Center (SOC) dashboard built with Splunk and TShark to monitor 2.6M+ network events with live intensity alerts.

  4. Azure-Sentinel-Honeypot-Live-Attack-Map Azure-Sentinel-Honeypot-Live-Attack-Map Public

    A cloud-native SIEM project using Microsoft Sentinel to visualize real-time RDP brute-force attacks from around the globe. This project features a custom PowerShell script and IP-geolocation integr…

  5. Azure-Sentinel-SOAR-Auto-IP-Block Azure-Sentinel-SOAR-Auto-IP-Block Public

    An automated Incident Response (SOAR) solution using Microsoft Sentinel and Azure Logic Apps to dynamically extract malicious IPs and block them in Azure Network Security Groups (NSG) in real-time.

  6. Azure-DDoS-Protection-HandsOn-Lab Azure-DDoS-Protection-HandsOn-Lab Public

    A hands-on lab demonstrating the implementation of Azure DDoS Network Protection, simulating a TCP Flood attack using PowerShell, and monitoring real-time mitigation via Azure Monitor Metrics