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Cybersecurity Trainer in Kochi Febin Ani

Offensive Security & SOC Monitoring Specialist - Kochi, Kerala

Specializing in Red Team Operations and SOC Monitoring. Bridging the gap between attacking infrastructure and defending it.

About Febin Ani - Cybersecurity Professional in Kerala

I am Febin Ani, a Cybersecurity Trainer in Kochi, with hands-on experience in offensive security, defensive monitoring, and security education.

My expertise spans penetration testing, SOC operations, incident analysis, and delivering practical cybersecurity training through labs, CTFs, and real-world simulations. I currently work as a Cyber Security Researcher - Trainer at RedTeam Hacker Academy.

Certifications & Achievements

CSA (SOC Analyst) ADCD v3 (Cyber Defense) CICSAv3 (Infrastructure) CPT v3 (PenTest) CRTI (Red Team Instructor)

TryHackMe - Top 2% Global Ranking

Technical Arsenal

Offensive Security

  • Web Application Testing
  • API Security Testing
  • OWASP Top 10
  • SQL Injection (SQLi) & XSS
  • Active Directory Attacks
  • OSINT & Reconnaissance

Defensive Security

  • SOC Monitoring
  • SIEM (Splunk, Wazuh)
  • Incident Response
  • Log Analysis & Triage
  • Threat Hunting
  • IOC Identification

Tools & Infrastructure

  • Network: Wireshark, Nmap, TCP/IP
  • OS: Kali Linux, Windows AD
  • Tools: Burp Suite, Metasploit, Hydra
  • Code: Python, PHP, PowerShell, Bash
  • Cloud: AWS (EC2), VirtualBox

Cybersecurity Experience & Work History

Feb 2025 - Present

Cyber Security Researcher - Trainer

RedTeam Hacker Academy

Delivering hands-on training in cybersecurity and ethical hacking. Designing real-world attack simulations and CTF challenges.

  • Mentoring students in offensive/defensive security.
  • Creating vulnerable labs and AD scenarios.
  • Researching emerging threats and techniques.
4 Months

Trainer and Support

Brototype

Provided technical guidance to students via support channels. Assisted with programming fundamentals and troubleshooting.

2024

Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA)

St. Thomas Arts and Science College

Cybersecurity Projects & Security Labs

Wazuh SIEM Lab

Built a Wazuh SIEM lab to monitor Windows and Linux endpoints. Analyzed security alerts using the MITRE ATT&CK framework.

  • Wazuh
  • MITRE ATT&CK
  • Log Analysis

Active Directory Attack Lab

Simulated Enterprise Environment. Created a Windows Server 2019 AD environment to simulate Kerberos attacks, SMB exploitation, and lateral movement.

  • Active Directory
  • Kerberos
  • Privilege Escalation

SOC Log Investigation

Generated realistic security log datasets for Splunk-based alert triage, incident investigation, and threat analysis.

  • Splunk
  • Incident Response
  • Triage

CTF & Training Labs

Developed hands-on challenging labs covering Web Security, OSINT, Cryptography, and Steganography.

  • CTF Design
  • Web Sec
  • Cryptography

Student Testimonials & Impact

Adarsh

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Nandagopan Ambadi

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Althaf Basheer

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Jisna P.J.

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Vasil V.K.

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Rishikesh Prathap

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Contact Febin Ani Cybersecurity Trainer Kochi

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