Gabriel Haab
Cybersecurity Leader
Experienced cybersecurity leader with over 5 years of experience with a solid background in incident response, digital forensics, threat hunting, and offensive security. I’ve led complex investigations, mitigated advanced cyber threats, and driven initiatives to proactively identify and mitigate enterprise vulnerabilities across international locations and teams. With both a bachelor’s and master’s degrees in cybersecurity, combined with certifications like CISSP and OSCP, I bring a perfect balance of technical expertise and operational/enterprise strategic thinking to any organization.
Contact: gabrielhaab@gmail.com ● Gabriel's LinkedIn Profile
Professional Experience
Microchip Technology (3+ Years)
Microchip Technology Inc. is a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog, and Flash-IP solutions;
Senior Security Analyst
June 2023 – Present
Led incident response for multiple security incidents, ensuring minimal downtime, and coordinating with multiple teams, without compromising security.
Developed automation scripts, reducing manual security processes, allowing more focus on proactive threat hunting and improving team efficiency.
Created and led a Red Team, performing advanced threat simulations that uncovered critical vulnerabilities and strengthened the organization’s defenses.
Administered and optimized Splunk, ensuring comprehensive log ingestion, correlation, and tuning of detections to enhance real-time threat visibility.
Conducted static and dynamic malware analysis, and reverse-engineering files to extract IoCs, improving threat detection and response.
Led the CSIRT team in analyzing bug bounty reports, evaluating criticality and exploitability, and coordinating with developers, which increased high-priority remediation.
Developed internal training programs for analysts, reducing onboarding time and providing learning through recorded video tutorials and step-by-step procedures.
Security Analyst II
May 2022 – June 2023 (1 year)
Security Analyst I
June 2021 – May 2022 (1 year)
MegaplanIT Holdings LLC. (10 months)
MegaplanIT is an MSP that provides services such as "SoC as a service" to several industries in Arizona and the US.
Security Analyst II: Incident Response Specialist
Jan 2021 – May 2021 (5 months)
Triage of hundreds of alerts generated by several security solutions for different clients.
Threat hunting of potential threats for each client, depending on the business.
Handle vulnerability reports and notify users of critical/high vulnerabilities.
Be the subject matter expert for all EDR solutions.
Develop scripts in Python to automate ticket/alert review and raw log analysis.
Security Analyst I
Aug 2020 – Dec 2020 (5 months)
Triage of daily hundreds of alerts generated by several security solutions for different clients.
Develop scripts in Python to automate ticket/alert review and raw log analysis.
Professional Certifications
ISC2 Certified (CISSP)
NSA Cyber Operations (CAE-CO)
Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
Offensive Security Wireless Professional (OSWP)
Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) Practical
Computer Hacking Forensics Investigator (CHFI)
CompTIA Pentest+
CompTIA CySA+
CompTIA Security+
Crowdstrike Administrator (CCFA)
Crowdstrike Responder (CCFR)
Crowdstrike Hunter (CCFH)
Cylance Security Professional (CSP)
Education
Masters of Science in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance
Western Governors University ● Fall 2021 - Spring 2022
The Master of Science in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance degree program is closely aligned with the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) and was designed with input from cybersecurity experts and leading IT employers to meet the most recent US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and National Security Agency (NSA) guidelines. This program is also aligned with all CISSP security domains.
Bachelor of Applied Science in Cyber Operations - Cyber Engineering Emphasis
University of Arizona ● Fall 2019 - Spring 2021
The Engineering Track is a deeply technical, interdisciplinary, security-focused Computer Science program. The Engineering Track meets the National Security Agency (NSA) Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations (CAE-CO) academic requirements.
Skills
Reconnaissance and Identification of Vulnerabilities.
Automated vulnerability scanning, and manual exploitation of services.
Bypassing of Security Controls.
Capture The Flag Environments such as PG, HTB, THM, and VulnHub.
Manage Security Controls (SIEM, EDR, SOAR, AV): Splunk, Logrythm, AlienVault, CarbonBlack, CrowdStrike, Siemplify, Symantec Endpoint Security, Sophos, and Cylance.
Raw log analysis and manipulation: RegEx.
Development of Scripts: API integration and automation.
Incident Response.
Malware Analysis: Static and Dynamic analysis.
Cyber Forensic: Data Acquisition, Preservation, and Analysis.
Programming Languages: Python, Bash, Powershell, C, and Assembly.