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Cyber Security Engineer

Scanning & Pentesting

Burp Suite

Integrated platform for web application security testing.

Metasploit

The standard open-source penetration testing framework.

Nmap

Network discovery and security auditing tool for port scanning.

OWASP ZAP

Open-source web application security scanner.

Tenable Nessus

Widely deployed vulnerability scanning platform.

SIEM & Monitoring

CrowdStrike Falcon

Leading cloud-native EDR/XDR platform.

Elastic Security

SIEM and endpoint security built on the Elastic Stack.

Microsoft Sentinel

Azure-native cloud SIEM/SOAR platform with major current adoption.

Splunk

Platform for searching, monitoring, and analyzing machine-generated data.

Wazuh

Open-source security platform for threat detection and incident response.

Secrets & Identity

1Password

Password manager and secrets platform for teams and developers.

Auth0

Developer-facing identity/authentication platform (owned by Okta but a distinct product).

HashiCorp Vault

Secrets management and data protection for dynamic infrastructure.

Okta

Identity and access management platform for authentication and SSO.