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About me.

From economics to exploits — a cybersecurity engineer in training who likes understanding systems deeply enough to break them, then fix them.

Engineering student — ENSIAS Rabat
LST Cybersécurité — FST Marrakech
Portrait of SALAH IDK
01 / Story

I moved into tech in 2019 and never looked back. Today I focus on offensive security, network defense and securing the cloud, with one goal: understand how systems fail, so I can make them resilient.

2026
LST Cybersécurité
6
Certifications
7 yrs
In tech education
02 / Expertise

What I defend — and how.

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Offensive Security

Web & network penetration testing, vulnerability assessment and clear, actionable reporting.

Burp SuiteNmapMetasploitOWASP Top 10
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Network Defense

Segmentation, firewalling, IDS/IPS tuning and traffic analysis to detect what slips through.

WiresharkSnortpfSenseVLANs
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Cloud & Systems

Hardening Linux/Windows hosts, IAM hygiene and secure configuration of cloud workloads.

LinuxDockerAWSIAM
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Database Security

Oracle administration, privileges and auditing — keeping the crown jewels locked down.

Oracle DBSQLAuditingEncryption
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IoT & Embedded

Assessing the attack surface of connected devices, from firmware to radio protocols.

ArduinoMQTTFirmwareBLE
— Next

Always learning.
Currently: cloud & intelligent systems security.

See my journey
03 / Journey

A path built step by step.

2019
Baccalauréat

Sciences Économiques

Mention Assez Bien — an analytical foundation in economics before switching to tech.

2019–21
EST Agadir

DUT — 2 years

First steps in computing: systems, networks and programming fundamentals.

2026
FST Marrakech

LST Cybersécurité

Licence in cybersecurity — offensive & defensive security, networks, cryptography.

Now
ENSIAS Rabat

Engineering degree

Engineering cycle at the École Nationale Supérieure d'Informatique et d'Analyse des Systèmes — computer science, systems and security.

› Next step

Have a system worth protecting?