Dhaval Prajapati

Cybersecurity Analyst • Ethical Hacking • IT Support • Security+ | eJPT | (ISC)2 CC

About

Entry-level IT & Cybersecurity professional with a Postgraduate Diploma in Cybersecurity (GPA 4.0) and a Bachelor of Engineering in IT. Practical experience in penetration testing, incident response, and desktop support with certifications in CompTIA Security+, eJPT, and (ISC)2 CC. I build labs, test securely, and communicate findings clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Quick Facts

  • Built Windows Server 2022 AD lab with GPOs and clients
  • Completed EC-Council CyberQ CTF (7 flags captured in 50 mins)
  • Skilled with Metasploit, Wireshark, Nmap, Hashcat, Hydra

Featured Projects

Cybersecurity Home Lab
Built multi-VM lab (Kali, Windows Server, Windows 10). Practiced AD management, GPOs, Metasploit exploitation, NTLM hash extraction, and traffic analysis with Wireshark.
View repo
EC-Council CyberQ CTF
Seven-flag Linux CTF with chained flags requiring enumeration, password cracking, reverse shells and privilege escalation. Captured all flags in 50 minutes under high latency.
CTF write-up
Penetration Testing Labs
Metasploitable exploitation, NTLM hash cracking with Hashcat, and simulated post-exploitation. Focused on clear remediation guidance for each finding.
Pentest portfolio

Skills

Penetration Testing
TCP/IP & Networking
Windows Server / AD
Python / Bash
Wireshark / Nmap
GPO / Group Policy

Education

Postgraduate Diploma — Cybersecurity
Sault College, Toronto (2024) • GPA: 4.0/4.0

Bachelor of Engineering — IT
Gujarat Technological University (2020) • CGPA: 8.18/10