Benjamin Chehade

Enterprise Cyber Security Skillmatrix – Offensive, Defense, Engineering & Architecture
Kompetenz-Level:
1 – Grundlagen | 2 – Fortgeschritten | 3 – Spezialist | 4 – Experte / Architektur / R&D

Identity, Active Directory & Hybrid Access

Active Directory Core

AD DS Architecture
Level 4 – Multi-Forest, Trusts, GPO Hardening
Kerberos Security
Level 4 – Tickets, Delegation Abuse
Attack Path Analysis (BloodHound)
Level 4

ADCS & PKI

ADCS Exploitation
Level 4 – ESC1–ESC13
PKI Hardening
Level 3

Azure / Entra ID

Hybrid Identity (AD Connect)
Level 3–4
Conditional Access & PIM
Level 3–4
Cloud Attack Paths
Level 3–4

Cloud Platforms & Modern Workplace

Microsoft 365

Exchange Online Security
Level 3
Defender Suite
Level 3
Mail Security (DMARC/DKIM/SPF)
Level 4

AWS

IAM & Role Design
Level 2–3
Security Misconfig Analysis
Level 3

GCP

IAM & Service Accounts
Level 2

Hybrid & Enterprise Architecture

Hybrid Security Models
Level 4
Cloud-to-OnPrem Attack Paths
Level 4

Offensive Security & Red Team Operations

Red Teaming & Adversary Simulation

C2 Frameworks (Cobalt Strike, Sliver, Havoc, Mythic)
Level 4 – Operational Tradecraft
Lateral Movement & Privilege Escalation
Level 4
In-Memory Execution & OPSEC
Level 4

Exploit Development & Reversing

Binary Exploitation (BOF, Format Strings)
Level 4
Reverse Engineering (Ghidra, IDA, WinDbg)
Level 4
Fuzzing & Protocol Analysis
Level 4

EDR / XDR Evasion

Syscalls (Direct / Indirect)
Level 4
Loader Development (C / C++ / Go)
Level 4
EDR Bypass Techniques
Level 4

Web & API Offensive Security

REST / Swagger Analysis
Level 4
GraphQL Attacks
Level 4
BOLA / IDOR / Auth Flaws
Level 4

Detection Engineering, Incident Response & Defense

SIEM & Threat Hunting

Microsoft Sentinel
Level 3–4
Splunk
Level 3–4
Cross-Domain Correlation
Level 4

Detection Engineering

Sigma Rules / Use Case Design
Level 3–4
Sysmon / Logging Strategy
Level 4

Incident Response & Forensics

Memory Analysis
Level 4
Root Cause Analysis
Level 4

Endpoint Protection

Microsoft Defender
Level 4
Hardening & Policy Design
Level 4

Development, DevSecOps & Automation

Programming

Python (AsyncIO, Automation)
Level 4
C / C++ / Go
Level 4
C# / .NET
Level 3

DevSecOps

SAST (CodeQL, Semgrep)
Level 3–4
CI/CD Security
Level 2–3

Container & Microservices

Docker / Kubernetes Security
Level 3
Microservice Isolation
Level 3

Network, Infrastructure & Enterprise Systems

Firewalls & Perimeter

Check Point (Gaia)
Level 4
Cisco ASA / Securepoint
Level 4

Network Security

IDS/IPS & Traffic Analysis
Level 4
802.1X / NAC / VLAN Segmentation
Level 4

Email & Gateway Security

Cisco IronPort (ESA)
Level 4

VPN & Encryption

IPSec / SSL VPN
Level 4

Overall Competency Evaluation

Gesamtbewertung:

Offensive Security: Level 4 (Expert)
Defense & Detection: Level 4 (Expert)
Identity & AD: Level 4 (Expert)
Cloud & Hybrid: Level 3–4 (Advanced Specialist)
Dev / DevSecOps: Level 3 (Specialist)
Network & Infrastructure: Level 4 (Expert)

Gesamtprofil:
Senior / Principal Cyber Security Architect mit starker Spezialisierung in Offensive Security, Active Directory Security, Hybrid Identity und Enterprise Defense Engineering.