Abdisamad Yusuf

Cybersecurity Professional

Overview

Founder @GuardAura

Founder @Groundwork Technologies

Nairobi, Kenya

abdisamadjoe.com

he/him

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Hello

  • I’m Abdisamad Yusuf — a Cybersecurity Professional with a Computer Science degree and a deep focus on Cloud Security, Vulnerability Management, and Identity & Access Management (IAM).
  • Founder of GuardAura, providing modern cyber defense and cloud security consultation, and Groundwork Technologies, creating high-performance digital web solutions.
  • Ranked in the Top 1% globally on TryHackMe (username: bobst0ne), with extensive experience on platforms like LetsDefend and CyberDefenders.

Testimonials

awesome. Love the components, especially slide-to-unlock. Great job

Guillermo Rauch
Guillermo Rauch
CEO @Vercel

You’re doing amazing work.

shadcn
shadcn
Creator of shadcn/ui

GitHub Contributions

Stack

Languages
Frontend
Backend & Database
Dev Tools & AI
Design

Components(30)

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Blog(43)

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Sponsors

Grateful to the sponsors who make this open-source work possible.
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Experience

GuardAura

Current Employer
  • Founded GuardAura to offer cloud security audits, threat detection policies, and vulnerability assessments.
  • hardens AWS and Azure cloud resources (IAM, CloudTrail logs, bucket policies) to prevent unauthorized access and data leakage.
  • AWS Security
  • Cloud Infrastructure
  • Identity & Access Management (IAM)
  • Vulnerability Assessment
  • Threat Analysis

Groundwork Technologies

  • Lead client relations and technical design of digital platforms, web systems, and custom web applications.
  • Deploy secure web hosting stacks using Nginx, TLS encryption, and server security controls to safeguard data transmission.
  • Next.js
  • React
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Server Security
  • Web Design

Education

  • Network Security
  • Linux & Bash
  • Python programming
  • Database Security
  • Software Engineering

Projects(6)

  • Built a real-time AWS login alert system that sends email notifications whenever the root account or any IAM user logs into the AWS console. Implemented using AWS CloudTrail tracking, EventBridge pattern matching rules, and SNS email subscribers.

    • CloudTrail
    • EventBridge
    • SNS (Simple Notification Service)
    • AWS Security

  • Configured a complete virtualized Windows domain environment using Oracle VirtualBox. Created an Active Directory Domain Controller and automated user provisioning/de-provisioning with PowerShell scripts to manage groups and permissions.

    • Active Directory
    • Identity Management (IAM)
    • PowerShell
    • Virtual Machine

Awards(26)

Certifications(6)

Bookmarks(18)