Hayden Tanaka

Cyber Intelligence and Security Scholar | SOC Analyst

Passionate for defensive security, incident response, investigations, digital forensics and hardware auditing.

Professional Experience

SOC Analyst

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University | 2024 - 2026

Monitored network traffic and triaged security alerts.
Utilized SIEM tools for incident response and threat hunting to produce actionable intelligence.
Investigated over 800 security alerts and accurately assessed true signals from benign activity.

Education

Bachelors in Cyber Intelligence and Security

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University | August 2022 - May 2026

Completed a four year degree program and acquired a B.S. in Cyber Intelligence and Security.
Took multiple courses covering the fundamentals of cybersecurity, blue team tactics and red team tactics.
Graduated with a 3.4 GPA.

Technical Projects

Wireless Protocol Auditing

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University | January 2026 – April 2026

Evaluated efficiency of budget hardware for wireless security auditing, performed deauthentication and PMKID attacks against a sandbox network.
Analyzing captured traffic in Wireshark and processed hashes to test network resilience.

Malware Analysis

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University | October 2025

Investigated malicious software, determined point of origin, method of delivery and actions.
Utilized ANY.RUN to dynamically analyze malware in a safe environment.
Leveraged Wireshark to analyze PCAPS for abnormal behavior.

Data Encryption Lab

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University | March 2024

Encrypted data with OpenSSL toolkit and utilized different encryption techniques.
Generated a report and demonstration of different hashing algorithms as well as encryption and decryption.

AWS Hosting Lab

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University | May 2025

Developed and hosted a bare bones game on AWS using html and CSS.
Provisioned SSH keys for secure tunneling to access EC2 instance and modify the site.
Configured network access to restrict inbound and outbound connections to obscure site from the public internet.