Jakin Tidwell
SOC Analyst • Secnap Network Security
My Story
I started learning to code around November 2024, picking up web development and getting into how things work under the hood. A few months in, my brother got phished and had his credentials stolen. It cost him a lot of money. That pushed me to pivot hard into cybersecurity.
I landed a SOC Analyst role at Secnap Network Security in March 2025 and hit the ground running. I respond to alerts and incidents across endpoint, identity, and cloud platforms. LimaCharlie is my primary EDR. I investigate suspicious activity, contain threats, and shut adversaries down.
In December 2025 I started pursuing my Blue Team Level 1 certification and recently earned it. Now I'm building toward threat hunting, using Jupyter notebooks, Python, and Pandas to dig into data and find threats that haven't triggered alerts yet.
What I Bring
I'm direct, I learn fast, and I don't shy away from hard problems. Every alert I triage, every incident I respond to, it all compounds. I got into this field to make a difference and I bring that to everything I do.
Timeline
Started Learning to Code
Picked up web development. Built a foundation in how software and systems work.
Pivoted to Security
Brother got phished, credentials stolen. That pushed me from web dev into cybersecurity.
SOC Analyst
Secnap Network Security. Endpoint, identity, and cloud incident response. LimaCharlie EDR.
BTL1 Certified
Blue Team Level 1. Security operations, phishing analysis, SIEM, digital forensics, IR.