Ben Benhemo.

Senior Security Researcher

Sola Security

I work on cloud and application security, explore AI agents, and build tools that make security work more practical. This is where I share research, experiments, and things I learn along the way.

Ben Benhemo

Experience

Senior Security Researcher

Sola Security

Security Researcher

  • Research: Conducting security research to enhance product intelligence and the context graph.
  • Building: Developing tailored security solutions and applications aligned with customer needs and use cases.
  • Exploring: Evaluating and integrating new security domains and platforms to bring added value to the product.

Security Operations Engineer

K Health

Responsibilities include:

  • Cloud Security: Implementing security measures, best practices, and detection capabilities in cloud environments, primarily AWS and GCP.
  • DevSecOps & AppSec: Integrated security in SDLC, led AppSec for secure code and remediated flaws (OWASP TOP 10, Secret Scanning).
  • Security Operations & Incident Response: Triaging SIEM alerts, managing end-to-end security incident response operations, from initial detection to resolution and post-incident analysis.
  • Developing custom detection rules to maximize detection capabilities and enhance visibility.
  • Vulnerability Management: Leading the vulnerability program and remediation process using various platforms and a ticketing service. These include Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM), BugBounty program, AppSec findings, and open source tools.

Incident Response & Threat Hunter

HUB Security

Responsibilities include:

  • Conducting research and analyzing malware for incident response and intelligence (Static, Dynamic, and Reverse Engineering).
  • Operating forensics tools and analysis – Autopsy, Sysinternals, FTK, Volatility, Velociraptor.
  • Handling advanced information security incidents in the private sector through all phases (Preparation, Detection and Analysis, Containment Eradication and Recovery, Post-Incident Activity)
  • Purple Team activities and research (Threat Modeling, MITRE ATTACK, mimic APT TTPs).
  • Security audits and pentests in private/finance sectors, expertise in security systems (Firewalls, EDR, Anti-Virus, IDS/IPS).

Consultant - Incident Response & Threat Hunting

EPAM

Responsibilities include:

  • Handling Advanced Information Security Incidents.
  • Creating, executing, and integrating behavioral indicators and process-based defense rules for security systems (Such as Splunk, Cortex XDR, ELK, SentinelOne, and more).
  • Deployed ElasticSearch infrastructure for private sector threat hunting.
  • Operated in a medical Security Operation Center, managing alerts via IBM Qradar SIEM.
  • Executed security audits and penetration testing in private and financial sectors, experienced with Firewalls, EDR, Anti-Virus, IDS, IPS, etc.

Skills & interests

Technical Skills

  • AWS
  • GCP
  • GitLab
  • Python

Hobbies

  • Music Production
  • Workout

Languages

  • English
  • Hebrew