Kibana
Intermediate2+ years experienceTools & Platforms
Solid understanding with practical experience in multiple projects
My Experience
Data visualization and exploration tool for Elasticsearch. Experienced in building interactive dashboards for security analytics and trend monitoring.
Technical Deep Dive
Core Concepts I'm Proficient In:
• Dashboard Creation: Building interactive visualizations (charts, maps, tables) for breach intelligence exploration
• Geographic Visualization: Creating map-based visualizations showing breach distributions across regions
• Chart Design: Implementing various chart types (pie charts, bar charts, time series) for breach trend analysis
• Data Exploration: Enabling ad-hoc queries and drill-down analysis of breach data across multiple dimensions
• ElasticSearch Integration: Connecting Kibana to ElasticSearch indices for real-time data visualization
• Single-Pane Visibility: Designing unified dashboards that provide comprehensive breach intelligence overviews
Advanced Kibana Patterns:
• Multi-Dimensional Analytics: Creating dashboards that display breach trends by sector, geography, severity, and attack type simultaneously
• Interactive Filtering: Implementing cross-dashboard filters that allow analysts to slice breach data dynamically
• Geographic Intelligence: Building map visualizations that show breach concentration by country, region, and city
• Time-Series Analysis: Designing time-based charts that reveal breach trend patterns and seasonal variations
• Saved Searches: Creating reusable search queries for common breach intelligence analysis patterns
• Dashboard Organization: Structuring multiple dashboards for different analysis needs (trends, sectors, attack types, geographic)
Complex Problem-Solving Examples:
Comprehensive Breach Intelligence Dashboard:
Created interactive Kibana dashboards for the AI Data Breach Hub that provide security analysts with single-pane visibility into 3,100+ annual breach reports. Designed a primary dashboard featuring geographic heat maps showing breach concentrations by region, time-series charts revealing breach trends over months and years, pie charts breaking down breaches by sector (healthcare, financial services, government), and bar charts comparing attack types (ransomware, data leaks, insider threats). These visualizations connect directly to ElasticSearch indices, enabling real-time updates as new breach intelligence is collected and indexed, ensuring analysts always see current threat landscapes.
Interactive Threat Pattern Detection:
Built specialized dashboards for threat pattern analysis that enable security researchers to identify emerging attack trends. Created visualizations showing correlations between attack vectors, target sectors, and geographic regions - for example, revealing that healthcare organizations in specific regions face disproportionate ransomware attacks. Implemented interactive filtering where selecting a specific sector or geography automatically updates all dashboard visualizations to show filtered views, enabling deep-dive analysis without switching contexts. These analytical capabilities transform raw breach data into actionable intelligence for cybersecurity decision-making.
Areas for Continued Growth:
• Kibana Query Language (KQL): Mastering KQL for more sophisticated data filtering and search queries
• Lens Visualization: Learning Kibana Lens for drag-and-drop visualization creation and rapid dashboard prototyping
• Alert Configuration: Implementing automated alerting for significant breach patterns or anomalies
• Custom Visualization Framework: Building custom data visualization tools using frameworks like D3.js or Plotly, then integrating them into presentation systems that showcase project impact with compelling data stories
Projects Using Kibana
2+ years
Experience
1
Projects
Intermediate
Proficiency