CURIOUS BY DEFAULT

I'm Prastav Koirala Cybersecurity • SIEM • Digital Forensics • Technology • Creative Thinking

A curious mind interested in understanding systems, exploring ideas and creating things — from cybersecurity and technology to design, music, physics and the universe.

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01 // THE UNIVERSE

The Question That Never Ends

The universe is
expanding.

I've always been fascinated by the universe — not simply by what we can see, but by what might exist beyond what we can observe.

Space. Time. Matter. Energy. The beginning. And whether there is truly an edge to any of it.

The more I learn, the more fascinating the questions become. A good question does not always lead immediately to an answer. Sometimes it opens an entirely new universe of questions.

SPACE • TIME • MATTER • ENERGY • CURIOSITY
02 // ABOUT

A Little About Me

Prastav Koirala

Curiosity is probably the closest thing I have to a constant.

I'm a Computer Science graduate with interests spanning cybersecurity, SIEM, digital forensics, penetration testing, networking, frontend development and UI/UX.

Technology is one of the ways I explore ideas. I enjoy understanding how systems work, how information moves through them, how problems can be solved and how ideas can be turned into something people can actually use.

Beyond technology, I find myself drawn toward physics, cosmology, space, time, music, visual design and the questions that sit underneath everything we experience.

I don't see these interests as separate worlds. To me, they are different ways of observing patterns.

03 // INSPIRATION

People Who Changed How I Think

1879 — 1955

Albert Einstein

"If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician."

There is something beautiful about that thought. Physics attempts to understand the structure of reality. Music attempts to express something we cannot always put into words. Both can reveal patterns that were invisible before.

STEPHEN HAWKING
"While there's life, there is hope."

Stephen Hawking is one of the people who made the universe feel closer to ordinary minds. Through his books and explanations, ideas about black holes, time and cosmology reached people who might otherwise never have encountered them. What inspires me most is the extraordinary reach of an idea: a mind can travel far beyond the physical boundaries of the person carrying it.

RICHARD P. FEYNMAN

The Beauty of an Ordinary Mind

"I don't know anything, but I do know that everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough."

Feynman fascinates me for a different reason. He was less interested in appearing extraordinary and more interested in understanding things — deeply, honestly and from first principles.

What I admire is the idea that extraordinary thinking does not necessarily begin with an extraordinary mind. Sometimes it begins with an ordinary mind that refuses to stop asking questions.

Keep asking. Keep thinking. Keep going beyond what is already known.
04 // PHILOSOPHY
You dream once.
You live once.
So explore.

I don't want curiosity to have a boundary. There are questions worth asking, things worth creating, ideas worth exploring and places worth seeing. One life is not enough to answer everything. But it is enough to begin.

05 // THE MIND

Use It.

I love learning.
I love thinking.

I want to learn everything I can. Not because I expect to know everything, but because every answer seems to reveal another question.

Every moment gives the brain something to observe, connect, question or understand. And the brain is perhaps the most extraordinary instrument we carry with us. So why not use it?

Stephen Hawking reminds me of the enormous distance an idea can travel. Through his books, his explanations and his way of thinking about the universe, he helped people like me see a little further than we might have seen alone.

Learn. Think. Question. Repeat.
06 // TECHNICAL SKILLS

The Technical Side

01 / SIEM

SIEM & Security Monitoring

Security event analysis, alert investigation, detection logic and security monitoring.

LogRhythm Wazuh AIE Log Analysis
02 / FORENSICS

Digital Forensics

Analyzing digital artifacts, system activity and evidence to reconstruct events.

Windows Events Artifacts Investigation
03 / OFFENSIVE

Penetration Testing

Understanding systems from an attacker's perspective to identify weaknesses.

Kali Linux Recon Web Security
04 / NETWORK

Network Security

Understanding traffic, protocols and communication patterns to identify anomalous behavior.

TCP/IP DNS HTTP/S
05 / THREAT

Threat Detection

Working with indicators, attacker behavior and detection techniques.

MITRE ATT&CK IOC TTP
06 / DEVELOPMENT

Development

Building and understanding web applications and technology systems.

Python HTML CSS JavaScript React

UI / UX

Figma • Wireframing • Prototyping

Creative

Canva • Video Editing • Visual Design

Systems

Linux • Windows • Networking

Security

Blue Team • SIEM • Incident Analysis

07 // EXPERIENCE

Experience

July 2026 — Present

SIEM Engineer & Security Analyst

CryptoGen Nepal

Practical work and training involving SIEM operations, LogRhythm, Wazuh, security alert analysis, detection rules, digital forensics and penetration testing.

June 2024 — July 2024

IT Department Intern

Rastriya Beema Company Limited

Exposure to enterprise IT infrastructure, networking, SQL, systems and organizational technology environments.

08 // MUSIC & COSMOS

Everything Begins Somewhere

Every piece of music begins with something remarkably small

A note can be understood through frequency, harmonics and overtones. Look closer and patterns emerge. Look closer still and those patterns can be described through smaller structures, oscillations and relationships.

It makes me wonder about the universe. If we keep looking deeper and deeper — from patterns, to fragments, to smaller structures — how far can we go? At some point we arrive at something unimaginably small. And from that beginning came a universe containing everything we know.

Isn't that fascinating?

Perhaps that is why music and physics fascinate me in completely different — yet strangely connected — ways. Both invite us to look at something beautiful and ask:

"What is it really made of?"
09 // SELECTED WORK

Things I've Explored

PROJECT // 001

Geopolitical Narrative Analysis

A research project exploring multilingual text processing and BERT-based approaches for identifying and analysing geopolitical narratives.

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PROJECT // 002

Security Investigations

Hands-on exploration of SIEM alerts, security logs, detection rules, attacker behaviour and incident investigation scenarios.

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PROJECT // 003

Interface & Visual Design

A collection of interface concepts, visual systems, brand identities and digital experiences developed through Figma and other creative tools.

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PROJECT // 004

Personal Experiments

A collection of experiments across technology, design, security and creative ideas — built primarily to understand, test and explore.

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10 // CREATIVE WORK

Another Side of Me

Oversized T-Shirt Design

Visual Design

Streetwear-inspired graphics and visual compositions created using Figma.

Mad Honey Brand Identity

Brand Identity

Visual identity systems involving typography, composition and branding.

Mad Honey Website UI UX

UI / UX

Digital interfaces designed around structure, interaction and visual hierarchy.

11 // TRANSMISSION

Have an idea?
Let's talk.

If you have an interesting project, an idea worth exploring, a technical problem, or simply something interesting to discuss — send me a message. I'm always curious about interesting things.