He received his bachelor's and master's degrees in Electronics and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the New York Institute of Technology (New York Tech) and continued his doctorate (Ph.D) in Information and Communication Technologies at Tallinn University of Technology (Tal Tech).
2010-2013 He worked as an IT Specialist at Solaris in the USA, and as an IT Chief in 2013-2015 Turkish Petroleum A.Ş. Between 2016 and 2018, he served as a security researcher at the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence (NATO CCD COE), headquartered in Tallinn, Estonia. Between 2015 and 2021, he worked as a senior researcher at the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye. Since 2021, he has held the positions of SOC team (blue team) manager, Pentest team (red team) manager, and CISO at a private security company.
Currently, Ensar holds the prestigious positions of Vice President of Research and CISO at SOCRadar. His professional qualifications include eWPTX (eLearnSecurity Web Application Penetration Tester eXtreme), eCTHP (eLearnSecurity Certified Threat Hunting Professional), CRTP (Certified Red Team Professional), CCISO (Certified Chief Information Security Officer), CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker), CTIA (Certified Threat Intelligence Analyst), CND (Certified Network Defender), CSA (Certified SOC Analyst), DRP (Disaster Recovery Professional), CEI (Certified EC-Council Instructor), CES (Certified Encryption Specialist), CCSE (Certified Cloud Security Engineer) certifications. He is a prolific writer with over 250 published articles on cyber security, artificial intelligence, and blockchain, further establishing his authority in these fields.