Karanam Chinna Rao
Security Operations Centre (SOC) Analyst
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Certified and proactive SOC Analyst with 3.5 years of hands-on experience in monitoring, triaging, and investigating security incidents in 24x7 Security Operations Centre environments. Experienced in real-time threat monitoring, incident response, and vulnerability assessment using tools like QRADAR, XSOAR, Zscaler Deception, Paloalto XDR, DLP exception handling and MS Defender. Strong understanding of attack vectors, cyber threat landscape, and alert investigation processes. Adept at collaborating with cross-functional teams and ensuring timely detection, analysis, and escalation of security threats.
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Work Experience
Security Analyst
Deloitte India
Aug 2022 - Present
Operated in a 24*7 Security Operation Centre (SOC) environment maintaining high availability and responsiveness to security incidents. In Threat Intel (Qualys), tracked cyber activities that threaten information systems, such as computer hacking or malware attacks. Analyzed data about attackers, their capabilities, and motives to help organization to prevent those cyber-attacks. Performed Deep & Dark Web Monitoring, Brand Risk Monitoring Data Leak Monitoring & Infrastructure Threats, Alert escalation, rule creation, report downloads. Purchase tracking, takedown initiation/tracking, asset config & tracking. CloudSEK support, IOC sharing, audit reviews, weekly & daily alert reports. Analyzed potential infrastructure security incidents to determine if incident qualifies as a legitimate security breach. Handled phishing mails through MS defender. Analyzed URL Inbound & Outbound related alerts from XSOAR and Recon related from Deception. Created & fine-tuned the rules according to the Security configurations as per client requirement. Produced security incident reports and briefings to be distributed to the team lead and manager. Analyzed various reports from security devices such as firewall, IPS/IDS, Proxy etc. Performed Weekly, Monthly and NCIIPC reports as per the client requirement, also used prepare a complete incident report when a suspicious or malicious attack happens in a network. Investigated DLP alerts and handled email bypass and domain whitelisting in Forcepoint DLP, ensuring data protection and policy enforcement. Managed day-to-day operations in CyberArk PAM, including onboarding privileged accounts, password rotations, and secure URL/safe configuration. Coordinated with L2/L3 teams and OEMs to troubleshoot escalated issues, improve SOC workflows, and fine-tune detection use cases. Played a key role in quarterly audit support by maintaining trackers, generating ticket data, and ensuring documentation compliance. All the alerts & work structures are passing through specific tickets that we used to raise from Service desk tools like Service Now & Manage Engine. Analyzed advisories from NCIIPC & CERT-In using CVSS & Qualys, Tracking cyber activities like hacking, malware, etc. Maintaining daily IOC/vulnerability trackers, weekly client sharing. Coordination with security teams for risk mitigation.
Education
Bachelor of Technology in Engineering - Aditya Engineering College, JNTUK
- 2018 · Afghanistan
Diploma in Engineering - M.R.A.G.R Govt. Polytechnic, Vizianagaram
- 2015 · Afghanistan
Secondary Education - Z.P. High School, Denkada, Vizianagaram
- 2012 · Afghanistan
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