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Information Security professional with 9.5 years of experience in security operations, audits, assessments, and forensics. Skilled in network security, incident response, digital forensics, and risk management. Known for a collaborative approach, adaptability, and delivering results. Seeking a challenging role that fosters growth and leverages my expertise.
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Trainer
Cybersecurity Training & Capacity Building
Sep 2024 - Present
Planned maternity break while remaining professionally active in cybersecurity training and capacity building. Delivered digital forensics and cybercrime investigation training to newly appointed police officials and central armed police forces (CRPF, BSF, and allied units). Conducted banking and financial fraud investigation programs for law enforcement personnel, covering UPI frauds, online scams, mule accounts, and transaction analysis. Provided hands-on training in digital forensics tools such as Magnet AXIOM and Cellebrite for mobile and endpoint investigations. Led SOC operations and incident response workshops for engineering and degree colleges, focusing on SIEM (Splunk) workflows, EDR, SOAR, AV, alert triage, and real-world use cases. Continued mentorship and skill development through structured sessions, practical labs, and real-world cyber incident scenarios.
Security Analyst
Bangalore City Police (Cyber Crime, Economic Offences and Narcotics)
Oct 2022 - Mar 2023
Successful identification of fraudsters in cryptocurrency scams by analyzing blockchain transfers using online tools and querying platforms. Implementation and monitoring of AV/EDR; Firewall and multiple technologies. Assisted police officers in various cases including digital forensics and evidence marking. Led awareness programs on Cybersecurity for students and faculty. Successful identification of fraudsters in cryptocurrency scams (TRON, Bitcoin, Ethereum) by analysing blockchain transfers using online tools and by querying platforms such as Binance, Kucoin, OKX, Tether, Unocoin, Coinbase etc. Implementation and monitoring of AV/EDR; Firewall and multiple technologies. Assisting Inspector/Sub Inspector, HCs, SHOs etc., in various cases such as - removal of private video upload, Whitefield Fake Call Centre case (marking relevant evidence), packet capture and malware analysis in fake loan application scams. Performing vulnerability assessments; endpoint security audits; log analysis. Full-fledged Digital Forensics of Mobile Devices and Laptop Devices and marking of evidence as per the case registered. Awareness Program Manager - Lead and deliver awareness on Cybersecurity, currently ongoing scams and steps to overcome to school, pre-university, graduate students and entire faculty. Providing inputs/creative ideas on awareness to Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime), Bangalore City. In relation to various FIRs, assisting PSIs in cryptocurrency scams; financial scams and tracking the fraudster by utilizing all possible channels including whatsapp; instagram; website records; IP records; call records (CDR, IPDR) etc.
SOC Consultant - L2
Varutra Consulting Pvt Ltd
Oct 2019 - Oct 2022
Led a team of 18 analysts in the Security Operations Center (SOC). Designed and implemented incident response and disaster recovery policies. Conducted log and event analysis, incident investigation, reporting, and remediation. Engaged in threat hunting using threat intel feeds and prepared Security Advisories. Managed SOC tools and incident detection policies.
Information Security Consultant - L1
Bitstat Technologies Pvt Ltd
Mar 2017 - Jun 2019
Investigated security alerts and raised tickets to relevant departments. Monitored alerts from various security solutions. Created statistical reports and conducted team meetings. Implemented security policies as per threat intelligence.
Senior Analyst
Price Waterhouse Coopers
Mar 2015 - Jan 2017
Conducted IT compliance and software asset management audits. Communicated with clients to understand their requirements and determine gaps in licenses. Splunk SIEM – Monitoring, Detection & Investigation. Developed and optimized SPL (Splunk Processing Language) queries for detection, investigation, and threat hunting. Designed and implemented Splunk security use cases supporting SOC operations, incident response, threat hunting, and forensic investigations. Built and maintained Splunk dashboards and visualizations for real-time monitoring, incident tracking, and SOC metrics. Leveraged MITRE ATT&CK mapping to align Splunk detections with adversary techniques. Implemented SOAR-based automated workflows and response playbooks for alert enrichment. Integrated and onboarded logs from EDR, antivirus, firewalls, DLP, and Active Directory into Splunk for centralized monitoring, correlation, and investigation. Use Cases such as - Brute-force and credential abuse detection; malware and ransomware activity analysis; lateral movement and anomalous authentication detection; data exfiltration and suspicious network behavior; insider threat and UEBA-driven investigations; Tor Traffic Detection. Designed Splunk dashboards and reports for SOC visibility; created and tuned alerts for brute-force, malware, lateral movement, data exfiltration, and insider threat detection.
Information Security Consultant
National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre (NCIIPC- Unit of NTRO)
Apr 2023 - Sep 2024
Monitoring Critical Infrastructure of PSUs using multiple tools and performing vulnerability assessments on various assets and websites of PSUs. Implementation and assessment of Phishing Simulation Campaigns for the PSUs. Assessment of Guidelines on Information Security of multiple PSUs; providing inputs based on industry standards including ISO 27001, PCIDSS, HIPAA etc. Monitoring various security solutions; providing threat intel feeds for PSUs based on the infrastructure along with dark web monitoring.
Education
Bachelors of Electronics and Communication Engineering - VTU
2010 - 2014 · Afghanistan
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