OWASP CUDDALORE
CHAPTER LEAD
ViewFeb'23 - Present
Hey there!
I'm Rakesh,a Security Engineer with 4.5 years of experience and an Licensed Penetration Tester. Founder of ROOTECSTAK Community. Loves Cybersecurity > Coffee > Cryptocurrency. I do what i love from the Heart❤️
To find my Interest I started learning Web development -> Internet of Things -> Networks -> Cybersecurity -> Ethical Hacking -> Penetration testing,not a fast learner but it takes time to find your passion. I am extremely passionate about cybersecurity. I Code a little debug a lot :)
I enjoy hanging Out with friends,exploring places,reading books. I'm Photogenic and love Photography too..I Do write Blogs and Quotes!
Currently Pursuing Masters in Cybersecurity @University of Warwick, England
WORK EXPERIENCE
Comcast - Dec'22 to Sep'24
Security Engineer 2
Part of Product Security Team Conducting Security Assessments, protecting the Comcast Products and networks from cyber-attacks.
Temenos India - Oct'21 to Dec'22
Product Security Analyst
Perform Penetration Testing and provide remediations.Accurately identify and perform real-time analysis assesments.Communicate security risks in products to development teams. Keep track of new vulnerabilities on various aspects.Conduct Threat Modelings to identify Threat Agents.Act as a security expert in application development efforts and following best practices across the organization.
ByteBlanket - July'20 to Sep'21
IT Security Assosciate
Responsible for Securing the digital products,Identify any breaches or weaknesses,Improving the security measures of company's computer system and wifi network. Worked on Web and Mobile application penetration testing and prepare Root cause analysis Reports/ penetration test reports. Researched in improvement of organization and Network Security to protect the system from cyber-attacks.
Gofrugal Technologies - Dec'19 to June'20
Quality Analyst - Intern
Experienced as a Quality analyst with history of working in Retail,Restaurant,Distribution industry.Worked closely with development team to identify issues. Involved in build and release management principles including continuous integration and continuous delivery.Good exposure about QA activities with both Manual and Automation Testing.
EDUCATION
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University of Warwick | United Kingdom
MSc in CyberSecurity Engineering
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Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering | India
B.E - Computer Science and Engineering - 8.2CGPA
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Kamaraj Matriculation Higher Secondary School
HSC - Computer Science - 95.2%
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Kamaraj Matriculation Higher Secondary School
SSLC - 93.4%
EVENTS
I am interested in delivering Tech Talks/Guest Lecture, Workshops to Symposium or any events in colleges, Communities, NGO's.
ACHIEVEMENTS
accomplishments
- Published 30+ Blogs
- 45+ Security Talks
- Open Security Summit Membership Award 2022
- 6+ CTF Challeges
- 5+ Hackathons
- Checkout My 100 DAYS LEARNING Challenge
- Contributed to HACKTOBERFEST2020 Challenge
- Arctic Code Vault Contributor in Github for CyberSecurity
- Third Prize in National Level Technical Project Expo
- Listed in Sanfoundry Top Rankers Computer networks certification test
- Smart India Hackathon 2019 - Finalist
- Best UI Award
- Student Icon Award - CSI
- Team of the year Award - ByteBlanket
Hall of fame & Appreciation
- Accenture
- CYSO
- Nike
- US Department of state
- Utrecht University
- Danske Bank
- Inflectra
- Soundcloud
- Westjet
- Under Armour
- Hubspot
- Healthifyme
- Trip Advisor
- Overstock
- Dell
- Viator
- Seek
- Better
Certificates
- Certified CyberCrime Intervention Officer
- Licensed Penetration Tester Master - LPT
- Certified Penetration Testing Professional - CPENT
- Certified AppSec Practitioner
- Cisco Cyberops Associate
- Fortinet NSE - Level-1 & Level-2
RESPONSIBILITIES
PRESENT AND PAST
predict | coinmonks | fnplus | techmekrz
Technical writer
Jan'19 - Present
GDG Chennai | fnplus
Community Member
May'18 - Present
COMPUTER SOCIETY OF INDIA
Vice Chairman
July'19 - July'20
association of computer engineers
Interrupt'19 - Event Co-ordinator
Sept'19
COMPUTER SOCIETY OF INDIA
Treasurer
August'18 - July'19
association of computer engineers
Interrupt'18 - Mentor
Sept'18
COMPUTER SOCIETY OF INDIA
Executive Member
Aug'17 - Jul'18
iim bangalore | iit delhi | talent battle
Campus Ambassador
Jul'18 - Sep'18
GET IN TOUCH
I'd like to see new individuals and prepared to acquire new Responsibilities.I would Perpetually prefer to educate and mentor others by sharing my knowledge. Drop Me a Message!