Headline

Cybersecurity Training & OSINT/Threat Intelligence | Security Awareness Programs · Personal Cyber Protection | CEH v13 Master · CCT · C3SA

About

I work at the intersection of cybersecurity investigation, threat intelligence, and education — and I build things. I’m the founder of Z-Constant, an independent cybersecurity consulting and training practice, formalized in January 2025 after several years building the groundwork as an independent practitioner since 2021. Every part of that earlier work — training delivery, OSINT investigation, hardware security research — was building toward this: a structured company with a clear vision rather than scattered freelance work. Our current focus is two-fold: delivering security-awareness and IT/cybersecurity training to corporate and institutional clients, and running Z-Shield, a personal cybersecurity concierge service that brings managed digital protection to individuals and families. My background spans OSINT investigation, threat-intelligence research, and security operations. I support state law enforcement as an OSINT analyst on cybercrime cases — financial fraud, digital profiling, and disinformation network mapping — and delivered a formal threat-intelligence briefing to senior officers at a state Police Commissioner’s Office, covering AI-driven fraud, hardware attack tools, and LLM-enabled cybercrime. I have been tracking how AI is reshaping the Indian cybercrime landscape since 2023. I am also hands-on. I maintain a portfolio of self-built wireless and hardware security research platforms — from 802.11 reconnaissance to rogue-AP and HID-injection labs — used for live demonstrations and continuous skill-building, alongside home-lab SIEM work (Splunk, Elastic, Wazuh) and three years architecting a 20-node virtualized attack/defence training range at a professional training institute. What drives the work is a simple reality: cybercrime is scaling fast as AI lowers the barrier to attack, while millions of people are coming online without the awareness to stay safe. I want to close that gap — through education, real-world threat intelligence, and practical protection. CEH v13 Master · CCT · C3SA · Fortinet NSE 1 & 2

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

codex

cursor

opencode

Work experience

Founder & Cybersecurity Consultant at Z-Constant, Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Z-Constant began as independent cybersecurity consulting and training work in 2021, and was formalized into a registered practice in January 2025 — the structured next chapter of work that had been building toward this all along. Current focus: • Builds and maintains an India-focused threat intelligence repository — IOC briefs, scam typology profiles, weaponised AI/LLM tool catalogues, and disinformation network maps tagged to MITRE ATT&CK — tracking how AI is reshaping the Indian cybercrime landscape. • Security-awareness and IT/cybersecurity training for corporate, institutional, and BFSI clients — including responsible AI use at work, women's cyber safety, and corporate cyber hygiene. Clients include ITC Limited (ABD DHQ division). • Z-Shield — a personal cybersecurity concierge service (Essentials / Family / Elite tiers) delivering managed digital protection to individuals and families, modeled on executive cyber-protection services. • OSINT analyst and intelligence researcher supporting state law enforcement on active cybercrime cases — financial fraud investigation, digital profiling, visual forensics, and disinformation network mapping — delivered as structured intelligence reports. • Delivered a formal threat-intelligence briefing to senior officers at a state Police Commissioner's Office covering AI-driven fraud tactics, hardware attack tools, LLM-enabled cybercrime, and Telegram-based crime networks. • Maintains a portfolio of five self-built wireless and hardware security research platforms (aerial 802.11 reconnaissance, HID injection, rogue AP/Evil Twin, IoT threat research, portable field pentesting rig) used for live demonstrations and ongoing capability development. • Produces threat-awareness content translating real-world attack trends into practical guidance — including posts that have reached 400,000+ organic impressions on LinkedIn. Penetration-testing / VAPT service line in active development as a planned next phase.

Cybersecurity Curriculum Designer & Instructor at Internship Studio, Aug 2024 - Dec 2024 · 5 mos, Remote, Designed and recorded a structured, video-based cybersecurity course covering ethical hacking, network security, and cybercrime awareness for a global student audience. Developed tool-based labs (Kali Linux, Wireshark, Nmap, Burp Suite) aligned to EC-Council CEH and CCT frameworks; created assessments and certification-preparation material.

Associate Engineer — Platform Engineering Team at SecurityHQ, Nov 2023 - Jan 2024 · 3 mos, Coordinated the incident and request ticket lifecycle within a 24/7 managed-security-services platform-engineering team — logging tickets, assigning them to the appropriate engineers, tracking them through to resolution, and updating clients via the service-management system. Monitored infrastructure availability and service health using Nagios and produced client-facing operational status reports. Acted as coordination point between clients and internal engineering teams for ongoing support activities.

Technical Trainer — Cybersecurity & Networking at Jetking JM Road Pune, Jan 2021 - Oct 2023 · 2 yrs 10 mos, Delivered hands-on instruction in ethical hacking, VAPT concepts, network security, Windows Server, RHEL, and Active Directory for certificate and diploma students. Architected and administered a Proxmox VE-based, VLAN-segmented attack/defence training range — 20 isolated sandboxed environments on IBM server hardware — supporting CEH practical lab delivery across three years of daily student sessions. Operated Z-Constant in parallel as a freelance consulting and training practice during this period.

Lab Assistant — IT Infrastructure & Cybersecurity at Jetking JM Road Pune, Jan 2020 - Dec 2020 · 1 yr, Built and maintained a Proxmox VE-based virtualized cybersecurity lab — IBM System x3100 M server with eight Dell OptiPlex workstations — supporting up to 20 simultaneous isolated student environments. Managed Windows Server and Linux endpoints via Active Directory; maintained hardware and software inventory across the lab.

Education

BCA, Infrastructure Management, Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Pune

CEH specialization, cyber security, Jetking JM Road pune