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# Rahul Ahuja on Tal

## Headline

Security consultant \| CISSP \| OSCP

## About

Staff Product Security Engineer with 11\+ years of experience driving AppSec and shift\-left security at scale across BFSI, product\-based companies, and services organizations\. Currently, I lead product security for an enterprise AI platform, focusing on embedding security into CI/CD pipelines, driving a shift\-left security approach by integrating controls early in the SDLC, securing AI/ML systems, and enabling engineering teams across multiple services to build secure products\. My core focus areas: • Building and scaling AppSec programs \(SAST, SCA, DAST, threat modeling\) • Driving shift\-left security by integrating security into early SDLC phases and CI/CD pipelines • AI security \(prompt injection, model risks, data leakage\) • Supply chain security \(SBOM, OSS compliance, dependency risk\) • Security architecture reviews and secure design assessments • Vulnerability management and developer enablement • Leading security tooling evaluations, running structured POCs, and driving vendor selection based on risk, scalability, and ROI Key impact: • Reduced open\-source vulnerability backlog by \~60% within 2 quarters • Built and scaled AppSec practices across multiple teams and CI/CD pipelines, improving security coverage and developer adoption • Secured 200\+ third\-party dependencies via supply chain security initiatives • Embedded automated security gates into CI/CD pipelines • Led AI security efforts covering prompt injection, model risks, and data leakage I’ve worked across web, API, mobile, cloud \(AWS\), and AI platforms — combining hands\-on penetration testing expertise with program\-level security ownership\. I focus on balancing security with developer velocity, ensuring security becomes an enabler—not a blocker\. Open to: • Remote Product Security / AppSec roles If you’d like to discuss product security, AppSec, or AI security challenges, feel free to connect or schedule a quick discussion: https://calendly\.com/rahulahuja304/30min

## Location

Mumbai

## AI stack

cursor

claudecode

## Work experience

Security Consultant at GlobalLogic \(Hitachi Group Company\), Apr 2024 \- Present · 2 yrs 5 mos, •​ Own and drive the AppSec program for an enterprise AI Platform — defined secure SDLC processes, security sign\-off gates, and developer security workflows across 5\+ engineering teams\. •​ Manage a team of 4 security engineers; lead threat modeling, security architecture reviews, penetration testing, and vulnerability management across 20\+ product services\. •​ Drove shift\-left security adoption — evaluated 3\+ security vendors, onboarded Aikido \(SAST, SCA, secret scanning, CI/CD security, IDE plugin, OSS license compliance, vuln reporting\) and Snyk \(SAST, SCA, container image security\); configured pipeline integrations with the DevOps team in Azure DevOps and rolled out IDE plugin to developers\. •​ Reduced SCA vulnerability noise by 60% through a risk\-based prioritization approach — classified findings by internet\-facing vs\. internal code and containers, cross\-referenced KEV list and EPSS scores to set accurate severities, and fed enriched context into Aikido and Snyk to focus remediation on CVEs that genuinely matter\. •​ Introduced container security scanning with Trivy \(repo and image scanning\) and established OSS license compliance process using Aikido; resolved 50\+ license violations reducing legal exposure across the product portfolio\. •​ Conducted AI\-specific security reviews and threat modeling for LLM\-powered features covering prompt injection, model poisoning, training data exfiltration, and adversarial input attack vectors\.

Information Security Engineer at Blackhawk Network, Feb 2023 \- Mar 2024 · 1 yr 2 mos, Remote, •​ Performed penetration testing on high\-traffic e\-commerce web apps and GraphQL APIs; identified multiple critical/high vulnerabilities including business logic flaws that bypassed payment controls and authentication mechanisms\. •​ Conducted security architecture reviews and threat modeling for new product features; reported findings with actionable remediation steps to product and engineering leads\. •​ Enabled shift\-left security — integrated Detectify \(DAST\) and Snyk \(SCA\) into CI/CD pipelines; authored secure coding standards for development teams\. •​ Managed HackerOne bug bounty program — triaged 80\+ researcher submissions and reduced mean time to remediation \(MTTR\) by 30% through tighter SLA enforcement with engineering\.

Senior Product Security Engineer at Integral Ad Science, Sep 2021 \- Feb 2023 · 1 yr 6 mos, •​ Performed web application penetration testing and code reviews across multiple product services; identified and tracked vulnerabilities through to remediation with development teams\. •​ Conducted SCA across 30\+ microservices using Snyk; triaged open\-source dependency risks and enforced OSS license compliance in collaboration with engineering leads\. •​ Ran automated DAST scanning pipelines and supported security architecture reviews for new platform features and third\-party integrations\.

Security Team Lead at Accenture, Oct 2018 \- Sep 2021 · 3 yrs, Mumbai, •​ Conducted web application, thick\-client, API, mobile \(Android/iOS\), and cloud \(AWS\) security testing engagements for clients across BFSI, retail, and technology verticals\. •​ Identified exploitable vulnerabilities across client products; managed end\-to\-end vulnerability lifecycle including risk rating, mitigation tracking\. •​ Worked closely with development teams to explain vulnerabilities, suggest fixes, and verify remediations — bridging the gap between security findings and engineering action\.

Senior Security Analyst at Accenture, Oct 2018 \- Jan 2021 · 2 yrs 4 mos, Mumbai Area, India

Security Consultant at Aujas Networks Pvt\. Ltd, Jan 2018 \- Sep 2018 · 9 mos, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, •​ Conducted web application penetration testing engagements onsite for BFSI clients; documented and reported vulnerabilities with remediation guidance\.

## Education

Bachelor of Engineering \(B\.E\.\), Information Technology, don bosco institute of technology

Bachelor of Engineering, Information Technology, Mumbai university

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