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# Suraj Padmanabhan on Tal

## Headline

Supervising Associate \- EY \| GCFA \| GREM \| GIAC Advisory Board Member x2

## About

Experienced Security Analyst with a demonstrated history of working in the Cybersecurity industry\. Skilled in Computer Forensics, information security, etc\. Strong information technology professional with a Master of Technology \(MTech\) focused in Cyber Forensics and Information Security from Cochin University of Science and Technology\.

## Location

Malappuram

## Work experience

Supervising Associate at EY, Oct 2022 \- Present · 3 yrs 7 mos, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Senior Information Security Analyst at EY, Dec 2019 \- Oct 2022 · 2 yrs 11 mos, Thiruvananthapuram Taluk, India

Cybersecurity Design and Engineering Professional at DXC Technology, May 2019 \- Dec 2019 · 8 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area

Senior Engineer at Tata Elxsi, Apr 2018 \- May 2019 · 1 yr 2 mos, Thiruvananthapuram Taluk, India, • Security Testing of IoT devices Penetration test against the client’s IoT devices is conducted to find any possible security issues in them\. • Developing Security test cases Develop new test cases that are performed on the IoT devices\. • Testing the client’s infra related to the IoT Conduct tests on the servers and other infra communicated by the device\. • Handling other security based tasks Provide security based support to other teams to rectify their issues\. • Penetration tests Perform external penetration tests for the clients\.

Security Analyst at Apvera, Nov 2017 \- Jan 2018 · 3 mos, Kochi, Kerala, India, • Analyse threat signatures Analyse and document definitions for the suricata threat signatures\. • Penetration tests Perform external penetration tests for the clients\. • Product improvement Work on the product code and improving the deployment time\. • Analyse client’s security posture Analyse the threats detected in a client’s network and analyse them to understand their security posture\. Summarise a report based on the analysis\. • Security sensor deployment Analyse the client’s network architecture, preparing hardware and software based sensors and deploy it in their physical server rack or machines\. • Security support and troubleshooting Provide security based insights to the clients and clarification on the suricata signatures detected\. Provide security services by recommending security products and advice\.

ICT Security Engineer at Petrolink, Jul 2015 \- Nov 2017 · 2 yrs 5 mos, Kochi, Kerala, India, • Vulnerability Management Reviewing upcoming vulnerabilities in various software and device firmware, and suggesting solutions to mitigate the same based on criticality\. • Log Analysis Correlation and analysis of Alert Logic and Palo Alto logs to identify potential unauthorized access or configuration changes\. • Threat Handling Root cause analysis of virus incidents and investigation of other security incidents such as website attacks through logs and payload reconstruction and email header analysis for spam protection\. • Active Directory Event Monitoring Identifying unauthorized changes in the Active Directory\. • Kaspersky Endpoint Protection Management Periodic review of the functioning of endpoint protection in the machines and their communication with the server\. • Data Leak Prevention \(DLP\) Configuring and analysing data leak prevention mechanisms and also analysing outbound mails for any data leakage\. • Device Configuration Change Review Periodically identifying the changes made in firewalls and switches and validating them for approval\. • Procedures and Guideline Documentation Authoring procedures and guidelines followed by the team\. • Firmware review Periodic review of the firmware in various devices such as routers, firewalls, switches and other devices\. • Software Legitimacy Check Approval of software before installing in the production machines\. • Handling the security incident ticket queue Creation, assignment, closure, etc\. of the security incident tickets\.

## Education

Master of Technology \(MTech\), Cyber Forensics and Information Security, Cochin University of Science and Technology

Bachelor of Technology \(BTech\), Computer Science and Engineering, Cochin University of Science and Technology

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