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title: "Surya Teja Masanam - Head - Threat Detection & DFIR in India | Tal"
description: "Meet Surya Teja Masanam, Head - DFIR | macOS & AI Security Research | Black Hat Trainer | Speaker (Views are my own) based in India."
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# Surya Teja Masanam on Tal

## Headline

Head \- DFIR \| macOS & AI Security Research \| Black Hat Trainer \| Speaker \(Views are my own\)

## About

Surya found his passion for cybersecurity during his college days where out of curiosity he figured out how a malware was spreading actively in the college computers and found a remediation technique\. Officially started his career as a cybersecurity intern and developed python and \.NET based tools to perform Static Malware and Windows Artifact Analysis\. He is a Digital Forensic Investigator and a Malware Analyst with 9\+ years of experience in successfully building and running DFIR programs from scratch with SoPs and field manuals in the organizations he worked for\. Currently, Surya leads the DFIR charter at a fintech company, his multi\-faceted experience in leading investigations like confidential data theft, info stealers, ransomware \.etc, in hybrid environments including Windows, Linux, Mac and AWS in both Government and Corporate bodies is a unique factor to mention\. Engaging, understanding, and knowledgeable technical trainer, with expertise in instructing both small and large groups across diverse industries\. Surya believes evangelism should be an inherent character trait among security professionals\. He has delivered trainings at renowned conferences, and has also raised awareness about cybersecurity in NGOs As a Trainer: \- Blackhat 2025: https://www\.blackhat\.com/us\-25/training/schedule/\#mastering\-macos\-threat\-detection\-and\-incident\-response\-a\-hands\-on\-blue\-team\-training\-44473 \- Defcon29 BTV: https://cfc\.blueteamvillage\.org/call\-for\-content\-2021/speaker/UAVRFS/ \- Shellcon: https://shellcon\.io/talks/2021/windows\-forensics\-101/ \- Bsides Singapore'21 and 2023: https://www\.bsidessg\.org/archives \- CODEBLUE: https://codeblue\.jp/en/program/trainings/detail\-05/ \- Trained professionals from DRDO on Windows Forensics and Malware Analysis Research on Signal Artifacts: His research on Signal App forensics was taken as one of the reference in building a module on Signal in KAPE tool \- a popular open\-source forensic tool and also mentioned in SANS Windows Third Party Apps Forensics Poster \- Article: https://www\.linkedin\.com/pulse/signal\-desktop\-digital\-forensics\-perspective\-surya\-teja\-masanam \- Kape Signal Module: https://github\.com/EricZimmerman/KapeFiles/blob/master/Targets/Apps/Signal\.tkape \- SANS Poster: https://www\.sans\.org/posters/windows\-third\-party\-apps\-forensics\-poster/ \(See Signal Section\) Other works: \- Reported bugs to companies he worked for and to NCIIPC Responsible Vulnerability Disclosure Program \(RVDP\) \- Medium: https://medium\.com/@surya4n6 Certifications: BTL1, BTL2, Certified Purple Team Analyst, MFSC\-101\(Mac Forensics\)

## Location

India

## Work experience

Head \- Threat Detection & DFIR at CRED, Apr 2025 \- Present · 1 yr 3 mos, Security Operations, Insider Threat Detection, DFIR \- Windows, Linux, macOS and AWS

DFIR Lead at CRED, Apr 2023 \- Apr 2025 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Lead Security Systems Engineer at EPAM Systems, Jul 2022 \- Apr 2023 · 10 mos

Senior Security Systems Engineer at EPAM Systems, Mar 2021 \- Jul 2022 · 1 yr 5 mos

Security Engineer at CyberEye Research Labs & Security Solutions Pvt\. Ltd\., Jan 2017 \- Jan 2021 · 4 yrs 1 mo, Greater Hyderabad Area

Intern \- Digital Forensics at ESF Labs Ltd, Feb 2016 \- May 2016 · 4 mos, Greater Vijayawada District, Worked on creating \.NET based Digital Forensics Tools

Intern \- Malware Analysis at ESF Labs Ltd, May 2015 \- Jul 2015 · 3 mos, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

## Education

Bachelor of Technology \(B\.Tech\.\) in Computer Science & Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY OF KNOWLEDGE TECHNOLOGIES, NUZVID

SSC, Nirmala E\.M High School

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