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Education

George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA
PhD in Information Technology (Cybersecurity concentration) — GPA: 4.0 / 4.0
Expected graduation: Dec 2027

George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA
MS in Information Systems and Cybersecurity Engineering — GPA: 3.9 / 4.0
Graduated: Dec 2023

Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology, Uttar Pradesh, India
BE in Computer Science — GPA: 3.2 / 4.0
Graduated: May 2021

Technical Skills

Scripting & Languages
Python, Java, Go, JavaScript, Shell, LaTeX

Operating Systems
Linux, Windows, macOS

Security & Infra Tools
Burp Suite, Nmap, Metasploit, Wireshark, OWASP ZAP, Hydra, Nessus, SQLmap, Docker

Cloud & Platforms
AWS, GCP, Azure

Security Platforms & Apps
GitHub, JIRA, Okta, Osquery, Neo4j, Qualys, Terraform, Splunk, Wazuh, IBM QRadar

Standards & Practices
OSINT, OWASP, SIEM, NIST, CIS, PCI DSS, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR, SSL/TLS, AES, RSA, ECC

Certifications

• CompTIA Security+
• CompTIA CySA+
• CompTIA CSAP
• Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK)
• EC-Council: Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
• Microsoft Technology Associate: Security Fundamentals
• Microsoft Technology Associate: Networking Fundamentals
• OSCP (in progress)

Professional Experience

Graduate Teaching Assistant — George Mason University

Fairfax, VA, USA • Jan 2022 – Present

• Design and run lab-based projects and simulations for Computer Networking and Cyber Security courses, supporting 100+ students each semester.
• Build Python + Selenium auto-grading tools to evaluate student submissions on Blackboard/Canvas, reducing grading time and improving grading consistency.
• Hold regular office hours and provide 1-on-1 support to help students with labs and assignments.

Research Assistant — George Mason University

Fairfax, VA, USA • Jan 2024 – May 2024

• Researched CAPTCHA security flaws and designed models that bypass defenses with around 90% success.
• Analyzed CAPTCHA farm services (such as 2Captcha), mapping workflows and exploitation methods.
• Built an automated web crawler with a ~90% CAPTCHA bypass rate for real-time e-commerce data collection and price-monitoring dashboards.

Cybersecurity Intern — Cyber3ra

New Delhi, India • May 2021 – Aug 2021

• Improved data security and cryptographic operation speed by about 12% through careful selection and deployment of hardware security modules (HSMs).
• Helped integrate and manage HSMs to protect sensitive keys and cryptographic operations.

Security Analyst — JSC Golla Engineering Pvt Ltd

Remote, India • Jun 2019 – Apr 2021

• Strengthened metrics and reporting for vulnerability management and asset security, using segmentation and isolation strategies that reduced cyber-attacks by ~13%.
• Investigated SIEM alerts with IBM QRadar and Splunk, improving threat detection by ~10% through analysis of network and log data.
• Led investigations into malicious emails, coordinated vulnerability assessments, and delivered security training to 50+ staff.

Professional Projects

WebCrawler for Security & E-commerce Analytics

Research Analyst, George Mason University • Aug 2023 – Dec 2023

• Developed a WebCrawler for private data extraction and discovery of security issues by detecting hidden links in source-code comments across ~1M websites.
• Integrated a rotating proxy system using Python (Requests, BeautifulSoup, spaCy) to assign unique IP/port per request, achieving about 95% accuracy.

Malware Analysis — Keylogger

George Mason University • Aug 2022 – Dec 2022

• Performed static and dynamic analysis of a keylogger in a secure virtual sandbox, identifying 12 malicious patterns via reverse engineering.
• Used tools such as IDA Pro, OllyDbg, YARA, FakeDNS, PEiD, VirusTotal, and Process Monitor to fingerprint malware, detect obfuscation, and analyze network behavior.