Pune, Maharashtra, India
I am a cybersecurity professional with 10+ years of experience across security research, offensive security, cyber simulation, cloud security, Active Directory, network security, vulnerability assessment, detection engineering, and practical security training. My core strength is converting real-world attack techniques, vulnerabilities, and defensive control gaps into practical, hands-on cyber environments. Over the years, I have built 1,000+ cyber simulation labs across Network Security, Windows/Active Directory, Web Security, Cloud Security, Vulnerability Management, Red Teaming, Blue Teaming, SOC, Incident Response, and Security Engineering. These labs have been used in paid learning platforms and practical training environments, supporting thousands of learners and security professionals. I currently work as a Technical Lead at INE, where I lead cyber lab development, security R&D, infrastructure automation, vulnerability assessment, internal security testing, and team mentoring. My work includes designing on-demand cloud and container-based lab environments, building reusable deployment workflows, reviewing technical content, supporting exam/lab development, and ensuring practical environments are secure, scalable, and aligned with real-world attack and defense scenarios. I have also contributed to open-source security tooling and research presented at Black Hat, DEF CON, RootCon, and other security conferences. My work has covered areas such as wireless security, VoIP security, IoT intrusion detection, deception, threat hunting, and attack-defense tooling. Some tools and contributions are hosted under company GitHub organizations such as INE Labs and Pentester Academy. My technical focus areas include: * Offensive Security and Vulnerability Assessment * Active Directory attacks, hardening, and control validation * Cloud Security across AWS, Azure, and GCP * Cyber Simulation Lab and Cyber Range Architecture * Red Team and Blue Team practical environments * SOC, SIEM, threat detection, and log analysis labs * API, web application, and infrastructure security testing * Python, PowerShell, Bash, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, and automation * MITRE ATT&CK based attack simulation and detection scenarios I enjoy building practical security systems, researching how attacks work, and turning that knowledge into tools, labs, detections, and repeatable security validation workflows.