Cooking, Pets and Techonology
Nakka Prasanth
Summary
Extensive knowledge of security tools & technologies with hands-on expertise in enterprise-grade solutions. Proficiency in monitoring and managing security products, including: Logging & monitoring tools Vulnerability management systems Proxy technologies Qualys VMDR and Compliance Certified Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a proven track record of identifying and mitigating risks. Dedicated and adaptable professional, consistently demonstrating commitment to organizational security goals. Continuous learner, eager to stay ahead of evolving cyber threats and adopt new technologies.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
4
4
Languages
Work History
Technology Security Senior Analyst
Accenture
11.2021 - Current
- Vulnerability Management (Qualys)
- Asset & Discovery Management
- Perform discovery scans to identify inventory gaps.
- Onboard assets based on authentication groups and defined parameters.
- Conduct reliability and authentication scans to detect failures.
- Vulnerability Management & Remediation
- Collaborate with stakeholders to resolve vulnerabilities, authentication failures, and manage approved exclusions.
- Execute and monitor scanning activities on weekly, monthly, and ad hoc schedules.
- Track remediation progress by coordinating periodic calls with infrastructure and cloud teams.
- Prioritize vulnerabilities for faster remediation using the EVR (Exploitability, Vulnerability, Risk) process.
- Respond to zero-day vulnerabilities by issuing advisories and conducting ad hoc scans.
- Exclusions & False Positive Handling
- Manage client-approved exclusions with proper documentation.
- Perform false positive analysis and coordinate with vendors for resolution.
- Service & Incident Management
- Raise incidents and change requests in ServiceNow (SNOW) as required.
- Ensure compliance of device scanning, reporting, and follow-up actions.
- Reporting & Analytics
- Deliver client reporting through execution slides, ad hoc reports, and monthly summaries.
- Confirm patching schedules, remediation deadlines, and provide trend analysis to demonstrate progress.
- Plan and execute scans on weekly, monthly, and required schedules.
- Identify process limitations and recommend solutions to strengthen security posture.
Sr. Engineer
Happiest Minds
08.2019 - 11.2021
- Proxy: ZScalar
- Filtering and categorizing URL's based on policies
- Updating categorization based on policies and as per business requirement
- Controlling firewall rules to provide specific source target communication
- Creating and switching tunnels where required
- Enabled port services were required.
SYSTEM ENGINEER
Netaccess
10.2018 - 07.2019
- Vulnerability Management –
- Vulnerabilities and authentication reports, Classify and prioritize vulnerabilities, environment’s risk level, mitigating factors, and assessment of the impacts of internal and external threats.
- Maintain dashboards and collect metrics and reports on vulnerability findings, remediation and non-compliance with regards to SLA of 30 days, 60 days, 90 days and 90+ days
- Support owners to propose mitigation and remediation solutions to identified issues.
- Working on networking monitoring tool Net flow analyzer, Dashboard publishing on weekly and monthly basis.
TECHNICAL ANALYST
Hexaware
09.2017 - 09.2018
- Tools – Logrythm, Symantec, SSL (Certificates)
- SIEM
- Handling Real-time attacks by cross checking logs
- Daily, Weekly and monthly reports
- Tuning False positive
- Creating Rules as per business requirement
- Investigations of breaches
- Instructing Email, Firewall and AV team for remediating respective threats and Vulnerability
SYSTEM ENGINEER
CSS Corp
09.2016 - 07.2017
- SIEM
- Handling Real-time attacks by cross checking logs
- Daily, Weekly and monthly reports
- Tuning False positive
- Creating Rules as per business requirement
- Investigations of breaches
- Instructing Email, Firewall and AV team for remediating respective threats and Vulnerability
INTERN SYSTEM ENGINEER
Intueri Education Group
10.2014 - 02.2015
- VMWARE – Install, Configure
Education
Level – 7 - Information Technology and Management
01-2014
B.Tech - undefined
V R Siddhartha Engineering College
01-2011
Skills
Client management
Performance monitoring
Data analysis
Certification
Vulnerability Management Detection and Response Certification (VMDR)
Interests
Languages
English
Advanced (C1)
Tamil
Intermediate (B1)
Telugu
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Hindi
Advanced (C1)
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Software
Qualys, Qradar
Quote
Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.
Voltaire
Timeline
Vulnerability Management Detection and Response Certification (VMDR)
02-2026
PCI Compliance (PCI)
02-2026
Technology Security Senior Analyst
Accenture
11.2021 - Current
Sr. Engineer
Happiest Minds
08.2019 - 11.2021
SYSTEM ENGINEER
Netaccess
10.2018 - 07.2019
TECHNICAL ANALYST
Hexaware
09.2017 - 09.2018
SYSTEM ENGINEER
CSS Corp
09.2016 - 07.2017
INTERN SYSTEM ENGINEER
Intueri Education Group
10.2014 - 02.2015
B.Tech - undefined
V R Siddhartha Engineering College