Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Project
MITRE & ATT&CK Framework
Trello Automation
Certification
Accomplishments
Languages
Timeline
Generic
Pranith Jain

Pranith Jain

Banglore

Summary

Cybersecurity and Finance professional with 4.5 years of overall experience, specializing in network security, incident response, and security operations. Proficient in SIEM, IDS/IPS, firewalls, threat mitigation, and EDR technologies. Experienced in 24x7 SOC operations, including log monitoring and security information management. Passionate about safeguarding digital environments and enhancing organizational security posture.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Cybersecurity Analyst

Gradient Cyber – US Based Cybersecurity Firm operating from Dallas, Texas
03.2022 - Current
  • Worked as an L2 Analyst for Carbon Black, managing and configuring the Carbon Black EDR system for clients' endpoints.
  • Responsible for managing the Carbon Black EDR project from start to finish, including project planning, resource allocation, and project execution.
  • Conducting investigations into security incidents and providing detailed reports on findings and recommendations for remediation
  • Conducting malware analysis using tools such as VirusTotal, ANY. RUN, Hybrid Analysis (along with other Threat Intelligence sources) to identify and prevent malware attacks.
  • Managing and reporting on alerts from M365, Cortex, IDS, and CrowdStrike.
  • Monitored and responded to security alerts in SentinelOne, isolating compromised machines to mitigate potential risks. Prepared detailed incident reports and communicated findings to customers for prompt resolution.
  • Performing a Carbon Black EDR alert investigation.
  • Analyze security events and incidents using SIEM tools to identify potential threats and vulnerabilities.
  • Analyze network traffic and logs to identify and prevent attacks.
  • Monitoring and reporting alerts for efficient risk assessment.
  • Blocking and isolation on the client's firewall.
  • Identifying issues and potential enhancements to security solutions for the client.
  • Led the successful onboarding of over 20 customers, overseeing network infrastructure checks during the process.
  • Analyzing security breaches to identify the root cause.
  • Work within Quorum to monitor for any suspicious activity in the client's network.
  • Testing and analyzing the internal platform quorum to monitor network traffic.
  • Providing technical training and mentoring junior analysts, and other team members.

Process Associate

First American India
Bangalore
01.2020 - 12.2021
  • Spearheaded collaborative efforts with diverse branches within top lenders in Canada to facilitate seamless mortgage approvals, leveraging cross-functional communication skills.
  • Preparing and maintaining daily and monthly trackers, and handling payment-related inquiries from vendors and clients.
  • Coordinating with the invoice team to correct issues such as short payments, amount mismatches, duplicate postings, and incorrect entries.
  • Liaising with the payment team to obtain remittance and check copies, and promptly providing them to vendors.
  • Reviewing vendor statements and addressing their inquiries with accurate information.

Education

MBA - Finance And Marketing

CMR Center For Business Studies
Banglore
05-2021

B'Com -

Kuvempu University
01-2019

Skills

  • Suricata
  • Trello
  • IDS
  • HTML basics
  • Elastic Search (Kibana)
  • Postman
  • Carbon Black
  • Active Directory
  • OS: Linux, Windows
  • Office 365
  • Threat Intel
  • Phishing email analysis
  • SIEM
  • Protocols: IPsec, DHCP, DNS, FTP, NFS, SFTP, HTTPS

Project

Suricata (IDS)

  • Led a project to update and refine Suricata rules within the IDS framework, resulting in improved threat detection capabilities, a significant reduction in false positives, and optimized Time to Detect (TTD) for potential threats.
  • Proactively monitored Emerging cyber threats and industry trends, regularly updating and adapting Suricata rules to address evolving security challenges, ensuring the organization remained ahead of potential threats.

MITRE & ATT&CK Framework

  • Contributed to the MITRE Mapping project by integrating advanced Techniques and Mitigations specifically tailored for LDAP event IDs, enhancing client reporting capabilities and fortifying the project's overall security framework, with a focus on optimizing Time to Respond (TTR).

Trello Automation

  • Spearheaded the automation of Trello card management through strategic enhancements to Butler rules, significantly optimizing team workflows and boosting overall productivity by reducing manual intervention.
  • Implemented scheduled updates and task assignments through Butler rules, ensuring timely and consistent progress tracking, which led to more efficient project management and a streamlined process.

Certification

  • CompTIA Security+ (SYO-601) from Alison
  • Phishing Email analysis (Job Simulation for Master Card)
  • Endpoint Security from CISCO
  • Networking Basics from CISCO

Accomplishments

  • Received the Best Employee Award for two consecutive years.
  • Participated in inter-college fest

Languages

Kannada
First Language
Hindi
Intermediate (B1)
B1
English
Intermediate (B1)
B1

Timeline

Cybersecurity Analyst

Gradient Cyber – US Based Cybersecurity Firm operating from Dallas, Texas
03.2022 - Current

Process Associate

First American India
01.2020 - 12.2021

B'Com -

Kuvempu University

MBA - Finance And Marketing

CMR Center For Business Studies
Pranith Jain