Accomplished Cyber Security Analyst with a proven track record at Cognizant Technologies Pvt Ltd, specializing in SIEM management and cloud security. Expert in threat hunting and incident response, significantly enhancing system integrity. Skilled in fostering client relationships and mentoring teams, demonstrating exceptional analytical and interpersonal abilities.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Cyber Security Analyst
Cognizant Technologies Pvt Ltd
Bangalore
02.2021 - Current
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Monitored System logs, user activities on the network for suspicious behavior or malicious activity using by SIEM tool.
Investigate network traffic logs, firewall logs, intrusion detection system alerts, and antivirus reports to identify potential threats.
Analyzed system risk to identify and implement appropriate security countermeasures security incidents and breaches, as appropriate.
Responded promptly to cyber incidents by analyzing attack signatures, isolating affected systems, and restoring normal operations.
Perform Incident investigation, Remediation, Resolution and follow up for incident closure with concerned team.
Co-operate with SIEM team for the fine tuning of use cases if required, with full details of false positive events.
Analyzing phishing and spam-related activities and notifying the client.
Interacting with the client during the meeting and responsible for the entire shift as lead.
Fetching and providing the logs to the client/partners and other teams on request.
Monitoring the group mail inbox for any other security breaches information from client and other partners.
Collaborated with stakeholders to implement and update disaster recovery plans.
Maintained up-to-date knowledge of evolving cybersecurity trends and technologies.
Made recommendations to improve security procedures and systems.
Worked closely with fellow security personnel to remedy and alleviate technology issues.
Analyzed security procedure violations and developed plans to prevent recurrence.
Updated existing processes and procedures related to cybersecurity best practices regularly.
Learned about latest security threats from blogs and online publications.
Provided training on various topics related to cybersecurity awareness and best practices.
Mentored junior employees in departmental activities and procedures.
Assisted with developing strategies for responding to potential cyber-attacks such as malware outbreaks, phishing campaigns, ransomware attacks.
Promoted security awareness among employees and clients to alleviate risks and breaches.
Reviewed security bulletins and vulnerability patch releases.
Collaborated closely with team members to achieve project objectives and meet deadlines.
Completed day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently.
Utilized various software and tools to streamline processes and optimize performance.
Provided excellent service and attention to customers when face-to-face or through phone conversations.
Preparing daily, weekly and monthly reports.
SOC Analyst
ASM Enterprise Solutions
Mumbai
12.2020 - 02.2021
Monitoring, Investigating, and analyzing the real-time security events in SIEM Software.
Working on incidents for detailed analysis and providing mitigation actions on alerts.
Analyzing the real time events for both network and security devices like Firewall, IDS, IPS, Proxy using SIEM tool
Malware incidents were monitoring Cylance End point Manager and creating Ticket for Malicious alerts.
Checking user reported email whether its real phishing or spam email and reply to user according to the investigation and actions
Good understanding on different types of attacks.
Follow up the tickets either TP/FP until closure by ticketing tool.
Working on assign ticket queue and understanding and exceeding expectations on all tasked SLA commitments and Track and report on closure of tickets as per SLA
Attending client meetings and escalating the issues if necessary
Security Analyst
IBM India Pvt Ltd
Bangalore
01.2020 - 06.2020
Monitor the Security alerts for suspicious activity using by SIEM tool.
Responding to and managing security incidents and breaches as appropriate.
Detail investigation of incidents with remediation.
Tracking of incident to resolution and follow-up for incident closure with concerned team.
Advise incident responders on the steps to take to investigate and resolve security incidents.
Checking the group mail inbox for any other security breaches information from client and other partners.
Working on incident reviews before assigning to the client/partners.
Analyzing Phishing emails related activities and notifying to the client.
Responsible for interacting with client during the meeting.
Responsible for taking handover at the starting of the shift and passing the proper updated handover information to the next shift.
Fetching and providing the logs to the client/partners and other teams on request.
Providing the quick information with all the details of investigation in case of high severity incident and some time helping to the team in quick resolution.
Working on assign ticket queue and understanding and exceeding expectations on all tasked SLA commitments.
Good Knowledge on preparing reports like Daily, Weekly reports as per client requirements.
Escalating issues to level2 (or) level3 and management when necessary
Senior Security Analyst
US Software Group
Bangalore
10.2018 - 12.2019
Investigating, and analyzing the real-time security events in Arcsight console
Working on incidents and reviewing the alerts and do detailed analysis on alerts
Analyzing the real time events for both network and security device as triggered in SIEM
Monitoring of incidents in Symantec Endpoint protection manager (SEPM)
Providing deep investigation for IPS alerts by doing packet analyzing
Good understanding on different types of attacks
Expert in understanding TCP/IP and traffic flow
Working on assign ticket queue and Understanding and exceeding expectations on all tasked SLA commitments and Track and report on closure of tickets as per SLA
Attending client meetings twice in week and escalating the issues if necessary
Security Analyst
Sattrix Information Security
Ahmedabad
05.2017 - 09.2018
Monitoring, Investigating, and analyzing the real-time security events in SIEM tools.
Having Experience on SIEM tool such as IBM Q-Radar
Regular health checks monitoring, log analysis and reporting
Investigate incidents using Active Channels /Dashboards/ Events/ Graphs/ Annotations and reports
Perform security SIEM operational task- Rules, Filters, Active channels, Reports, Field sets and Analysis
Working on assign ticket queue and understanding and exceeding expectations on all tasked SLA commitments
Good Knowledge on preparing reports like Daily, Weekly and Monthly reports as per client requirements
Escalating issues to level2 (or) level3 and management when necessary
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Electronics and Communications
JNTU University
Hyderabad
Board of Intermediate Education -
KRC Junior College
Tirupathi
Secondary School Education -
Viswavani Residential School
Vadamalapet
Skills
Splunk
Arcsight
Qradar
CrowdStrike
Microsoft Defender
Symantec
Cylance
Threatgrid
Zscaler
Proofpoint
Microsoft Azure
SIEM management
Cloud security
Cyber threat analysis
Threat hunting
Malware analysis
Incident response
Arbor
ServiceNow
JIRA
BMC Remedy
Phishing detection
Security analysis
SIEM tools
DDoS prevention
Web application security
Disclaimer
I hereby declare that the information provided above are true to the best of my knowledge and I bear the responsibility for the correctness of the above-mentioned particulars.
Place: ( Prasadh Kuppala)
Timeline
Cyber Security Analyst
Cognizant Technologies Pvt Ltd
02.2021 - Current
SOC Analyst
ASM Enterprise Solutions
12.2020 - 02.2021
Security Analyst
IBM India Pvt Ltd
01.2020 - 06.2020
Senior Security Analyst
US Software Group
10.2018 - 12.2019
Security Analyst
Sattrix Information Security
05.2017 - 09.2018
Bachelor of Technology - Electronics and Communications
JNTU University
Board of Intermediate Education -
KRC Junior College
Secondary School Education -
Viswavani Residential School
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