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Tharun Kumar U

Tharun Kumar U

Security Consultant-Data Security Lead
Pune

Summary

Information Security Specialist with passion for aligning security architecture plans and processes with security standards and business goals. Extensive experience in SOC and in Information security.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
year of post-secondary education

Work History

Data Security Lead

IBM
Pune
02.2022 - Current
  • As lead, initiated DLP, DAM, Seclore improvement program and carried out,
  • Policy fine tuning: Fine tuned more than 45 critical politics tailor made to fit client requirements.
  • Identification of tool limitations
  • Workaround development for limitations identified
  • Automation
  • Multi device use case creation by correlating DLP logs with UEBA ,AV, DCT logs to detect both data leak and data exfiltration.
  • Introduced concept of information SOC in client environment where data protection technology was grouped together to streamline SOC operations.
  • DB event blocking introduced in DAM, where DML,DDL and DCL commands executed on sensitive tables are not only monitored, but also blocked.

Note: Have received client CISO appreciation for improving security posture of data security.

Security Consultant

Inspira Technologies Pvt. Ltd
Mumbai
02.2021 - 02.2022
  • Contributed to SOC operations by actively monitoring incidents on
  • SIEM administration. Have worked on 3 different SIEM technologies.
  • Conducted phishing drills and spam email analysis.
  • Contributed in Cyber Drills in identifying attacks.
  • Conducted table top exercise involving senior leadership team.
  • Contributed in Identifying false positives in WAF, DAM and DLP and worked to increase the true positives.
  • Contributed in Playbook review and rewrite.
  • Contributed in providing requirements for multi device use case to effectively identify data leak.

Security Analyst

Sattrix Information Security Pvt. Ltd
Ahmadabad
05.2019 - 02.2021
  • Completed integration of various log sources to Arcsight SIEM (parser creation) to ensure compliance with relevant regulations -Event monitoring in SOC and create incident tickets appropriately to relevant team members including IT
  • Created integration plans and worked with SOC team to ensure integration results are as per SOC analyst and SOC teams need. Managed over 10 to 15 use case reviews to improve true positive detection.
  • Participated in continuous improvement by generating suggestions, engaging in problem- solving activities to ensure and meet SOC's core monitoring objectives
  • Identified issues pertaining to log sources, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems
  • Carried out day-day-day duties accurately and efficiently
  • Completed minor preventative maintenance of SIEM.

Education

PG- Cybersecurity - Cybersecurity

Massashusetts Institute of Technology
Sloan
02.2022 - 12.2022

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Communication Engineering

Don Bosco Institute of Technology
Banglore

Skills

Incident Response

Accomplishments

  • CEH
  • CCSE
  • Best employee for contribution towards client data security


Timeline

PG- Cybersecurity - Cybersecurity

Massashusetts Institute of Technology
02.2022 - 12.2022

Data Security Lead

IBM
02.2022 - Current

Security Consultant

Inspira Technologies Pvt. Ltd
02.2021 - 02.2022

Security Analyst

Sattrix Information Security Pvt. Ltd
05.2019 - 02.2021

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Communication Engineering

Don Bosco Institute of Technology
Tharun Kumar USecurity Consultant-Data Security Lead