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Stories of Infosec Journeys - Indian EditionStories of Infosec Journeys - In conversation with Rohit SrivastwaSpeaker Intro
Rohit Srivastwa is founder of BharatVerse, a Metaverse being developed specifically for Bharat. With 20 years of experience and successful exits, he has been focusing on the domain of information security and now pivoted into web3. Now he is a “Certified Metaverse Expert” and also provides training as well as coaching to students as well as corporates in this domain.
He is also actively involved in advising several Military agencies, Law Enforcement, Corporate, and Government bodies of different countries in these fields. He is a liaison member at FIRST.org which is a...2023-12-2936 minStories of Infosec Journeys - Indian EditionStories of Infosec Journeys - In conversation with Aseem & MurtujaSpeaker Intro
Aseem Jakhar is the Director, R&D at Payatu https://payatu.com a research-powered cyber security services company specialized in IoT, Embedded, cloud, mobile and infrastructure security. He is the founder of null-The open security community, a registered not-for-profit organization and one of the largest security communities in Asia https://null.co.in and also organizes https://nullcon.net and https://hardwear.io security conferences. He is currently working on solving the IoT Security problem with his latest venture EXPLIoT. He is an active speaker and trainer at various security conferences like AusCERT, Black Hat...2023-10-2430 minStories of Infosec Journeys - Indian EditionStories of Infosec Journeys - In conversation with Anshuman BhartiyaSpeaker Intro
Anshuman is an Information Security Professional with more than a decade of experience in the security industry. He has worked with various organizations like Cigital, EMC, Intuit, Atlassian, Thirty Madison and currently at Lyft as Security Engineer.
At the core, he loves building programs from the scratch, working on difficult and interesting security engineering problems, innovating by using the latest technologies, exploring greenfield areas, and constantly pushing himself to learn something new on a daily basis.
He has given a workshop at Defcon'17 and spoken at conferences such as Black Hat...2023-08-2421 minStories of Infosec Journeys - Indian EditionStories of Infosec Journeys - In conversation with Lakshmi SudheerThis episode is in association with Day of shecurity conference which happened in May 2023. In this episode we talk about our love for food, infosec journeys, career growth,communities & very insightful thoughts on taking breaks.
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Lakshmi Sudheer is a security professional with over a decade of experience in security. Currently, she leads the Application Security team at Netflix. She is passionate about security & mentoring aspirants who would like to enter or grow in the field of security. She has been a...2023-08-0134 minStories of Infosec Journeys - Indian EditionStories of Infosec Journeys - In conversation with Vivek RamachandranIn this episode listen to Vivek talk about how he was introduced to computers & how an internship in Switzerland helped him find his calling in infosec, his journey from SecurityTube.net to Pentester Academy , to writing comic-books for security enthusiast and eventually starting his current venture SquareX .
This episode brings you the exclusive story of Vivek's infosec journey which he confirmed about talking for the 1st time on a podcast.
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Vivek Ramachandran is...2023-07-121h 45Stories of Infosec Journeys - Indian EditionStories of Infosec Journeys - In conversation with Minatee MishraIn this episode, Minatee speaks about how she was introduced to infosec, her experience of being in a leadership role and advice for folks interested in moving to leadership role. She has a beautiful insight on how she deals with failures and criticism and also talks about the latest trends in infosec.
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Minatee Mishra, who is the Director of Product Security at Philips HealthTech, Bangalore. In her career of 25 years, she has rich experience in architecture, design, development...2023-06-2919 minStories of Infosec Journeys - Indian EditionStories of Infosec Journeys - In conversation with Farah HawaIn episode we learn about how Farah got started with cybersecurity while she comes from media background. She talks about how she's passionate about content creation in cybersecurity. She also talks about some of the latest trends she sees in infosec and definetly has advice for folks starting out in the industry.
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Farah started her journey in cybersecurity 3 years ago while she was working on her media degree in Mumbai. After working a few internships and a full-time gig at...2023-06-1318 minStories of Infosec Journeys - Indian EditionStories of Infosec Journeys - In conversation with Madhu AkulaIn this episode, Madhu talks about how he began his cybersecurity career, his experiences with bug bounty, the learning in his journey. He about folks who played a role in his journey of where he is today especially the communities he was associated with. He also has insightful advice to folks starting out.
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Madhu is a pragmatic security leader. He is the creator of Kubernetes Goat, an intentionally vulnerable by design Kubernetes Cluster...2023-05-2338 minStories of Infosec Journeys - Indian EditionStories of Infosec Journeys - In conversation with Kushaagra MehraSpeaker Intro
Kushaagra Mehra is a subject matter expert on deception tech and has spent the past five years helping organisations across several industry verticals build detection strategies and countermeasures. During his time at Smokescreen Technologies, he designed campaigns and implemented deception at scale for numerous organisations, including Fortune 500s. These days, he pairs his expertise on deception with zero trust networking at Zscaler to help key global enterprises and government organisations reduce their attack surface and defend against attacks by APTs. He calls Newcastle University his Alma mater, having earned his Masters degree in Computer Security...2023-04-2713 minStories of Infosec Journeys - Indian EditionStories of Infosec Journeys - In conversation with Abhijeth DugginapeddiIn this episode, Abhijeth talks about how he got hacked and began his cybersecurity career, his experiences with bug bounty, the learning and challenges in his journey. He makes it a point to give due credit to folks who played a role in his journey of where he is today especially the communities he was associated with. He also has insightful advice to folks starting out. Listen to what he has to say about, if not for infosec then what would be an alternative career for him?
Tune in to this fun episode to...2023-04-1337 minStories of Infosec Journeys - Indian EditionStories of Infosec Journeys - In conversation with Ravi VIn this episode, Ravi talks about how he had planned to get into security, about his experience of being in a blue team and some stories of working in those teams. He has some insightful advice to folks starting out in the industry.
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Ravi has over 12 yrs of experience of being part of the Blue Team. Currently he leads threat detection team for APAC region. He has experience and expertise on all aspects of blue team like soc, IR, detection, hu...2023-03-2326 minStories of Infosec Journeys - Indian EditionStories of Infosec Journeys - In conversation with Sandesh AnandIn this episode, Sandesh talks about how he got started with security, about his experience of security communities, his newsletter, latest trends of infosec and advice to folks starting out in the industry.
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Sandesh Anand is an InfoSec professional based in Bangalore. He has worked for over a decade in helping companies build and mature their Security program. He started out as a pen tester, but now manages Razorpay's Security program. Sandesh is also the author of BoringAppSec, a newsletter on the often ig...2023-02-2320 minStories of Infosec Journeys - Indian EditionStories of Infosec Journeys - In conversation with Swapneel PatnekarIn this episode, Swapneel talks about his infosec journey,about his current work, his experience of being a community trainer and some cool projects he worked on. He has some really nice advice for people starting out the infosec industry.
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Swapneel is the CEO of Shreshta IT, who has worked in Information Security for 15+ years.
He is an APNIC Community Trainer and has delivered workshops in Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, and Bangladesh on Information Security, Network Security, and DNS/DNSSEC. He is...2023-02-0933 minStories of Infosec Journeys - Indian EditionStories of Infosec Journeys - In conversation with Abhay Bhargav**SEASON 2**
In this episode, Abhay shares about his infosec journey and how he was introduced to it? He also talks about his current work, his experience of running an infosec company, the communities he is associated with and advice for people starting out & in the infosec industry.
We have introduced rapid round questions this season. Tune into the episode to learn more!!
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Abhay Bhargav is the Founder & Chief Research Officer of AppSecEngineer, an elite, hands-on online training platform for AppSec, Cloud-Native Security, Kubernetes Security and DevSecOps. AppSecEngineer delivers ha...2023-01-1929 minStories of Infosec Journeys - Indian EditionStories of Infosec Journeys - In conversation with Aditi Bhatnagar**CONFERENCE SPECIAL EDITION EPISODE**
Aditi Bhatnagar is an Independent Security Researcher focusing on Android security, cloud, web apps, and wireless network attacks. She is currently a Product Security Engineer at Atlassian and has previously worked as a Core Engineer building features for endpoint security products at Microsoft.
Through her initiative, Infinite Hacks, she is spreading cyber awareness. She has conducted training and initiated discussions on cybersecurity, digital rights, and techno-sociology. She’s an avid blogger and publishes posts on cybersecurity, ethical hacking, and several aspects of the evolving relationship between humans and technology on her we...2022-08-3018 minStories of Infosec Journeys - Indian EditionStories of Infosec Journeys - In conversation with Rony Das**CONFERENCE SPECIAL EDITION EPISODE**
Rony Das who is a speaker at Nullcon, 2022 conference. He is based out of Assam, India and he started his Infosec journey in 2013. His curiosity is towards Android Security, it is the same curiosity that pushed him to research on Android-specific security features that are being implemented by Google when he was researching for Android Malware development in an isolated environment.
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Twitter - @ronydasx
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Stories of Infosec Journeys - Indian EditionStories of Infosec Journeys - In conversation with Jay HiraSEASON FINALE IS HERE!
Jay Hira is a Cyber Security Strategy and Transformation Director with over 15 years of international experience supporting financial services organisations to become more cyber resilient through the adoption of Zero Trust principles to build trust and attract more customers, enabling growth.
He is experienced at developing efficient and business-aligned cyber resilience strategies that transform businesses, foster customer trust, and enhance revenue security and net promoter score.
He has a proven track record of partnering with stakeholders across the organisation, including the Board and CxO, of successfully influencing change and...2022-06-1731 minStories of Infosec Journeys - Indian EditionStories of Infosec Journeys - In conversation with Satyavathi DivadariSatyavathi has over 24 years’ experience in IT and cyber security and is the go-to person for critical security projects at CyberRes, a Micro Focus line of business, and spearheads enterprise security architecture and cloud technology. She is an inventor, a thought leader, a noted speaker in international and national forums, & has been recognized as Top 10 Women in Tech Leaders in India, Top 20 Indian Women Security Influencer, Women in Tech - Chief Mentor and more. She also serves on the board of nonprofit organizations i.e., Chairman of Cloud Security Alliance, Bangalore, and Global Advisory Board Member - CTIA at EC...2022-05-0235 minStories of Infosec Journeys - Indian EditionStories of Infosec Journeys - In conversation with Pons Mudivai ArunPons Arun is a director of products at Citrix. He is a cyber defense evangelist with more than 20 years of experience in cybersecurity and a speaker at various security forums. He specializes in building security solutions to protect user and application attack surfaces from manual and automated attacks by embracing behavioral analytics's power. Prior to Citrix, He has held global product leadership positions at Cisco and Oracle.
In case you want to reach out to him, you can find him on twitter by the handle @mudivaipons.
Follow "Stories of Infosec Journeys" podcast...2022-03-3128 minStories of Infosec Journeys - Indian EditionStories of Infosec Journeys - In conversation with Priya PandeyPriya Pandey is Manager with EY FSO Cybersecurity Team in Hong Kong. She has over 7 years of successful experience in cybersecurity, cloud security, cloud transformation strategy, data security and governance across multiple industries such as Financial Services, Public Sector, Manufacturing and Luxury industry.
In addition, she is an active contributor to multiple women in technology communities and has been a speaker for various profound public events on cloud and cybersecurity. She is an advisor for various technology communities and a non-profit organization, i.e. Women in Cloud and BBWIC.
In case you want to reach...2022-03-0328 minStories of Infosec Journeys - Indian EditionStories of Infosec Journeys - In conversation with Pooja AgrawallaPooja has led & strategized large enterprise solutions in Cybersecurity - Identity & Access Management (IAM). She has close to 19 years of experience in Identity & Cybersecurity, she now leads IAM products and solutions at NXP.
Pooja is a noted speaker in multiple technology and Cybersecurity forums. She is currently associated with CSA (Cloud Security Alliance) Bangalore Chapter.
Pooja is an evangelist for women in cybersecurity. She works with diverse communities within her companies and with external groups. Pooja has been awarded as one of Top 20 Indian Women Influencers in Security for 2020 by SecurityToday. She was recently featured...2022-02-1741 minStories of Infosec Journeys - Indian EditionStories of Infosec Journeys - In conversation with Angelina GokhaleAngelina Gokhale is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the Symbiosis Centre for Information Technology, Pune. She holds a PhD, Masters and Bachelors degree in Computer Science. She also has a Masters degree in Business Management with Human Resources and Marketing Management as specialization subjects. Her doctoral work revolves around image forensics using deep learning techniques. She has 11 years of teaching experience. Her teaching and research interests include information security, image forensics, machine learning, and cyberpsychology.
In case you want to reach out to her, you can find her on twitter by the handle @AngieGokhi
2022-01-2516 minStories of Infosec Journeys - Indian EditionStories of Infosec Journeys - In conversation with Shyam Sundar RamaswamiShyam Sundar Ramaswami is a Senior Security Researcher with Cisco's Research and Efficacy team, a two-time TEDx speaker, and a cybersecurity teacher. Shyam is also a co-author of the book titled "It's your digital life". He has delivered talks for several conferences such as Black Hat (Las Vegas), Qubit Forensics (Serbia), Nullcon 2020 (Goa), Cisco Live (Barcelona), HackFest (Canada), DeepSec(Vienna), several universities, and IEEE forums in India. Shyam has also taught an "Advanced malware attacks and defences" class in Stanford University's cybersecurity program, which Great Lakes Institute powers and teaches threat intelligence/cyber forensics at Symbiosis Centre for Information...2022-01-0731 minStories of Infosec Journeys - Indian EditionStories of Infosec Journeys - In conversation with Bishakha JainThis episode is in association with Day of shecurity conference which happened on Oct 28th & 29, 2021. Bishakha Jain was a speaker at Day of Shecurity.
Bishakha currently works as a Senior Cybersecurity Consultant at IBM. She is an active Cybersecurity Evangelist and is appointed as the Associate Lead for Education and Awareness for IBM's community for women in Security called WISE for the India Chapter. She is an IBM Recognized Speaker/Presenter, Recognised Educator and also IBM‘s Be Equal Ambassador. She is the Brand Ambassador for the Women in Cloud Network. She serves as the Council Representative of...2021-11-3025 min
Stories of Infosec Journeys - Indian EditionStories of Infosec Journeys - In conversation with Manoj AbrahamManoj Abraham is currently the Additional Director General of Police, Thiruvananthapuram, and the Head of Cyber Security, for Kerala state.
He has done a lot of work in the area of Community policing- Maitri and Janamaitri. He has also coauthored a book called- Global Community Policing- Problems and Prospects, published by Taylor and Francis Publications.
He is the Chief architect of the c0c0n conference held annually on the theme of public private partnership for enhancing cyber-Security. He is also the Architect of Cyber Dome-a centre for private public participation in cyber policing, which...2021-10-2622 minStories of Infosec Journeys - Indian EditionStories of Infosec Journeys - In conversation with Sunil VarkeySunil Varkey has over 26 years of Security leadership experience, with large global corporates in banking, telecoms, ITES, software and manufacturing.
Sunil is a CTO at Forescout for its EMEA & Asia-Pacific regions, prior to this he led Cyber Security Assessment and Testing for HSBC, he also worked with Symantec as CTO and Strategist, at Wipro as Global CISO, as Head of Security and Privacy at Idea Cellular, and in GE, Barclays and SABB.
He has participated in various advisory forums globally and published and presented various articles sessions related to the information assurance domain. Multiple patent a...2021-10-1418 minStories of Infosec Journeys - Indian EditionStories of Infosec Journeys - In conversation with Saumil ShahSaumil Shah is the founder and CEO of Net-Square. He is an internationally recognised cyber-security researcher, hacker, speaker, instructor and entrepreneur for over 25 years. He has regularly presented at conferences like Blackhat, RSA, CanSecWest, PacSec, EUSecWest, Hack.lu, Hack-in-the-box and others. He has authored two books titled “Web Hacking: Attacks and Defense” and “The Anti-Virus Book”.
He spends his leisure time breaking software, flying kites, travelling around the world and taking pictures.
In case you want to reach out to him, you can find him on twitter by the handle @therealsaumil.
"Stori...2021-09-2858 minStories of Infosec Journeys - Indian EditionStories of Infosec Journeys - In conversation with Amol NaikAmol Naik is a CISO at an Indian Ed-Tech company. He has about 16+ years of experience and has led multiple teams in both the offensive and defensive side of security. Apart from helping and building a security program for organizations, he finds his interests in Security Research, Bug Bounties, Vulnerability Research and Exploit Development. He is also an author of a playground focused on learning the exploitation of client-side web vulnerabilities - Bodhi. He is an active member at various Infosec Communities and has also been a speaker & trainer at multiple conferences like NullCon, c0c0n & Ground Zero...2021-08-3122 minStories of Infosec Journeys - Indian EditionStories of Infosec Journeys - In conversation with Riyaz WalikarRiyaz Walikar is a co-founder at Kloudle. He is a CKA, CKAD, OSCP and CREST certified cloud security evangelist and has also been a speaker/trainer at multiple hacker conferences around the world including BlackHat, DefCON, OWASP AppsecUSA, nullcon and c0c0n. He has been active with the security community for the last 13 years.
He has been a chapter leader at Null Bangalore and is currently one of the chapter leader for OWASP Bangalore.
You can find him on twitter by the handle @riyazwalikar and LinkedIn by the name Riyaz Walikar2021-08-0339 minStories of Infosec Journeys - Indian EditionStories of Infosec Journeys - In conversation with Jayesh Singh ChauhanJayesh Singh Chauhan is a Director of Product Security at Sprinklr & Founder of Cloud Village at DEF CON.
He is a security professional with 10 years of experience and has presented at various conferences like BlackHat Arsenal (USA, EU Asia), DEF CON DemoLabs, HackMiami, OWASP & c0c0n. He has authored several tools, including CS-Suite, OWASP Skanda, RFID_Cloner, and CSRF PoC generator.
He has also been a chapter leader at Null Bangalore chapter. You can find him on twitter by the handle @jayeshsch. 2021-07-0637 minStories of Infosec Journeys - Indian EditionStories of Infosec Journeys - In conversation with Neelu TripathyNeelu works as Security Practice Lead with ThoughtWorks India. Her array of experience spans across Vulnerability Assessments and Penetration Tests of Web Applications & Network along-with Red Team engagements, Source Code Reviews, Threat Modelling and Design Reviews of web applications & APIs, Data Leakage Investigations, Configuration reviews, Social Engineering engagements, etc.
She has been a trainer at BlackHat US, organized ReconVillage at Defcon & Social Engineering Village at Nullcon. Currently in the Review Panel for NullCon. She has been actively involved with the Indian security Community and have moderated Null Mumbai and Bengaluru chapters.
You can find her...2021-06-2420 minStories of Infosec Journeys - Indian EditionStories of Infosec Journeys - In conversation with Akash MahajanIn this episode, we are learning about about Akash Mahajan's journey in the information security industry.
He is an accomplished security professional with over 20 years of experience of providing specialist application and infrastructure advice at the highest levels to companies, governments, and organisations around the world.
He started Appsecco in 2016, a professional services company which offers pentest services to world’s leading brands. Now he has started Kloudle for building a SaaS based cloud security product.
You can follow him on Twitter at @makash and on LinkedIn by the name Akash Mahajan.
2021-06-0841 minStories of Infosec Journeys - Indian EditionStories of Infosec Journeys - In conversation with Lekshmi NairIn this episode, we are learning about about Lekshmi Nair's journey. She is seasoned Cyber Security professional with over 19 years of experience in the field of Security, Risk and Compliance, Privacy, Data Security and Application Security. She is currently a Managing Principal at Synopsys Inc.
She is a passionate leader and a Cyber security evangelist. She has been an ambassador of multiple initiatives for Diversity and Women in Technology.She was the Chair of the Women in Security Excelling- India Chapter at IBM consisting of 600+ members. This forum work towards bridging the gender gap in Cyber Security...2021-05-1425 minStories of Infosec Journeys - Indian EditionStories of Infosec Journeys - In conversation with Shubham MittalIn this episode, we are learning about Shubham's journey in the Information Security industry. Shubham Mittal is an Information Security Enthusiast & a Co-Founder at RedHunt Labs. 2021-05-0321 minStories of Infosec Journeys - Indian EditionIntroduction to Podcast - Stories of Infosec Journeys - Indian EditionThis is an introduction episode to the podcast which gives an overview of the podcast host & what the podcast is about.
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The Laugh Sing Dance Story30 : ASK with Dr.Shruthi Kamath and Akshay during COVID-19 Lockdown TimesI love this couple so much , I wanted to reinterview them again. I felt it would be relevant to have them on the show during this time of Lockdown. Additional bonus : Learn two Beautiful slokas today with Akshay and Shruthi From Bhagavad Gita 4.24 and 15.14
Brahmaarpanam Brahma Havir
Brahmaagnau Brahmanaa Hutam
Brahmaiva Tena Gantavyam
Brahma Karma Samaadhinaha
[This is 24th verse from the 4th chapter of Bhagavad Geetha] The act of offering is Brahman. The offering itself is Brahman. The offering is done by Brahman in the sacred fire which is Brahman. He alone attains Brahman who, in all actions, is...2020-03-2445 min