Security Researcher

DevSecOps Engineer

Cloud Security Engineer

Penetration Tester

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Akash Raghav M

Hi! I'm a 22 years young Cloud Security & DevSecOps Engineer based in Chennai, India working at Larsen & Toubro - Smart World in the Cloud Engineering & Security Team. I love to explore newer technologies, especially in Cloud and DevSecOps and implement innovative solutions to existing and future needs. I love to travel, connect with people across all domains and enjoy having quality conversations! So feel free to connect with me via LinkedIn or write to me via email! Thanks 😉

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What I Do

Cybersecurity Consulting

Assessments of the organization's sensitive data, critical infrastructures and applications and work together with them to define and implement the right strategy, security design and operations to support the business continuity.

DevSecOps Implementation & Management

Review & Assess the maturity of the existing Dev/Sec/Ops program in the organization and then later define and design the DevSecOps Culture & Architecture based on Agile development methodology with integrated security toolchain.

Cloud Security Engineering & Automation

Identify and assess the security risks associated with design, implementation & CloudOps gaps and build security transformation roadmap to establish a risk-aligned cloud security architecture and solutions with optimal investments to improve overall cloud security posture.

Application Security Testing & Remediation Advisory

Assess the organization's infrastructure and applications by performing penetration testing and threat modelling finally providing a detailed report of the findings, current security status and the mitigations for them.

Testimonials

We meet many people everyday, but only some leave the marks, and one of them is Akash Raghav. His multitasking ability was unlike I’ve seen before and made an applause-worthy increase in our company’s growth level.

Khaleel Ahmed

Akash Raghav has an outstanding network and strives to achieve the best in whatever he does. He is professional, helpful, and a positive person. It is a pleasure and honor to recommend Akash Raghav to anyone who wants him. He is truly a gem.

Nina Claire

There is no better colleague than Akash Raghav. He is one of the most dedicated professionals I’ve worked with and is willing to put that extra help whenever you need it. His expertise as a Cybersecurity Engineer is considerable, and it helped our team come up with more efficient solutions on different projects. His contribution is valuable to the side, and I highly recommend Akash Raghav and would love to work with him again.

Jenna Tyler

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Fun Facts

Happy Projects/Clients

6

Working Hours

2,232

Vulnerabilities Exploited/Mitigated

82+

Resume

Education

2020

Panimalar Engineering College

Bachelor of Technology - I.T.

CGPA - 7.6/10

2016

The Hindu Senior Secondary School

Computer Science

CGPA - 7.6/10

Experience

2021 - Current

L&T Smart World

Cloud Security & DevSecOps Engineer

Performed and consulted security assessments on Azure/AWS cloud architectures, cloud infrastructure & service automation, agile-based DevSecOps implementation, cloud-hosted applications and microservices container security.
Reviewed and implemented cloud security architecture & engineering for enterprise migration projects, application re-platforming projects, identity & access re-engineering projects.
Illustrated business platform security design review, threat modelling with data flow diagram, multi-tenancy architecture, data isolation, internal & external integrations.
Reviewed and implemented identity & access including RBAC design per business processes, data encryption & key management, cloud infrastructure and cloud-native services security and audit configurations reducing the security risk by 60%.
Consulted on the agile-based AWS, Azure & On-Premises DevOps implementation covering security toolchain integration including credential scanner, SAST & SCA, DAST and container image scanners with CI build pipeline to identify vulnerabilities.
Fielded secure design and implementation of micro-services in Kubernetes Service and related integration with AWS, Azure, On-Premises DevOps for continuous deployment.

2020 - 2021

L&T Smart World

Cybersecurity Intern

Developed ARTAS - A central & Automated Remediation TrAcking System to track vulnerabilities across locations and ensure fixes are deployed/vulnerabilities are remediated.
Executed Web Application Penetration Testing/Vulnerability Assessment for L&T EduTech Learning Management System platform with detailed report, findings, summary and recommendations to ensure the safe deployment of the application in the next iteration.
Reinforced in undertaking mass audit and compliance of internal network, policies and security configurations which led to an increase in performance and security for all internal activities by 65%.

2019

IIT Madras Foundation

Research Intern

Integrated 'SHAKTI' an indigenously developed processor based on the 'RISCV' architecture to PlatformIO which reduced the time taken for developers in integrating, testing and running their code by 75%.
Collaborated in publishing a paper and presentation on "SHAKTI E-class SDK and IDE for IoT Applications" at RISC-V Conference.
Facilitated cross-platform compatibility and functionality of SHAKTI using QEmulator.
Transformed existing features and functionalities SHAKTI.

Technical Skills

Cloud Security

90%

Automation/DevSecOps

65%

Burp Suite

85%

Kali Linux

100%

Privilege Escalation

80%

Splunk

75%

Nessus

80%

OWASP ZAP

85%

Identity & Access Management

90%

MobSF

85%

Coding Skills

Python

75%

C/C++

75%

HTML/CSS

75%

Bash

85%

Knowledges

Burpsuite
AWS Security
Azure Security
Metasploit
Kubernetes Security
Git
Cobalt Strike
Shodan
NMap
Jenkins
Kali Linux
OWASP
NIST
MITRE ATT&CK
OpenVAS
Nexpose
Hyper-V & VMware