Security Professional Experience

Rakshith Ravishankar

***** ******** **** *** ***, Southfield, MI 48034 857-***-**** ********.***********@*****.** EDUCATION SUMMARY:

Northeastern University, Boston, MA December ‘15

Master of Science in Information Assurance GPA-3.25/4.0 Courses: Information Assurance, Network Security, Cyber Law, Computer Security and Forensics, Data Science and Cryptography. Technical Papers:

Researched “Physical Security” to assess new age vulnerabilities with existing Security Measures.

Researched “Forensics in the Cloud” for conducting digital investigations in the cloud. Digital Forensics based Projects:

Examined the process of Live and Remote Acquisition, imaged different sized media to analyse the efficiency of tools. Information Security based Projects:

Course based System Security activity related to monitoring logs and creating access control lists.

Course based Network Security work such as monitoring and setting up Firewalls, monitoring Intrusion Detection Systems. Capstone Project:

Developing a cloud security assessment plan. Involved as the team lead and manager to carry out assessments specific to industry practises and regulations (PCI-DSS, HIPAA, FERPA, GLBA, Massachusetts Privacy Law). Assessing the security of data and data loss prevention. Analysing methods to backup and recovering data and come up with a strategic disaster recovery and business continuity plan including incident response plans.

Ranking the best neighbourhoods in Boston on Socio-Economical Basis using Data Science:

Analysed living and preference standards in Boston based on age, education, habits, career, lifestyle and salary. Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum, India Sept ‘07-June ‘11 Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science GPA-3.0/4.0 Related courses: Fundamentals of Computer and Network Security, Computer Networks and Advanced Computer Networks. TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE:

Digital Forensic Investigation tools: IEF, Autopsy, X-Ways, AccessData’s FTK Imager, Dossier, SysInternals Suite, Nuix and EnCase. Information Security Tools: Wireshark, Nessus, NMAP, DriveCrypt, Cryptool, tcpdump, Responder. Operating Systems: MS Windows, Ubuntu, CentOS, Kali Linux. Programming Languages: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, R and C. Technologies: Cloud Computing, Computer Networking, Data Science, Storage and Servers, Backup Technologies, Database Systems. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Experienced Security Associate Consultant, RSM US LLP August ‘16 – February ‘17

PCI DSS Assessment for healthcare institutions.

Internal Network Scanning for healthcare institutions and public libraries.

Penetration Testing for a public library system.

Auditing for an education institution

Technical Associate, Cambridge Computer Services Inc. March - May ’16

Storage and Server Configuration Analysis (Dell and Compellent) Networking (Switches) and Backup Technologies. Teaching Assistant, College of Computer and Information Science, Northeastern University Aug-Oct ‘15 Information System Forensics, MSIA Program

Grade and evaluate coursework, assignments, labs and projects, develop lab materials, class materials, quizzes and presentation. Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, Criminal Bureau/Cyber Crime Division Aug- Dec ‘14 Intern

Developed digital forensic software tool test plans to compare the feasibility of different tools based on their functionality. Indian Institute of Science, Aerospace Dept. Bangalore, India April ‘12-July ‘13 Project Assistant and Intern

Run Simulations using a genetic computing model and comparing it with the actual results. SourceN, Bangalore, India Jan‘11-Feb ‘12

Junior Software Developer and Intern

UI Designer.

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE and INTERESTS:

Volunteer Community service. ISACA member, MiSec member, New England HTCIA Member, Spanish (Level 2), Reading, Board Games.

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