Harsh Kahar

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CYBER SECURITY GRADUATE FORTIFYING DIGITAL FRONTIERS WITH KNOWLEDGE AND VIGILANCE A Cyber + Computeristic mercurial student whose holy grail is to apply the academic and life learning lessons from the scholastic projects worked on with the theoretical and practical skills set. My ambition is to provide cutting-edge solutions to protect against evolving cyber threats. Seeking a challenging Cybersecurity role where I can use my experience in network security, ethical hacking, and cloud computing to proactively defend digital frontiers, assuring the highest level of integrity and resilience against cyber threats. EDUCATION

Master of Science, Cyber Security May 2023

California State University Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA Relevant Coursework: Information Assurance and Network Security, Secure Cloud Computing, Foundation of Cyber Forensics, Advanced Operating Systems Security, Data Communications and Computer Networks, and Advanced Hacking Prevention. Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science and Engineering Dec 2021 Navrachana University, Vadodara, Gujarat, India

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Cloud Computing Platforms: - Amazon Web Service (AWS) and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) AWS Cloud computing services: - IAM, KMS, CloudFormation, CloudTrail, GaurdDuty, Elastic Beanstalk, VPC GCP Cloud computing services: - GCE, Cloud SQL, TensorFlow on GCP, Cloud (IAP) Security Tools: - Cisco ASA and Palo Alto Networks firewall, Nmap, Security Onion, MFA. Networking Protocols: - TCP/IP, FTP, SSH, DNS, DHCP, HTTP, ARP Networking Tools: - Wireshark, Cisco Packet Tracer, GNS3 Version control: - Git, Github, GitLab, and AWS CodeCommit. Certifications: Comptia Security+ and AWS Academy Cloud Foundations ACADEMIC PROJECTS

System Surveillance using Keylogger: - Spring 2023

● It all started with implementing the keylogger application in Python with C++ as low-level system access for discreet operation and providing remote access to enable the secured retrieval of logged data from the targeted system.

● Recognizing the potential misuse of such surveillance tools, I implemented robust user authentication to prevent unauthorized access. Additionally, I included prominent warnings and disclaimers within the application to emphasize its ethical usage and compliance with relevant laws and regulations.

Cloud DevOps Security Enhancement for scalable and resilient systems: - Fall 2022

● Led a project focused on enhancing cloud DevOps security for scalable and resilient systems which includes key accomplishments such as Secure CI/CD Pipelines, Rigorous IAM Policies, Real-time Monitoring and Container Security.

● This project helped me a lot in merging the DevOps and cyber security principles which benefited me a lot to understand the process of creation of secure and highly available cloud-based services. Credit Card Fraud Detection using Machine Learning: - Spring 2021

● As a part of my interest in financial transaction security and cyber, I led a project to build and implement a credit card fraud detection system using the Synthetic Minority Oversampling Technique, libraires from Pandas, and NumPy with Random Forest Algorithm for machine learning techniques. I used Jupyter Notebook to utilize the source code in Python.

● With the efforts of two other mates successfully developed a vigorous Credit Card Fraud Detection System with 94% precision and recall, got efficiently identified legal from fraudulent transactions. For us it really reduced false positives and negatives by expertly handling imbalanced data, ensuring system stability, and minimizing disturbances for legitimate users. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

• OWASP, Open Worldwide Application Security Project: - Attended most of the monthly meetups during the graduate course at Los Angeles and played a significant role in improving security measures for OWASP projects. Collaborated with fellow professionals to contribute to the development of a more secure version of OWASP.

• CompTIA: - Enrolled with the CompTIA to contribute towards society by taking the CompTIA security+ certification and later taking on the PenTest + and Network+ certifications.

• RSA: - Participated in the prestigious RSA Conference, gaining insights into cutting-edge cybersecurity products and innovations. Networked with industry experts, fostering professional relationships and staying updated with the latest industry trends and best practices.