Security Engineering

PRANAY MEHTA

Boston, MA 617-***-**** ******.*******@*****.*** www.linkedin.com/in/pranaymehta75 pranaymehta.in Education

Northeastern University, Boston, MA Expected: December 2020 Master of Science in Cybersecurity - Khoury College of Computer Sciences University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India May 2016

Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering

Relevant Courses: Network Security Practices, Computer Systems Security, Cloud Security, IoT Security, Information System Forensics, Security Risk Management, Computer Networks, Applied Cryptography Technical Skills

Security: Enterprise Security, Application Security, Vulnerability Management, Endpoint Security, SAST, DAST, Cloud Security, Network Security, Vendor Management, Security Awareness AWS Tools: InsightVM, InsightAppSec, SentinelOne, DeepSecurity, Officescan, McAfee ePO, FTK, Checkmarx, Splunk, Wireshark, Burpsuite, MQTT.fx, Nessus, Sumo Logic Security Certifications: EC Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) v9, Sumo Logic Security & Compliance Certified Work Experience

Cengage Learning – Cybersecurity Analyst Co-op, Boston, MA January 2020 - August 2020

Created Company-wide security standards for Laptop, Mobile, Remote working & File Sharing Security

Engaged with development teams to integrate Static Application Security Testing (SAST) in the SDLC resulting in mitigation of critical vulnerabilities by more than 70% in the environment

Implemented DAST in the environment and worked with Engineering teams to eliminate identified security issues

Developed internal system hardening baseline policies based on the CIS benchmarks for macOS, Windows, Linux

Undertook comparison analysis of two SAST tools, Checkmarx & Sonarqube for efficiency in vulnerability findings

Assisted on the Vulnerability disclosure & Bug bounty program with HackerOne and engineering teams

Designed and created a security library detailing security best practices, standards, and concepts Khoury College of Computer Sciences – Graduate Assistant, Boston, MA July - August 2019 May - June 2020

Devised, tested, and deployed Linux, Apache, IoT Security based labs for various courses

Resolved and tutored technical and conceptual doubts of more than 50 cybersecurity students Tata Consultancy Services Ltd - Cybersecurity Analyst, Kolkata, India October 2016 - October 2018

Upgraded 3000 servers to the latest anti-malware agent and software using TrendMicro DeepSecurity which protected the client against attacks in the servers while following strict change management processes

Designed architecture of a new anti-malware solution which was rolled-out in the client environment helping in a 30% increase of assets being protected in the network

Partnered with multiple teams of migrate the End of Life Operating Systems and software’s in the client network which were a security risk to the environment

Devised a new fix to update certificates in the servers for successful anti-malware update of TrendMicro DeepSecurity & OfficeScan which resulted in client protection from various global Ransomware attacks

Implemented Vulnerability Assessment and Mitigation by utilizing Rapid7 InsightVM while leading a group of 3 members to find and mitigate critical vulnerabilities in client Windows and Linux servers and endpoint devices

Redesigned the McAfee ePO Architecture ensuring latest DAT update in close to 6000 endpoint devices Academic Projects

Reconnaissance, Network Zoning and Penetration Testing January 2020 - April 2020

Conducted passive reconnaissance on a food company using tools like Spiderfoot, Maltego and Google search

Performed Penetration Testing on a password-locked Ubuntu device with the help of Kali Linux and gained root access to the system through escalating privileges by exploiting vulnerabilities

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