Information Security Analyst

EDUCATION

ASHISH VIDAVALURI

Newark, Delaware *.*********@*****.*** [302]-444-2876 LinkedIn TryHackMe University of Delaware Masters in Cybersecurity Newark, Delaware 2023 – Present VNR Vignana Jyothi Bachelor of Computer Science and Business Systems Hyderabad, India 2019 – 2023 CERTIFICATIONS

SKILLS

Security Skills: VAPT, Web Application Security, Network Security, Splunk, Kali Linux, IDS, IPS, Firewalls, Docker, Kubernetes, Tenable, Burp Suite, Wireshark, Zeek, Snort, Suricata, Nessus, Qualys, Palo Alto Networks, MISP, SIEM, NIST, PCI DSS. Software Skills: Python, OOPS, Ruby, C++, .NET, Linux, Windows, SQL, Firebase, AWS, GCP, HTML, JS, Excel, Data Structures. WORK/PROJECT EXPERIENCE

Aramark Office Security Analyst October 2023 – May2025

Optimized SIEM log analysis in Splunk, reducing false positives by 30% and improving alert accuracy.

Coordinated with GRC teams to ensure adherence to NIST and cybersecurity standards during audits and compliance reviews.

Performed incident triage and response, escalating high-risk alerts 20% faster to senior analysts.

Evaluated security control coverage across applications, identifying gaps and proposing remediation aligned with NIST CSF.

Led phishing awareness training for 100+ employees, reducing click rates on phishing emails by 25%. Mashreq Bank SOC Analyst (GRC Tech-Risk Management) November 2022 – August 2023

Conducted asset classification and supported BIA reviews to prioritize critical systems and improve resilience planning.

Administered IT security evaluations, achieving 100% policy adherence and mitigating non-compliance risks by 35%.

Strengthened the organization’s cybersecurity posture by leading risk-based security enhancements and compliance initiatives.

Collaborated with cross-functional teams to optimize security incident response, decreasing response time by 25%.

Implemented policy compliance reviews, ensuring 100% adherence to internal security policies and compliance frameworks. Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ISAC) Web Security Analyst May 2022 – July 2022

Evaluated web apps against OWASP Top Ten, identifying cross-site scripting flaws during 35+ assessments, strengthening security and improving client confidence by 60%.

Led a security assessment team that strengthened security posture by 40% through structured vulnerability mitigation efforts.

Developed and deployed customized vulnerability mitigation tools, improving detection accuracy by 1.35x. Network Threat Detection System

Designed and implemented a custom IDS solution modeled after Snort, incorporating rule-based detection and anomaly analysis to enhance real-time threat identification.

Conducted comparative performance testing against industry IDS/IPS tools like Snort and Suricata, minimizing false positives by 20% through optimized rule sets.

Security Automation Project: Vulnerability Management with Cloud and Jira Workflow

Designed and developed a Python automation tool to triage vulnerabilities by ingesting CVE data from the NVD API and misconfiguration findings from GCP SCC, enabling faster risk prioritization across cloud assets.

Applied CVSS-based scoring and asset tagging logic to filter exploitable issues, reducing manual validation effort by 50% during mock security assessments.

Integrated Jira and SMTP APIs to auto-generate remediation tickets, assign SLAs, and email weekly summaries to simulate real- world security engineering workflows.

AWARDS AND HONORS

Chairman Dramatrix Drama club of Vnrvjiet 2022 – 2023

Student Coordinator Smart INDIA Hackathon by Indian Government 2022

Award for Best Actor By Dramatrix at Vnrvjiet 2022 Splunk Core Certified Power User

Offensive Pentesting – TryHackMe

CompTIA Security + – In Progress

Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) - EC Council

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner – Udemy

Python 3.4.3 - IIT Bombay

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