Aravind Pallavoor
Treasurer - NTX - Information Systems Security Association (UT Dallas Subchapter) at North Texas ISSA- Claim this Profile
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Zach M.
It was an absolute pleasure having Aravind on my team during his time at the University of Texas-Dallas. I had the privilege of being his Director/Manager when I joined Chartwells Higher Ed in January of 2023. He worked in my Starbucks store on campus as a Certified Barista. This Spring semester has been positively impacted by Aravind’s radiant personality and impeccable hospitality. His performance was consistently above the standard. He would never settle for less than giving it his best. He was one of the hardest working and most pleasant employees I’ve ever had the honor of serving. His bright smile lit up every room he entered. The manner in which he treated people with respect and grace was admirable. One thing that stood out more than anything else, though, was how grateful he was for the opportunity to learn as much as he could in any given circumstance. He reminds me of someone who is
Anish Mitra
Arvind joined us as an intern and has grown leaps and bounds during his time at the firm. His resilience and dedication during his time at the firm are added advantages to his interest in learning new things. He has a way of handling difficult situations and has been a pleasure to work with. He has worked on a diverse array of work from configuration reviews to web app vapt to mobile app vapt are testament to his ability to learn. he also is very good at taking feedback and improving for the better. wishing him all the best in his future endeavours.
Zach M.
It was an absolute pleasure having Aravind on my team during his time at the University of Texas-Dallas. I had the privilege of being his Director/Manager when I joined Chartwells Higher Ed in January of 2023. He worked in my Starbucks store on campus as a Certified Barista. This Spring semester has been positively impacted by Aravind’s radiant personality and impeccable hospitality. His performance was consistently above the standard. He would never settle for less than giving it his best. He was one of the hardest working and most pleasant employees I’ve ever had the honor of serving. His bright smile lit up every room he entered. The manner in which he treated people with respect and grace was admirable. One thing that stood out more than anything else, though, was how grateful he was for the opportunity to learn as much as he could in any given circumstance. He reminds me of someone who is
Anish Mitra
Arvind joined us as an intern and has grown leaps and bounds during his time at the firm. His resilience and dedication during his time at the firm are added advantages to his interest in learning new things. He has a way of handling difficult situations and has been a pleasure to work with. He has worked on a diverse array of work from configuration reviews to web app vapt to mobile app vapt are testament to his ability to learn. he also is very good at taking feedback and improving for the better. wishing him all the best in his future endeavours.
Zach M.
It was an absolute pleasure having Aravind on my team during his time at the University of Texas-Dallas. I had the privilege of being his Director/Manager when I joined Chartwells Higher Ed in January of 2023. He worked in my Starbucks store on campus as a Certified Barista. This Spring semester has been positively impacted by Aravind’s radiant personality and impeccable hospitality. His performance was consistently above the standard. He would never settle for less than giving it his best. He was one of the hardest working and most pleasant employees I’ve ever had the honor of serving. His bright smile lit up every room he entered. The manner in which he treated people with respect and grace was admirable. One thing that stood out more than anything else, though, was how grateful he was for the opportunity to learn as much as he could in any given circumstance. He reminds me of someone who is
Anish Mitra
Arvind joined us as an intern and has grown leaps and bounds during his time at the firm. His resilience and dedication during his time at the firm are added advantages to his interest in learning new things. He has a way of handling difficult situations and has been a pleasure to work with. He has worked on a diverse array of work from configuration reviews to web app vapt to mobile app vapt are testament to his ability to learn. he also is very good at taking feedback and improving for the better. wishing him all the best in his future endeavours.
Zach M.
It was an absolute pleasure having Aravind on my team during his time at the University of Texas-Dallas. I had the privilege of being his Director/Manager when I joined Chartwells Higher Ed in January of 2023. He worked in my Starbucks store on campus as a Certified Barista. This Spring semester has been positively impacted by Aravind’s radiant personality and impeccable hospitality. His performance was consistently above the standard. He would never settle for less than giving it his best. He was one of the hardest working and most pleasant employees I’ve ever had the honor of serving. His bright smile lit up every room he entered. The manner in which he treated people with respect and grace was admirable. One thing that stood out more than anything else, though, was how grateful he was for the opportunity to learn as much as he could in any given circumstance. He reminds me of someone who is
Anish Mitra
Arvind joined us as an intern and has grown leaps and bounds during his time at the firm. His resilience and dedication during his time at the firm are added advantages to his interest in learning new things. He has a way of handling difficult situations and has been a pleasure to work with. He has worked on a diverse array of work from configuration reviews to web app vapt to mobile app vapt are testament to his ability to learn. he also is very good at taking feedback and improving for the better. wishing him all the best in his future endeavours.
Credentials
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A Practical Guide to Digital Forensics Investigations
uCertifyMar, 2023- Nov, 2024 -
Certified in Cyber Security
(ISC)²Feb, 2023- Nov, 2024 -
Student Member
North Texas ISSAJul, 2022- Nov, 2024 -
Learning Cyber Incident Response and Digital Forensics
LinkedInOct, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
Wireshark: Malware and Forensics
LinkedInOct, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
Excel Essential Training (Office 365/Microsoft 365)
LinkedInSep, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
MicrosoftMar, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
Intern at The Center for IoT and Data Science (Convolutional Neural Networks and OCR)
PES UniversityMay, 2019- Nov, 2024 -
Predictive Analytics (Certification Program)
Indian Institute of Management BangaloreNov, 2017- Nov, 2024 -
Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
EC-CouncilDec, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
Supporting Chair and Office Bearer (PES University chapter)
IEEE Robotics and Automation SocietyAug, 2019- Nov, 2024
Experience
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North Texas ISSA
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United States
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Computer and Network Security
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1 - 100 Employee
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Treasurer - NTX - Information Systems Security Association (UT Dallas Subchapter)
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Jan 2023 - Present
Since the inaugural kick-off of the club, the NTX-ISSA UTD Sub-chapter is currently the largest college level ISSA sub-chapter in the United States 1. Planned budget proposals for on-campus cyber security workshops by meeting criteria set by the ISSA board 2. Took charge of maintenance of the subchapter’s finances 3. Drafted roles and responsibilities for financial matters within the ISSA UTD Subchapter 4. Helped ensure reconciliation of cash inflow and outflow 5. Helped organize industry expert talks with the organizing committee. Show less
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Paycom
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United States
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Software Development
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700 & Above Employee
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Application Security Intern
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May 2023 - Aug 2023
1. Built and deployed an intentionally insecure website using PHP Storm. Further worked on securing the website based on the OWASP framework 2. Took part in an in-house CTF and presented web application vulnerability findings and flags to the firm leadership by creating a penetration testing report. 3. Performed web application penetration testing on a business web application based on the OWASP Top 10 framework and presented findings to the security team. 4. Researched on best standard vulnerable web applications which would be useful for new hires in application security. Configured and hosted these web applications on Docker containers in a virtual machine used by the application security team. Built a website for the application security team with penetration testing resources for their new hires. Show less
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Starbucks
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United States
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Retail
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700 & Above Employee
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Barista
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Sep 2022 - Apr 2023
1. Perfecting and serving quality Starbucks food and beverages 2. Attending to customer orders 3. Maintaining food and beverage stocks 4. Cleaning the store and store equipments 1. Perfecting and serving quality Starbucks food and beverages 2. Attending to customer orders 3. Maintaining food and beverage stocks 4. Cleaning the store and store equipments
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KPMG India
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India
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Business Consulting and Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Associate Consultant (Cyber Defense and Incident Response)
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Apr 2022 - Jul 2022
1. Collaborated with the client team's governance and regulatory compliance group to define, strategize and implement Standard Operating Procedures for 9 cyber security domains for their enterprise. Domains included Cloud Security, Application Security, Identity and Access Management, Security Operations, DevSecOps, IT Asset Management, etc.2. Worked as an associate with a team of 4 individuals to identify cyber vulnerabilities and advised recommendations to implement problem solving strategies through vulnerability and penetration testing assessments for business enterprise web applications and secure source code reviews3. Worked as a PMO for a client engagement to ensure smooth delivery of assigned tasks and follow ups for payment. Tasks involved creating meeting invites, providing minutes of meetings, engagement payment follow-ups, deployment of tools and resources on site, etc.4. Trained junior analysts on handling client engagements to meet assessment expectations and ensure timely submission of client deliverables. Show less
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Cyber Security Analyst
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Jul 2020 - Apr 2022
1. Performed Web Application vulnerability assessments and conducted penetration testing using OWASP top 10 frameworks for various web applications across different engagements2. Used VA and PT tools such as BurpSuite, nmap, Nessus, Netsparker and many Kali Linux repository tools.3. Performed Azure set-up security configuration review4. Performed mobile application vulnerability assessment and penetration testing (Android) for various engagements. Proficient in usage of tools such as Frida, apktool, Genymotion, adb shell (dynamic analysis) and MobSF (static analysis)5. Conducted network configuration review assessments (network devices and enterprise infrastructure servers) for more than 25 different technologies with alignment based on various CIS benchmarks6. Performed compromise security assessments for malware detection and analysis. Proficient in usage of APT scanners such as Thor7. Performed network security firewall rule review (Cisco, Checkpoint and Juniper) and network architecture reviews.8. Conducted vulnerability analysis for core banking ATM Switches using traffic packet capturing tools.10. Performed API Security Testing Assessments for nearly 600 API endpoints (SOAP XML and REST based) endpoint environments11. Conducted Source Code Review Assessments for Java Codebases with proficient knowledge on usage of tools such as SonarQube, Yasca, etc.12. Performed RBI Security Framework Review for various SWIFT security alignment security frameworks and review of standard operational procedures based on SWIFT management mechanisms13. Developed and successfully delivered business proposals for Cyber Security RFP requirements along with a team from scratch for business engagements14. Conducted SIEM Reviews based on CIS benchmarks15. PMO tasks for 16 different cyber security engagements which involved meeting timely submission of deliverables, follow ups on invoice payments, monitoring and handling delays with respect to each engagement if any. Show less
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Cyber Security Intern - Cyber Defense
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Jan 2020 - Jul 2020
1. Developed Golden virtual machines in Kali Linux and Windows 10 which involved performing an exploratory analysis, installation, configuration and deployment of offensive cyber security tools. The tools setup were categorized according to each MITRE cyber kill chain category described in the MITRE framework details.2. Developed a virtual penetration testing lab on AWS using AWS Cloud Formation, Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), AWS security groups, EC2 and S3 for storage management.3. Developed a CTF environment and platform using Docker and Docker-Compose container management tools.4. Completed a training program on ethical hacking and network security fundamentals and took part in various offensive security CTFs and Incident Response CTFs events. Show less
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Education
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2022 - 2023
The University of Texas at Dallas
Master of Science - MS, Cyber Security Technology and Policy -
2016 - 2020
PES University
Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Electrical and Electronics Engineering
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