Aspiring Cybersecurity Engineer & Developer
// About Me
Hi, I'm Kanishka. I'm in my final year of Computer Science and really enjoy learning about cybersecurity. Over the past few years, I've worked on projects and classes that taught me a lot about software, algorithms, and how systems work. I'm especially interested in how to make things more secure and fix problems as they come up.
I've picked up a mix of skills from my classes and side projects, especially where software and security overlap. I like figuring out how things work, spotting problems, and trying out ways to make systems safer. I'm looking forward to using what I've learned in a real-world cybersecurity job.
// Experience
Research Intern, Security Operations Center
ISFCR, PES University
- •Performed various email-based attacks against a Postfix server
- •Used Wazuh to detect and capture logs produced by the email server during atacks as well as normal use
- •Created a Dockerized lab setup for repeatability and portability
Research Intern, Digital Forensics and Incident Response
ISFCR, PES University
- •Performed forensic analysis on Google Drive when installed on Windows
- •Analyzed the user artefacts left behind during usage and even after uninstall
- •Prepared a playbook/guideline to collect this information
// Hackathons
HoneyShield
Terrathon 4.0
Top 10
- •Built a tool to monitor and analyze attack patterns
- •Used ML techniques such as CatBoost to categorise traffic as benign or malicious
- •Detecting various anomalous traffic in IoT networks, identify zero-day and sophisticated attacks
The Hack Wars
ISFCR CTF
Top 10
- •Various kinds of challenges amongst a wide range of categories
- •Solved challenges in domains such as Forensics, RevEng, Binary exploitation, Web, and many more
// Education
B.Tech in CSE
PES University
GPA: 8.57/10.0
Specialization in Cybersecurity and Connected Systems
Grade 12 (Karnataka State)
PES PU College
GPA: 92.3/100.0
PCMCs Stream, Integrated Programme
Grade 10 (CBSE)
Harvest International School
GPA: 91.5/100.0
Standard CBSE Curriculum
// My Skills
Cybersecurity
- >Network Security
- >Cryptography
- >Information Security
- >SIEM & SOAR
Development
- >JavaScript (React, Node.js)
- >Python (Django, Flask)
- >Go
- >SQL & NoSQL
- >Docker & Kubernetes
- >C/C++
Other Skills
- >Cloud (AWS, Azure)
- >CI/CD Pipelines
- >Machine Learning Basics
- >Agile Methodologies
- >Linux/Unix Systems
// Academic & Personal Projects
HoneyShield
Anomaly Detection using Machine Learning and Honeypot for IoT Security, achieving 96% accuracy and automating IP blacklisting.