me
#tryingharder each day. But I’ve got a soft side! and that’s okay. I completed my masters. I’m living in Raleigh, NC or could be ‘trying’ to tunnel my way through to the network. I’m here on H1-B visa, mostly to learn. I’m around till 2027 legally (unless some business decides to sponsor me for a green card). I’ve not seen the future, but hoping for the best. :)
Last couple of years have been difficult. I’ve been learning a lot more than I could process. With the OffSec’s OSDA, and all the prep work for OSWA (which I failed twice) and dealing with work and the fact that I’m away from my family and dog. I’m but, just a man!
I like day dreaming, adds some flavour. Otherwise, I like to work hard, or at least I haven’t heard anyone complain! But, I have heard good things.
I don’t like to blog a lot. But I did like writing at one point and enjoy its creative process. I don’t create a lot of beautiful looking work. But when I do, i feel like the work has to be beautiful, and fortunately that takes up a lot of time. Most of it is in Hindi-Urdu. Some of it rhymes. None of it was written for an audience.
While studying for the OSWA, and in general studying for OffSec, i started taking a lot of notes. and that helped me study, and while doing that I also reflected on the world of security and its features and bugs.
Did you have a look at cosmos?, it was a bachelor project, but i worked on it like it was a company. huh! Some mistakes were made, and some memories let fade. But the learnings…EPIC! A little old. But a good starting point or my latest post.
Read my latest post: INCIDENT REPORT: KitKat Supply Chain Compromise
| Years | Education |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Offensive Security Web Assessor offsec certified |
| 2023 | Offensive Security Defense Analyst offsec certified |
| 2020 | Graduated summa cum laude from NCSU |
| 2018 | Graduated 3rd from MPSTME |
| 2017 | HBS Online CORe certified |
| 2016 | BGU Cyber Security and Machine Learning (ICSML) |
Also, know my way around splunk, can create interactive dashboards, use it for quick look at the data. With AWS, I think I’m comfortable finding things and understanding what things should be investigated when things go wrong, but need to get better at IaC.
I’ve been pretty disorganized, and I’ve got a lot of variables to blame. But only one constant to say “Job, well done!” I try to be thankful and friendly. But sometimes, I just forget. I’m sorry.
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