Rakesh Elamaran

Security Engineer

Rakesh Elamaran

Hey there!

I'm Rakesh,a Security Engineer with 3.5 years of experience and an Licensed Penetration Tester. Founder of ROOTECSTAK Community. Loves Cybersecurity > Coffee > Cryptocurrency. I do what i love from the Heart❤️

To find my Interest I started learning Web development -> Internet of Things -> Networks -> Cybersecurity -> Ethical Hacking -> Penetration testing,not a fast learner but it takes time to find your passion. I am extremely passionate about cybersecurity. I Code a little debug a lot :)

I enjoy hanging Out with friends,exploring places,reading books. I'm Photogenic and love Photography too..I Do write Blogs and Quotes!

WORK EXPERIENCE

Comcast - Dec'22 to Present

Security Engineer 2

Part of Product Security Team Conducting Security Assessments, protecting the Comcast Products and networks from cyber-attacks.

Temenos India - Oct'21 to Dec'22

Product Security Analyst

Perform Penetration Testing and provide remediations.Accurately identify and perform real-time analysis assesments.Communicate security risks in products to development teams. Keep track of new vulnerabilities on various aspects.Conduct Threat Modelings to identify Threat Agents.Act as a security expert in application development efforts and following best practices across the organization.

ByteBlanket - July'20 to Sep'21

IT Security Assosciate

Responsible for Securing the digital products,Identify any breaches or weaknesses,Improving the security measures of company's computer system and wifi network. Worked on Web and Mobile application penetration testing and prepare Root cause analysis Reports/ penetration test reports. Researched in improvement of organization and Network Security to protect the system from cyber-attacks.

Gofrugal Technologies - Dec'19 to June'20

Quality Analyst - Intern

Experienced as a Quality analyst with history of working in Retail,Restaurant,Distribution industry.Worked closely with development team to identify issues. Involved in build and release management principles including continuous integration and continuous delivery.Good exposure about QA activities with both Manual and Automation Testing.

EDUCATION

  • Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering

    B.E - Computer Science and Engineering - 8.2CGPA

  • Kamaraj Matriculation Higher Secondary School

    HSC - Computer Science - 95.2%

  • Kamaraj Matriculation Higher Secondary School

    SSLC - 93.4%

EVENTS

I am interested in delivering Tech Talks/Guest Lecture, Workshops to Symposium or any events in colleges, Communities, NGO's.

ACHIEVEMENTS

accomplishments

  • Published 30+ Blogs
  • 35+ Security Talks
  • Open Security Summit Membership Award 2022
  • 6+ CTF Challeges
  • 5+ Hackathons
  • Checkout My 100 DAYS LEARNING Challenge
  • Contributed to HACKTOBERFEST2020 Challenge
  • Arctic Code Vault Contributor in Github for CyberSecurity
  • Third Prize in National Level Technical Project Expo
  • Listed in Sanfoundry Top Rankers Computer networks certification test
  • Smart India Hackathon 2019 - Finalist
  • Best UI Award
  • Student Icon Award - CSI
  • Team of the year Award - ByteBlanket

Hall of fame & Appreciation

  • Accenture
  • CYSO
  • Nike
  • US Department of state
  • Utrecht University
  • Danske Bank
  • Inflectra
  • Soundcloud
  • Westjet
  • Under Armour
  • Hubspot
  • Healthifyme
  • Trip Advisor
  • Overstock
  • Dell
  • Viator
  • Seek
  • Better

Certificates

  • Certified CyberCrime Intervention Officer
  • Licensed Penetration Tester Master - LPT
  • Certified Penetration Testing Professional - CPENT
  • Certified AppSec Practitioner
  • Cisco Cyberops Associate
  • Fortinet NSE - Level-1 & Level-2

RESPONSIBILITIES

PRESENT AND PAST

OWASP CUDDALORE

CHAPTER LEAD

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Feb'23 - Present

TECHIEPEDIA Publications

Owner

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Aug'20 - Present

ROOTECSTAK

FOUNDER & LEAD

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July'20 - Present

SVCE CYBERHUB

FOUNDER

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June'20 - Present

predict | coinmonks | fnplus | techmekrz

Technical writer

Jan'19 - Present

GDG Chennai | fnplus

Community Member

May'18 - Present

COMPUTER SOCIETY OF INDIA

Vice Chairman

July'19 - July'20

association of computer engineers

Interrupt'19 - Event Co-ordinator

Sept'19

COMPUTER SOCIETY OF INDIA

Treasurer

August'18 - July'19

association of computer engineers

Interrupt'18 - Mentor

Sept'18

COMPUTER SOCIETY OF INDIA

Executive Member

Aug'17 - Jul'18

iim bangalore | iit delhi | talent battle

Campus Ambassador

Jul'18 - Sep'18

GET IN TOUCH

I'd like to see new individuals and prepared to acquire new Responsibilities.I would Perpetually prefer to educate and mentor others by sharing my knowledge. Drop Me a Message!