About Me
I am a Senior Security Researcher in Adobe's Cybersecurity Threat Research & Intelligence team, where I focus on AI-driven threat intelligence and cloud security. I architect and run Adobe's threat intelligence and fleet sweep platform and have built agentic AI threat intel pipelines to stay ahead of adversaries. I am the author of the Adobe Security Blog article Building an agentic AI-powered threat intelligence platform (March 2026). I am a 2026 Gold Award winner for AI Security Innovator of the Year at the Cybersecurity Excellence Awards and have placed first in the Recorded Future CTF at RSA Conference. I hold an MS in Security Informatics from Johns Hopkins and am certified in CISSP, GCTI, and AWS Security - Specialty. I have spoken at IEEE SVCC, The Diana Initiative, BSides SLC, Penn State, and UMBC Cyber Defense Lab, was invited by Johns Hopkins as a panelist for Security Metamorphosis 2026, and am the Adobe keynote speaker at ToroHack 10.0 (CSUDH) in April 2026. I have judged for the Monterey Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge and student hackathons.
I also hold a B.Tech in Computer Science from Vellore Institute of Technology (India). I am passionate about designing large-scale secure systems with a focus on Cloud Security, Application Security, and Threat Intelligence. My expertise includes detecting cloud threats at scale, developing automated security pipelines, and implementing proactive threat hunting frameworks. I have worked extensively with AWS environments, aligning cloud infrastructure with enterprise security policies and strengthening security controls.
My recent focus has been on Large Language Models (LLMs), particularly LLM security. I am interested in understanding and mitigating security vulnerabilities in these systems, including attacks like jailbreaking and prompt injection. I work on defenses against adversarial techniques that attempt to bypass safety guardrails in LLMs, and on the broader implications of these technologies for cybersecurity. I actively contribute to open-source projects and regularly participate in Capture the Flag competitions and hackathons with the handle backdoorcipher.
Timeline
Recent Conference Talks
I regularly speak at security conferences and universities on topics including AI-driven threat intelligence, cloud security, and cybersecurity careers:
Guest Lectures
Invited to deliver guest lectures at universities on AI-driven threat intelligence and cybersecurity:
Certifications
I hold several industry-recognized certifications that validate my expertise in cybersecurity and cloud security:
Technical Publications
I regularly publish technical articles on enterprise security architecture and cloud security best practices:
- Building an agentic AI-powered threat intelligence platform - Adobe Security Blog on unifying threat intelligence on a lakehouse, using LLMs to extract IOCs from unstructured sources, and orchestrating automated hunts across enterprise telemetry at scale.
- Designing Effective Data Security Schemas - A comprehensive guide to implementing robust data classification frameworks that balance security requirements with operational efficiency in enterprise environments.
- Practicing Proper DMZ and Firewall Hygiene - An in-depth analysis of network segmentation strategies and firewall configuration best practices to protect critical infrastructure from emerging threats.
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Academic Publications
My research has been published in academic journals focusing on security vulnerabilities and cloud threat analysis:
Journal of Computer Technology, 2016
Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience, 2019
Hackathons & CTF Competitions
In the News
Featured in SVCSI post about CyberWarrior-Adobe CTF at SVCC 2025: Read the article
Featured in SVCSI post about SVCC 2025 Industry Sessions: Read the article
Featured YouTube Videos
Watch my tech talks and tutorials on various security topics:
