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 Databricks Data+AI Summit, IEEE SVCC (industry talk and panel, 2026), 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 was 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:
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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.
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
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