Prasanna Prabhakara

Experience

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  AOL

  Jun 2004 - Jul 2005

  Tech Support Engineer

  Resolving customer's internet connectivity issues.

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  Vinciti

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2006

  TAC

  Site to site and client to site VPNWAN Failover (Link Fail-over) and Load BalancingSetting up custom URL filtering, WIreless Access points and syslog servers.

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  Wipro

  Aug 2006 - Aug 2011

  Senior Systems Engineer

  Senior Security Analyst for a Fortune 25 Company in the Energy Sector (May 2009 – Aug 2011)Worked as Lead Security Analyst for a leading Card Provider (Lead Security Analyst) (Dec 2007 – Apr 2009)Worked as Lead Security Analyst Worked on multiple SIEM tools (Arcsight, RSA envision, NetIQ) Successfully completed LEAN engagement Regular reporting to management on the security posture of the infrastructure, challenges posed and recommend implementation of appropriate controls. Show less

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  Dell Technologies

  Sept 2011 - Oct 2015

  Associate Principal Analyst

  ▪ Analysis of attacks from organized cyber-crime rings and advanced threats actors.▪ Host based malware detection and hunting through ECAT and Instant IoC’s▪ Network based malware detection through advanced queries on Greenplum, Netwitness etc.▪ Packet analysis and pattern analysis using Wireshark and Netminer.▪ Malware identification using pattern matching techniques such as – YARA scanning.▪ Malware hunting using OSINT.▪ Memory collection using RSA ECAT, DumpIT▪ Memory Analysis and malware behaviour using Volatility, Memoryze, Mandiant RedLine.▪ Malware analysis (Static and Dynamic) using Cuckoo Sandbox, Viper, REMnux, Ollydbg, IDAPro, FakeNetProjectsPhishing and spear phishing mail analysis investigationStrategic Web Compromise Show less

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  Goldman Sachs

  Oct 2015 - Jun 2016

  Vice President

  ▪ Develop “Concept of Operations” for ramped up Security Operations Centre.▪ Define Measure of Success for phased implementation▪ Liaise with various internal teams and vendor teams for successful implementation.▪ Define success metrics, event lifecycle and escalation processes▪ Evaluated packet analysis tool for its capability

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  Wipro

  Jul 2016 - Aug 2019

  Product Manager

  Product Manager for Threat Intelligence as a Service▪ Architect and engineer custom Threat Intel solutions based on customer needs.▪ Qualify customer use case to an opportunity. ▪ Conceived and built an attacker heat map which articulates the TTPs, source and victim geographies and verticals. ▪ Work closely with global sales team to manage pipeline.▪ Support pre-sales team with SoW preparation, commercials etc. ▪ Assist customers to build business case for their management. ▪ Build product roadmap by working closely with vendor teams.▪ Authored process documents for operations and escalations.▪ Conduct POC for qualified opportunities. ▪ Manage and guide stake holders from Transition Phase to Go-Live and then to Service Stabilization.▪ Successfully began 24*7 delivery from offshore and responsible for service delivery and assurance. ▪ Publish daily advisories on latest threats, exploits, hacktivism, breaches, actors and their TTP’s. Show less

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  Allstate

  Aug 2019 - now

  • Manager

    Feb 2022 - now

  • Principal Consultant

    Aug 2019 - now