
Chandra Shekhar
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About me
Principal Analyst at Optiv Security | Threat Hunter
Education

National Institute of Technology Delhi
2013 - 2017Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) Computer Engineering
Experience

National Institute of Technology Delhi
May 2016 - Jul 2016Research Intern
Tata Consultancy Services
Jul 2017 - Jan 2020System Engineer(Cyber Security Practice)
Jul 2017 - Jan 2020Cyber Security Analyst
Jul 2017 - Jan 2020

Genpact
Jan 2020 - Dec 2021Information Security ConsultantCSIRT(Cyber Security Incident Response) Analyst Jan 2020 - Dec 2021Genpact Ltd , Gurgaon , Haryana❖ I worked as CSIRT (Cyber Security Incident Response Team) Analyst for our client which is one of the BIG3 Consulting Firm . I was also part of CSIRT Engineering which used to develop solutions for our security team atBCG .❖ Worked on various security solutions such as Crowdstrike , FireEye , Splunk , Mimecast etc. to perform root cause analysis and investigations for security incidents reported to us by our MSSP or directly reported to CSIRT by users.❖ Used Mitre-Attack and Cyber Kill Chain Framework to develop Hypothesis for Threat Intel , Entity based and Data based Threat Hunting and developed use cases to enhance detection capabilities and enhanceincident response.❖ Wrote python script using Virustotal API to fetch threat intel for submitted IOCs (Domain , URLs and IPs) through excel file which contained list of IOCs and output a new excel sheet with their respective threat inteldata fetched from Virustotal❖ Collaborated for phishing automation using python script and wrote python script to parse SMTP server details from email header using regular expression .❖ Developed script to submit file automatically to hybrid analysis for sandboxing which was also one of the modules of the Phishing automation project.❖ Perform Email Header Analysis to all the reported phishing emails in Splunk using open source tool mxtoolbox and our phishing email analyser developed in house .❖ Developed SOPs for CSIRT Processes and Investigation for standard use cases reported to CSIRT to enhance incident response capability within the team . Show less

Optiv
Jan 2022 - nowPrincipal Analyst
Jul 2024 - nowSenior Analyst - II
Jan 2022 - Jul 2024
Licenses & Certifications
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Splunk Power User Certification
Splunk - View certificate

CRTP(Certified Red Team Professional)
Altered SecurityMar 2025 
Research Scholar's Day
National Institute of Technology DelhiMay 2016- View certificate

Social Engineering
CybraryOct 2019 - View certificate

CompTIA Security+ ce Certification
CompTIASept 2019
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Chandra ShekharGold Medal National Institute of Technology Delhi Feb 2017 Gold Medal in ZEAL Cricket Tournament at NIT Delhi
- Awarded to Chandra ShekharGold Medal National Institute of Technology Delhi Feb 2017 Gold Medal in ZEAL tournament at NIT Delhi
Languages
- hiHindi
- enEnglish
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