Hi,
I am a second-year Master's student at Purdue University, pursuing a degree in Computer and Information Technology with a specialization in Cyberforensics.
With a high dynamic approach and ambition in pursuit of excellence in the field of cybersecurity, my knowledge quest includes the overarching domain of cybersecurity with a specific focus on cyberforensics, incident response, network security, IoT security, and Blockchain Technology. I also have an avid interest in bringing my ideas (however huge or small) to life via code. Android development is my coding hobby.
Currently, I am a board member as the Social Media and Marketing Director in Women in Cybersecurity (WiCys) organization - Purdue chapter. As being a part of the CERIAS - Purdue Organization, I enjoy exploring the various crevices of cybersecurity and privacy domain. At present, I am mentoring a group of undergraduates in their pursuit of research in the field of cybersecurity and cyberforensics.
Apart from academics, I am absolutely passionate about basketball as I have captained my High School team for 2 years, and my undergraduate University Throwball Team for 3 years. I have a strong belief in giving back to society in one form or another. Either be it through volunteer work which I was a part of, during my undergraduate days, or through a research project I contributed to, in my graduate period.
Overall, in brief, I am a 23-year old who shows up no matter what, learns and adapts quickly as and when required, passionately tries to contribute to the maximum, and makes sure to get the job done before the deadlines, even if it means putting in those extra hours to learn and grasp. I successfully complete my tasks by being organized. Accuracy with speed, critical thinking, and "on-the-spot" problem solving, data extrapolation with inference skills has been my strengths throughout. I take calculated risks while carefully analyzing and testing out options and choosing an optimal method to deliver. I go “by the gut” mostly, while laying out a well-thought process weighing all the pros and cons during decision making. With a "can-do" attitude, my efficient communication and analytical skills, and have always found ways to give back to my team and in turn, the company, or the institution.
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Experience
I have listed down my most recent experiences below. Each one of them contributes greatly to my overall growth and development. Ever grateful for these opportunities.
1. Graduate Teaching Assistant – College of Science, Purdue University. (August 2020- Present)
a. Perform generalist activities and work closely with the Assistant Director of Science Diversity – Multicultural Science Programs.
b. Instruct and supervise peer mentors, underrepresented and scholarship recipients, support the Sci 100 Leadership Seminars.
c. Facilitate and institute program statistics, presentations, event consultations, and office coverage.
d. Educate and interact with 250+ students on a one-on-one, group, and presentation basis.
2. Graduate Research Assistant – Dept. Of CIT, Purdue University. (January 2020 – August 2020)
a. Devised professional-grade approach to current deployable security protocols and forensic procedures.
b. Ideated and developed a custom Bluetooth Android application prototype to deliver superuser privileges to 200+ users.
c. Instrumented the data population on Samsung S6 and Garmin, following NIST guidelines, to investigate the data exposure.
d. Performed professional forensic image acquisition using Cellebrite and recorded user privacy related vulnerabilities.
3. Embedded Software Security Intern – Timesys Technologies, India. (January 2019 – April 2019)
a. Deployed Suricata (Network IDS) for identifying malicious network behavior on Embedded Linux.
b. Planned and deployed System Security Services Daemon (SSSD) on local/ remote directories and authentication systems.
c. Administered Scapy (Network Manipulation Tool) for identifying network anomalies by scanning and tracerouting, using Python.
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Projects
Listed below showcases my hands-on experience and exposure in various fields. I believe that practical learning is extremely vital as compared to theoretical (rote) learning.
1. Graduate Thesis – A deep Forensic Analysis of Location-Based applications.
a. Oversee and forensically analyze the GPS-based apps: Waze & Maps.Me on Android and iOS, using Cellebrite & Magnet Axiom.
b. Orchestrate a thorough privacy assessment of the above - mentioned apps and propose a new forensic framework.
2. Simulated Cybercrime cross-examination.
a. Employed OSINT practices to perform quantitative & qualitative analysis of 3 laptops, 3 phones, and social media profiles.
b. Examined the evidence using professional forensic tools like Cellebrite, Magnet Axiom, Blacklight, Autopsy, and EnCase.
c. Extensively handled huge data through Splunk for easy identification of data patterns, and alert & report creation.
d. Showcased critical thinking and data extrapolation skills as well as inference skills to solve the case.
3. Undergraduate Thesis - Cryptographic Hardware Accelerator
a. Enhanced and compared AES - 128 Algorithm using C, CUDA C, Verilog, and Intel AES - NI; tested against performance.
b. Improved the performance of the algorithm in C by 80% for a defined data set of 2000+ units.
4. Online Shopping Application.
a. Designed a web application prototype to provide a customized online shopping experience for nearly 1000+ users.
b. Modelled the front-end using HTML, XML, CSS, and JavaScript and back-end using Java and MySQL.
5. Forensic Analysis of Dating Applications on Android and iOS Devices. (Accepted: IEEE 2020)
a. Identifying users' Personally Identifiable Information (PII) from Hinge, Hily, OkCupid, Plenty of Fish, and Her apps on Android and iOS.
6. Internet of Things Forensics in Smart Homes. (Published: ASEE 2020)
a. Designed, Implemented, and performed forensic analysis of a simulated Smart Home Laboratory.