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Research Intern @ IIT Madras (CyStar Club) — building defensive systems at the intersection of SIEM automation, applied ML, and threat intelligence.

I’m a CSE (Cybersecurity) undergrad at Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore (CGPA: 8.69). I spend my time turning security problems into production-grade defenses — configuring Wazuh Active Response, engineering anomaly-detection models, and hunting web-app vulnerabilities responsibly. Proud Winner of Smart India Hackathon 2025 (Hardware Edition).

🔭 Currently building → ML-based network anomaly detection combining LSTM + Isolation Forest, integrated with Wazuh
🧪 Researching → RAG-powered OpenSearch DSL generation and MCP server integration for SOC workflows
🎯 Focus areas → SOC Engineering · DFIR · Detection Engineering · Threat Intelligence · Applied ML for Security
📚 Learning → Advanced malware analysis, memory forensics with Volatility, and KQL for threat hunting
💬 Ask me about → Wazuh rule tuning, SIEM log pipelines, or responsible vulnerability disclosure
⚡ Philosophy → “A good detection is measured not by what it finds, but by what it stops.”

🛠️ Tech Stack

Languages & Core

SIEM & Detection Engineering

Offensive & Analysis

ML & Cloud

🚀 Featured Projects

🧠 ML-Based Network Anomaly Detection

Hybrid pipeline combining Isolation Forest (statistical outliers) with LSTM (temporal sequence modeling) for multi-day network log analysis. Integrated with Wazuh for SOC workflow alignment and deployed via Docker with MCP server hooks.

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🏆 Rasa Detection ML Model — _{SIH 2025 Winner}

Machine learning model for Rasa (taste) detection using electronic tongue (E-Tongue) sensor arrays. Awarded Winner at Smart India Hackathon 2025 (Hardware Edition) — national-level recognition for applied ML solving a real-world sensing problem.

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🛡️ Mini-SOC Simulation & APT Detection

Localized Security Operations Center lab simulating real-world defensive workflows. Integrated Suricata IDS and Splunk SIEM to ingest network logs and PCAP data for deep packet analysis and APT behavior detection.

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⚙️ Automated CVE Monitoring Pipeline

Proactive threat intelligence tool that scrapes real-time vulnerability data from official CVE databases. Python automation filters high-severity updates and delivers instant email alerts via cron-scheduled Docker containers.

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📊 GitHub Stats

💼 Experience

- role:      Research Intern
  company:   IIT Madras — CyStar Club
  period:    Feb 2026 – Present
  stack:     [Wazuh, OpenSearch, RAG, Docker, MCP, Python]
  impact:    "Automated real-time threat mitigation via Wazuh Active Response;
              built ML anomaly detection deployed in Docker with MCP integration."

- role:      Cybersecurity Research Intern
  company:   Lexcyberwall
  period:    May 2024 – Present
  stack:     [Burp Suite, OWASP, VAPT]
  impact:    "Identified & responsibly disclosed multiple IDOR/BOLA vulnerabilities
              and sensitive data exposure on production web applications."

- role:      Security Audit Intern
  company:   Kultivate India Pvt. Ltd.
  period:    May 2025 – Jun 2025
  stack:     [AWS, 3-tier architecture, Security Auditing]
  impact:    "Performed authorized production audits; deployed 3-tier architecture
              on AWS; collaborated with dev teams at internal hackathon."

🏆 Achievements

🥇 Smart India Hackathon 2025 — Winner (Hardware Edition) · National-level recognition for ML-based Rasa detection via E-Tongue
🎯 Thiran CTF — 11th Place · Capture The Flag at Sri Eshwar College of Engineering
🔐 Responsible Disclosure · Multiple high-impact IDOR/BOLA and data-exposure reports via Lexcyberwall
📚 Academic Excellence · 92.7% (Class 12) · 90.8% (Class 11) · 8.69 CGPA (B.E. in progress)

🧪 Hands-On Labs & Learning

Continuously sharpening practical skills through TryHackMe rooms covering offensive security, SOC operations, digital forensics, and blue-team workflows. Maintaining a curated library of SOC Playbooks and a Linux DFIR Toolkit reference for incident-response muscle memory.

🤝 Let’s Connect

Open to cybersecurity research opportunities, SOC / Blue Team roles, and ML-driven defense collaborations.

$ echo "Trust is a vulnerability. Verify everything."

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