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Security Projects & Research

A collection of professional consulting engagements, cybersecurity tool integrations, academic forensic research, and community contributions.

Ultraviolet Cyber / Synopsys

Professional Engagements

MeshClaw Bot & Custom LLM Skills

Designed and integrated an automated Slack/CI-CD companion bot that interfaces with custom LLM prompts to analyze source code repositories during manual audits. It filters false positives, detects structural anti-patterns, and speeds up triage times by 4-8 hours per client engagement.

LLM Prompting Python Static Code Analysis DevSecOps

CERT-IN Compliance Architecture

Led a technical team of 8 security assessors executing end-to-end vulnerability scans, penetration testing, and policy checks for an enterprise cloud provider client. Standardized level-of-effort estimation metrics and authored formal Statement of Work templates for audit handovers.

CERT-IN Compliance Mapping Team Leadership SOW Authoring

Healthcare Service Threat Model

Partnered with a healthcare client's security architects to outline detailed data flows and model potential entry points. Designed threat matrices for microservices, identified critical network configuration flaws, and advised on policy adjustments to align with strict HIPAA regulations.

Threat Modeling HIPAA Security Architecture AWS Config
Northeastern University

Academic & Cybersecurity Research

WordPress CVE 2014-9034 Simulation

Designed a local virtual environment to simulate a denial-of-service (DoS) attack exploiting WordPress CVE 2014-9034. Developed security analysis report on mitigation techniques, focusing on server-side rate-limiting and PHP configuration hardening.

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CVE Exploit WordPress Hardening DoS Prevention

Docker Forensics & Analysis

Conducted research on forensic methods to analyze containerized environments post-compromise. Focused on reconstructing container states, inspecting layer diffs, recovering deleted socket structures, and auditing docker daemon logs.

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Docker Forensics Container Logs Incident Response

Network Security Audits & ARP Testing

Designed structured reports analyzing ARP Poisoning simulations, network routing configuration weaknesses, and overall incident response parameters. Includes detailed analysis of privacy breach case studies.

ARP Guide Network Arch Incident Response
Engineering & Community

Engineering & Alumni Contributions

Hand Gesture Recognition for Windows

Computer-vision application for Windows OS using C++ and OpenCV. Featured custom algorithms for real-time edge detection, contour extraction, and finger count detection to execute presentation triggers (e.g. MS PowerPoint slides).

Team: Ferina Patel, Jigar Gala, Chaitanya Purandare
Academic Mentor: Prof. Nikhat Kazi (Sardar Patel Institute of Technology)

OpenCV C++ Computer Vision
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Haveeka Web Platform & Marketing

Developed and launched the web commerce platform for Haveeka, a small-scale Maharashtrian food product entrepreneurship. Manage ongoing SEO optimization, domain configuration, security patching, and digital marketing strategies.

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Web Development Digital Marketing SEO Patching

Guest Lecture: Intro to Web App Security

Delivered an introductory webinar in May 2020 for undergraduate IT students. Discussed basic threat categories (SQLi, XSS, CSRF), the OWASP Top 10 framework, secure cookie flags, and modern defense strategies.

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