Shyam Pareek

Bachelor of Computer Applications

Guru Jambeshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar

BCA is a three-year undergraduate degree program for candidates wishing to delve into the world of Computer languages. One of the most popular options to get started with a career in Information Technology, the course gives you an insight into the world of computers and applications.

Master of Computer Applications

Chandigarh Engineering College, Mohali

Professional master’s degree in computer science focusing on theoretical as well as practical training in Computer Applications.

Senior Security Analyst

KPMG India

Key Result Areas:

KPMG’s Global Security Operations Center helps defend more than 120 KPMG Member Firms from cyber-attacks, through timely detection, testing, investigation, and remediation of potential threats.

• Within this project, I am responsible for finding a loophole in client’s applications and exploiting them at extreme levels to achieve my goals. Focused on manual Penetration Testing as per OWASP Standards.
• Perform regular Threat Hunting and monitoring activities using my Open Source Intelligence expertise.
• Handling team of 8 to 10 people as Backup Lead and coordinating with more than 40 other Security Analysts. Working together and making sure all the assigned tasks are completed within given SLAs.
• My expertise in testing payment gateway modules helps the company to deliver better results for Ecommerce projects.

Skills & Accomplishments:

• Awarded as Best Threat Hunter of Global Security Operations Center at KPMG India
• Awarded as Excellence of Quality for unwavering commitment to outstanding personal performance.
• Appreciated by KPMG Management and Partners for outstanding Threat Hunting skills several times.
• I was able to open the first-ever P1 level severity incident using OSINT techniques while helping Monitoring & Alerting team with one of the security alerts.

Cyber Security Analyst

BugsBounty.com (InfoSec Ventures)

Key Result Areas:

• Web Application Penetration Testing and Security Assessment of various banking applications and E-Commerce Portals.
• Conducting vulnerability assessments and penetration testing for multiple Onsite projects.

Skills & Accomplishment:

• Worked on various live projects and got Trained by highly Experienced and Professional Cyber Security Experts.
• More focused on Manual Penetration Testing as per OWASP Standards.
• Working with Exploits, Password Attacks, Web Application Attacks.
• Found a very high severity bug in Banking Application which resulted in generating money out of thin air.

Chief Operational Officer

Bitlevel International Data Recovery

• Key Result Areas:
  • Setting up and securing websites for clients with different Content Management Systems like WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, Shopify, and others.
  • Securing Payment Gateways on multiple websites allowed to Bypass Payments due to faulty integration.
  • Managing team of 4 others and Achieving project goals as per plans.

Cyber Security Intern

Gurugram Cyber Crime Police

• I was able to secure a spot with 80 others out of 10,000+ applicants and got trained by Gurugram Cyber Police.
• Covered a wide variety of topics, starting from basics and then leading up to compliance standards.
• Case studies of various online cyber crimes like Mobile Crimes, Email Crimes, Social Media Crimes, Ecommerce Crimes, Website Hacking cases were discussed and explained with investigations.
• Gave a presentation on “Email Phishing Attacks and Preventions”
• Reported a live bug on Digital4n6Journal while the Presentor was giving a talk on the same and got highly appreciated.

Cyber Security Intern

A&R Info. Security Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Started my professional cybersecurity career with this startup by renowned Cyber Security Expert, Mr. Rakshit Tandon and worked under his guidelines.

• Learned the professional ways of Ethical hacking practices and gained a comprehensive understanding of vulnerability and penetration testing using different types of tools.
• Got a chance to investigate one of the biggest Online Scam i.e Social Trade.