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Basics
Name | Navaneeth Sivakumar |
About | Security Enthusiast | Software Engineer |
navaneeths1301@gmail.com | |
Phone | +61 452 130 157 |
Summary | Effective collaborator and problem solver. Driven by a natural curiosity to explore and understand complex challenges. Eager to leverage expertise to strengthen security for organizations. |
Skills
Core Knowledge | |
Web Pentesting | |
Network Pentesting | |
Computer Networks | |
GRC |
Programming | |
Python | |
Java | |
Bash Scripting | |
C |
Database Management Systems | |
MySQL | |
PostgreSQL | |
Neo4j/CQL | |
MongoDB |
Version Control, Tools & OS | |
Git | |
Subversion | |
Splunk | |
Linux & Windows Environments |
Other Skills | |
Good communication, presentation and documentation skills that help connect better with clients | |
Able to lead and collaborate with organizational teams to plan and execute tasks |
Work
- 2024.01 - Present
Software Engineer
CREST @ The University of Adelaide
- Identified limitations in selecting optimal test cases for an LLM testing framework. Implemented methods leveraging various optimization algorithms to improve test case selection efficiency.
- Collaborated on a project to develop an open-source tool framework for the streamlined management of software supply chain metadata generation, distribution and storage.
- 2023.07 - 2024.01
Research Assistant
CREST @ The University of Adelaide
- Enhanced penetration testing efficiency by contributing to a security orchestration project. Built a Neo4j knowledge base to integrate offensive security tools with a Python application, enabling their streamlined execution for penetration testing.
- Supported a publication for ICST 2024 by significantly contributing to a project evaluating large language models using metamorphic testing techniques.
- Played a key role in projects focused on building and testing backdoored DNNs, and leveraging LLMs to improve penetration testing.
- Contributed to research activities by performing general research assistant duties such as literature reviews, data collection, and assisting with experiment design and execution.
- 2023.01 - 2023.12
Teaching Assistant
The University of Adelaide
- Supported the effective delivery of the Secure Software Engineering and Cybersecurity Fundamentals courses at the School of Computer and Mathematical Sciences.
- Enhanced student learning by identifying knowledge gaps, addressing student inquiries, and grading coursework.
- Maintained course relevance by recommending enhancements and participating in the update of course structure and study materials to reflect current industry standards.
- 2020.01 - 2020.07
Junior Penetration Tester
Wattlecorp Cybersecurity Labs LLP
- Enhanced cybersecurity expertise by independently developing and practising skills in penetration testing, vulnerability assessment, and reporting findings on realistic web and network environments.
- Mentored and collaborated with a team of interns and content creators responsible for contributing to blog posts and social media content for the organization.
- Contributed to the growth of a national cybersecurity community by assisting in building and managing a platform of passionate students and professionals.
Education
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2021.03 - 2022.12 Adelaide, Australia
Master's Degree
The University of Adelaide
Cyber Security
- Cyber Security Fundamentals
- Computer Networks
- Business Data & Cyber Security
- Information Risks, Threats & Controls
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2016.07 - 2020.08 Kerala, India
Bachelor's Degree
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Computer Science and Engineering
- Object Oriented Programming
- Data Structures and Algorithms
- Design and Analysis of Algorithms
- Operating Systems
- Database Management Systems
- Software Engineering
- Cryptography
- Software Project Management
Projects
- 2021.07 - 2021.11
Information Risk Management Framework (IRMF)
Led and collaborated with a team of six to build an information risk management framework for a non-profit organization in Adelaide, South Australia. Applied methods to measure risk tolerance, identify information assets, find vulnerabilities and threats, document risks, evaluate risks and suggest risk mitigation techniques.
- GRC
- Risk Assessment
- Risk Mitigation
- 2019.06 - 2020.02
A deep-learning approach to find respiratory syndromes in infants using thermal imaging
Led and collaborated with a team of three to build a deep learning model that determines the respiratory rate from a thermal video sample of an infant and classifies it into one of four disease classes to predict the possibility of any respiratory syndromes. Wrote a paper that was published at ICCSP 2020.
- Computer Vision
- Deep Learning
- Python
Certificates
Junior Penetration Tester | ||
INE Security | 2021-06 |
Volunteer
- 2018.06 - 2018.06
Technical Trainer
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Conducted a social service project called Empowering Youth for Digital India as a part of the Student Social Responsibility (SSR) program, through which we provided fundamental technical education to the students of Fort High School, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.
- 2017.10 - 2017.10
Web Development Trainer
FOSS@Amrita
Volunteered as a trainer where I worked with senior students to conduct a workshop on web development using HTML/CSS and the Django framework.
Languages
English | |
Fluent |
Malayalam | |
Native Speaker |
Tamil | |
Native Speaker |
Hindi | |
Intermediate |