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Basics

Name Navaneeth Sivakumar
About Security Enthusiast | Software Engineer
Email 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

  • 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
  • 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