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Varshith Reddy Gangam

Cybersecurity

Securing the digital seas, one threat at a time.

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Certifications
3+

Certifications

CTF
6+

CTF

Projects
3

Projects

Chapter 01

About Me

A little about who I am and how I work.

Varshith Reddy Gangam

Varshith Reddy Gangam

cybersecurity enthusiast

I'm a cybersecurity enthusiast who enjoys understanding how systems work so I can help keep them secure. I like getting under the hood, whether that means hardening applications, analyzing threats, or hunting down vulnerabilities before they turn into problems.

I'm always charting new territory, from picking up a new security tool to working through a CTF or digging into the latest in threat detection. When I'm away from the keyboard, I'm usually reading up on the next thing worth learning.

Security-minded

I think about how systems break, not just how they work.

Thorough & methodical

Careful analysis and clean fixes, with no loose ends.

Always learning

New tools, new threats. The map is never finished.

Chapter 02

Skills

The tools and technologies I work with, grouped by domain.

Security Operations & Detection

  • Splunk92%
  • Wireshark90%
  • Firewalls, IDS/IPS & TCP/IP90%
  • Nmap87%
  • EDR80%
  • MITRE ATT&CK81%

Application, Cloud & Vulnerability Security

  • GCP & AWS90%
  • OWASP TOP1080%
  • Burp Suite90%
  • NIST CSF & CIS85%
  • Auth065%
  • Terraform75%

DevSecOps, Automation & Other

  • Python95%
  • Powershell & Bash90%
  • GitHub & Git82%
  • Docker78%
  • Sql65%
  • Virustotal68%
Chapter 03

Experience

The roles and milestones that shaped my journey so far.

  1. June - Present

    DevSecOps & Cybersecurity Engineer

    Uplifty AI · Remote, USA

    • Audited and hardened Google Cloud Platform (GCP) infrastructure by reviewing IAM policies across 40+ service accounts and 30+ human accounts supporting a 72-member organization, leveraging GCP IAM, Firebase, CIS Benchmarks, and NIST to reduce excessive privilege exposure by 60% and improve cloud security posture.
  2. February 2025 - November 2025

    Network and System Student Assistant

    University at Buffalo · Buffalo

    • Provided Tier 1/2 technical support for 30+ weekly network and connectivity issues, troubleshooting wired/wireless, VPN, and endpoint problems to achieve a 95% first-contact resolution rate.
  3. September 2023 - July 2024

    Security Analyst

    Cognizant · Hyderabad, India

    • Used Splunk and Elastic (ELK) to monitor and triage 100+ daily security alerts across endpoint, network, and cloud log sources, escalating verified incidents to reduce mean-time-to-detect (MTTD) by 25%.
  4. February 2023 - August 2023

    SOC Analyst

    Cognizant · Hyderabad, India

    • Monitored Splunk and Elastic SIEM dashboards around the clock, performing first-line triage on 100+ daily alerts against documented SOC playbooks to identify true-positive incidents with 95% triage accuracy.

Education

August 2024 - December 2025

Master's in Engineering Science Cybersecurity

University at Buffalo

  • Activities and societies: Participated in UB Lockdown Cybersecurity Competition (CTF), solving real-world security challenges involving threat analysis, vulnerability identification, system security, and offensive/defensive cybersecurity scenarios.
  • Relevant Coursework: Systems Security, Software Security, Introduction to Cryptography, Cybersecurity Analytics, Digital Forensics, Cloud Computing, Information Security & Assurance, Cybersecurity Privacy & Ethics
December 2020 - March 2024

Bachelor's in Computer Science

Guru Nanak Institute of Technology (GNIT)

Chapter 04

Projects

A selection of things I've built. Filter by category, or open one for the full story.

  • Featured
    SIEM detection lab preview

    SIEM detection lab

    Open Source

    Home SOC lab using Wazuh

    WazuhSysmon auditd Docker
  • Real time phishing & Scam protection extension preview

    Real time phishing & Scam protection extension

    Open Source

    Shadow Shield the protector

    JavaScript Chrome Extensions (Manifest V3)Node.jsSemgrep (SAST)
Chapter 05

Certifications

Credentials and courses I've earned along the way.

Chapter 06

Open a Secure Channel

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Let's set sail together

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