In this episode, Ravi talks about how he had planned to get into security, about his experience of being in a blue team and some stories of working in those teams. He has some insightful advice to folks starting out in the industry. 

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LinkedIn - Ravi V

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In this episode, Sandesh talks about how he got started with security, about his experience of security communities, his newsletter,  latest trends of infosec and advice to folks starting out in the industry. 

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Speaker Intro

Sandesh Anand is an InfoSec professional based in Bangalore. He has worked for over a decade in helping companies build and mature their Security program. He started out as a pen tester, but now manages Razorpay's Security program. Sandesh is also the author of BoringAppSec, a newsletter on the often ignored aspects of building a  Security program. When not thinking about Security, Sandesh enjoys running, birding and consuming copious amounts of news.

You can reach out to him on, 

Twitter - @JubbaOnJeans

LinkedIn - Sandesh Anand

Newsletter link - https://boringappsec.substack.com

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In this episode, Swapneel talks about his infosec journey,about his current work, his experience of being a community trainer and some cool projects he worked on. He has some really nice advice for people starting out the infosec industry. 

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Speaker Intro

Swapneel is the CEO of Shreshta IT, who has worked in Information Security for 15+ years.

He is an APNIC Community Trainer and has delivered workshops in Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, and Bangladesh on Information Security, Network Security, and DNS/DNSSEC. He is also a member of the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) DNS Abuse SIG. He has also delivered technical workshops to Law Enforcement on countering cybercrime. 

He is a prolific speaker, and most recently, he has presented at numerous international security and privacy conferences such as btNOG-9, sdns2021, SANOG37, BSides Dayton, 2020 FIRST Virtual Symposium for Latin America and the Caribbean, APNIC50, UKNOF July, APNIC NFH SEA, LKNOG3.

Aside from his day job, he spends time reporting abuse (malicious domain names) in the DNS namespace to the stakeholders.

You can reach out to him on,

Twitter - @pswapneel

LinkedIn - Swapneel Patnekar

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**SEASON 2**

In this episode, Abhay shares about his infosec journey and how he was introduced to it? He also talks about his current work, his experience of running an infosec company, the communities he is associated with and advice for people starting out & in the infosec industry. 

We have introduced rapid round questions this season. Tune into the episode to learn more!!

Speaker Intro - 

Abhay Bhargav is the Founder & Chief Research Officer of AppSecEngineer, an elite, hands-on online training platform for AppSec, Cloud-Native Security, Kubernetes Security and DevSecOps. AppSecEngineer delivers hands-on security skills that companies are actually looking for. 

Abhay started his career as a breaker of apps, in pentesting and red-teaming, but today is more involved in scaling AppSec with Cloud-Native Security and DevSecOps. He has created some pioneering works in the area of DevSecOps and AppSec Automation, including the world’s first hands-on training program on DevSecOps, focused on Application Security Automation. In addition to this, he is active in his research of new technologies and their impact on Application Security, specifically Cloud-Native Security. He has contributed to pioneering work in the Vulnerability Management space, being the architect of a leading Vulnerability Management and Correlation Product, Orchestron. Abhay is also committed to Open-Source and has developed the first-ever Threat Modeling solution at the crossroads of Agile and DevSecOps, called ThreatPlaybook. 

Abhay is a speaker and trainer at major industry events including DEF CON, BlackHat, OWASP AppSecUSA, EU and AppSecCali. His trainings have been sold-out events at conferences like AppSecUSA, EU, AppSecDay Melbourne, CodeBlue (Japan), BlackHat USA, SHACK and so on. He's authored two international publications on Java Security and PCI Compliance as well.

You can reach out to him on,

Twitter - @abhaybhargav

LinkedIn - Abhay Bhargav

AppSecEngineer Website - https://www.appsecengineer.com/ 

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**CONFERENCE SPECIAL EDITION EPISODE**

Aditi Bhatnagar is an Independent Security Researcher focusing on Android security, cloud, web apps, and wireless network attacks. She is currently a Product Security Engineer at Atlassian and has previously worked as a Core Engineer building features for endpoint security products at Microsoft.

Through her initiative, Infinite Hacks, she is spreading cyber awareness. She has conducted training and initiated discussions on cybersecurity, digital rights, and techno-sociology. She’s an avid blogger and publishes posts on cybersecurity, ethical hacking, and several aspects of the evolving relationship between humans and technology on her website.

Aditi's website - https://www.aditi.fyi

You can reach out to her on,

Twitter - @4ditiBhatnagar

LinkedIn - Aditi Bhatnagar

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**CONFERENCE SPECIAL EDITION EPISODE**

Rony Das who is a speaker at Nullcon, 2022 conference. He is based out of Assam, India and he started his Infosec journey in 2013. His curiosity is towards Android Security, it is the same curiosity that pushed him to research on Android-specific security features that are being implemented by Google when he was researching for Android Malware development in an isolated environment.

You can reach out to him on, 

Twitter - @ronydasx

LinkedIn - Rony Das 

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SEASON FINALE IS HERE!

Jay Hira is a Cyber Security Strategy and Transformation Director with over 15 years of international experience supporting financial services organisations to become more cyber resilient through the adoption of Zero Trust principles to build trust and attract more customers, enabling growth.

He is experienced at developing efficient and business-aligned cyber resilience strategies that transform businesses, foster customer trust, and enhance revenue security and net promoter score.

He has a proven track record of partnering with stakeholders across the organisation, including the Board and CxO, of successfully influencing change and delivering cyber-resilience capabilities aligned with IT strategy and broader business objectives.

Jay is best known for building high-performance teams and creating an inclusive culture that empowers individuals and promotes equality, well-being and fairness.

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Programs discussed by Jay in the episode

UNSW Sandbox Program

MakeCyberSimple

MakeCyberSimple aims to do the following

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Satyavathi has over 24 years’ experience in IT and cyber security and is the go-to person for critical security projects at CyberRes, a Micro Focus line of business, and spearheads enterprise security architecture and cloud technology. She is an inventor, a thought leader, a noted speaker in international and national forums, & has been recognized as Top 10 Women in Tech Leaders in India, Top 20 Indian Women Security Influencer, Women in Tech - Chief Mentor and more. She also serves on the board of nonprofit organizations i.e., Chairman of Cloud Security Alliance, Bangalore, and Global Advisory Board Member - CTIA at EC-Council.

In case you want to reach out to her, you can find her on 

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/satyad/ 

Twitter - @Satya_Divadari

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Pons Arun is a director of products at Citrix. He is a cyber defense evangelist with more than 20 years of experience in cybersecurity and a speaker at various security forums. He specializes in building security solutions to protect user and application attack surfaces from manual and automated attacks by embracing behavioral analytics's power. Prior to Citrix, He has held global product leadership positions at Cisco and Oracle.

In case you want to reach out to him, you can find him on twitter by the handle @mudivaipons.

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Priya Pandey is Manager with EY FSO Cybersecurity Team in Hong Kong. She has over 7 years of successful experience in cybersecurity, cloud security, cloud transformation strategy, data security and governance across multiple industries such as Financial Services, Public Sector, Manufacturing and Luxury industry.

In addition, she is an active contributor to multiple women in technology communities and has been a speaker for various profound public events on cloud and cybersecurity. She is an advisor for various technology communities and a non-profit organization, i.e. Women in Cloud and BBWIC.

In case you want to reach out to her, you can find her on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/priya-pandey-05671412b/

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