Avinaash Balu Balasubramanian
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Summary
I am a dedicated and detail-oriented cybersecurity professional currently pursuing my Master’s in Cybersecurity. With a strong foundation in network security, ethical hacking, incident response, digital forensic and risk management, I am passionate about protecting systems from cyber threats and ensuring data integrity. My academic journey has equipped me with hands-on experience in penetration testing, threat analysis, and security compliance. I am eager to apply my skills in a challenging environment where I can contribute to strengthening an organization’s cybersecurity.
Overview
1
1
Certification
8
8
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Cybersecurity Intern (Virtual Simulation)
Forage
07.2025 - Current
- Company Overview: Mastercard Cybersecurity program
- Completed a job simulation where I served as an analyst on Mastercard’s Security Awareness Team
- Helped identify and report security threats such as phishing
- Analysed and identified which areas of the business needed more robust security training and implemented training courses and procedures for those teams
- Mastercard Cybersecurity program
Cybersecurity Intern (Virtual Simulation)
Forage
07.2025 - Current
- Company Overview: Telstra Cybersecurity Program
- Responded to a simulated malware incident, analysed firewall logs, and identified exploitation patterns (e.g., Spring4Shell – CVE-2022-22965).
- Drafted technical incident response communications to security and network teams using industry-aligned templates.
- Created and submitted a firewall rule recommendation to mitigate RCE attempts.
- Authored an incident postmortem outlining root cause analysis and action plans.
- Telstra Cybersecurity Program
Cybersecurity Intern (Virtual Simulation)
Forage
07.2025 - Current
- Company Overview: Datacom Cybersecurity Simulation
- Completed a simulation focussed on how Datacom's cybersecurity team helps protect its clients
- Investigated a cyberattack and produced a comprehensive report documenting findings and outlining key recommendations to improve a client's cybersecurity posture
- Conducted a comprehensive risk assessment
- Datacom Cybersecurity Simulation
Education
Masters of Science - Cybersecurity
Munster Technological University
09.2024 - 09.2025
Bachelors of Computer Science -
SRM Institute of Technology
08.2020 - 06.2024
Higher Secondary Certificate -
Maharishi International Residential School
07.2018 - 05.2020
Secondary School Leaving Certificate -
Kendriya Vidyalaya
06.2017 - 06.2018
Skills
- Python
- C
- C
- Autopsy
- Maltego
- Nmap
- Wireshark
- FTK Imager
- Zeek
- Kali
- Volatility
- Velociraptor
- Kape
- Burp suite
- T-shark
- Snort
- SIEM
- EDR
- SOAR
- Network Security
- Penetration Testing
- Threat Analysis
- Incident Response
- Security Compliance
- Risk Management
- Cybersecurity Frameworks
- IT Governance Frameworks
- Cryptography
- Data Protection
- Artificial Intelligence
- Cloud Security
Certification
- Learn Ethical hacking from scratch (Udemy)
- Computer Forensics and Digital Forensics Masterclass PRO+ (Udemy)
- Introduction to Cybersecurity (Cisco)
- SOC Level 1 - currently Pursuing (Tryhackme)
- Vulnerability Management Detection and Response (Qualys)
Languages
English
Tamil
Hindi
German (A1)
Virtual Experience
- Cybersecurity Intern (Virtual Simulation), Forage – Mastercard Cybersecurity program, 2025-07-01, Completed a job simulation where I served as an analyst on Mastercard’s Security Awareness Team, Helped identify and report security threats such as phishing, Analysed and identified which areas of the business needed more robust security training and implemented training courses and procedures for those teams
- Cybersecurity Intern (Virtual Simulation), Forage – Telstra Cybersecurity Program, 2025-07-01, Responded to a simulated malware incident, analysed firewall logs, and identified exploitation patterns (e.g., Spring4Shell – CVE-2022-22965), Drafted technical incident response communications to security and network teams using industry-aligned templates, Created and submitted a firewall rule recommendation to mitigate RCE attempts, Authored an incident postmortem outlining root cause analysis and action plans
- Cybersecurity Intern (Virtual Simulation), Forage – Datacom Cybersecurity Simulation, 2025-07-01, Completed a simulation focussed on how Datacom's cybersecurity team helps protect its clients, Investigated a cyberattack and produced a comprehensive report documenting findings and outlining key recommendations to improve a client's cybersecurity posture, Conducted a comprehensive risk assessment
Personal Information
ID Number: T12-XEK7
Interests
Football
Chess
Bug-Bounty
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Software
Python
C
Linux
Excel
Timeline
Cybersecurity Intern (Virtual Simulation)
Forage
07.2025 - Current
Cybersecurity Intern (Virtual Simulation)
Forage
07.2025 - Current
Cybersecurity Intern (Virtual Simulation)
Forage
07.2025 - Current
Masters of Science - Cybersecurity
Munster Technological University
09.2024 - 09.2025
Bachelors of Computer Science -
SRM Institute of Technology
08.2020 - 06.2024
Higher Secondary Certificate -
Maharishi International Residential School
07.2018 - 05.2020
Secondary School Leaving Certificate -
Kendriya Vidyalaya
06.2017 - 06.2018
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