Uma Shukla
Newbridge
Summary
- Cybersecurity professional with 7+ years of experience specializing in Incident Response, SOC Operations, VAPT, and Client Services at the CVDM level.
- Skilled in threat hunting, digital forensics, and adversary tactics, with a strong ability to investigate and remediate security breaches from targeted attacks to large-scale intrusions.
- Certified in ECHIv2, QRadar Professional, Cylance Security Professional, CYSA+, BTL1, and BTJA, demonstrating expertise in security analysis, threat detection, and response strategies.
- Proficient in advanced security tools, including Cybereason Sensor, Cylance Protect and Optics, QRadar, Nessus and tenable.io, Metasploit, Volatility, Cybersixgill, Axiom, EnCase, VeraBlack (in-house data processing tool), Triage, Flare-VM, and Burp Suite.
- Passionate about proactive defense, security automation, scripting and continuous learning to stay ahead in the ever-evolving cybersecurity landscape.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
PRINCIPAL SECURITY ANALYST
Cybereason
04.2023 - Current
- Triaging and responding to critical security incidents, ensuring rapid containment and mitigation.
- Mentoring and training Tier 1 & Tier 2 analysts, enhancing their technical skills and incident-handling capabilities.
- Leading threat hunting initiatives across EMEA GSOC, driving proactive threat detection and intelligence-sharing in weekly sessions.
- Developing and optimizing new use cases for detecting active exploits and vulnerabilities, strengthening security posture.
- Refining EDR/XDR alerting rules, significantly reducing false positives through historical data analysis and fine-tuned detections.
- Performing in-depth malware analysis on emerging threats from client environments and threat intelligence feeds.
- Conducting sandbox testing using Triage! SOAR on D3! for automated incident response, along with static and dynamic analysis on Flare-VM for deeper malware investigation.
- Managing and guiding a team of security analysts, fostering a high-performance cybersecurity operations environment.
INCIDENT RESPONSE CONSULTANT
Blackberry
12.2020 - 04.2023
- Actively participated in incident response and threat mitigation, ensuring swift action during security events.
- Conducted in-depth technical analysis of security incidents, including malware analysis, network packet inspection, and system-level forensic investigations.
- Performed compromise assessments to detect and analyze potential security breaches.
- Collected and examined disk and memory images to uncover evidence related to cyber incidents.
- Developed and refined incident response plans and procedures, covering detection, containment, eradication, and remediation strategies.
- Led client-facing incident engagements, providing expert guidance and actionable insights.
- Managed stakeholder communication, ensuring timely updates and strategic recommendations.
SENIOR SOC ANALYST
Evros
07.2019 - 12.2020
- Respond to security events react appropriately to protect Internal and Client information and assets
- Utilize endpoint products to identify malicious activity on the network
- Review daily, weekly, and monthly reports for actionable tasks for the SOC
- Ensure appropriate security incident management and threat response processes are followed
- Analyze SOC functions and recommend upgrades/changes to ensure the security of the Company
- Continuously assess current state of security monitoring and recommend changes for improvement
- Proactively conduct research of client network traffic and system activity looking for security anomalies and suspicious activities
- Perform Advanced Persistent Threat correlation between multiple security event sources such as firewall logs, threat intelligence feeds, AV, IDS & IPS
- Responsible for tuning and implementing configuration changes related to firewalls, IDS/IPS, endpoint security, SIEM, and other security tools, as necessary
- Design and deploy Vulnerability Management and remediate risks
- Create and maintain process documents related to SOC in line with ISO27001 controls
- In depth technical understanding of threats, vulnerabilities, and exploits
APPLICATION AND SECURITY CONSULTANT
MetricFox
05.2016 - 06.2017
TECHNICAL SUPPORT ENGINEER
Infosys
05.2015 - 05.2016
Education
Post Graduation - Cyber Security
National College of Ireland
09-2018
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) - Computer Science
Andhra University
05-2015
Skills
- Threat Hunting
- Endpoint Security
- Log Analysis
- Security Information and Event Management
- Vulnerability assessment
- Security Operations Center
- Incident Response
- Malware Analysis
- Incident Handling
- Forensic analysis
Timeline
PRINCIPAL SECURITY ANALYST
Cybereason
04.2023 - Current
INCIDENT RESPONSE CONSULTANT
Blackberry
12.2020 - 04.2023
SENIOR SOC ANALYST
Evros
07.2019 - 12.2020
APPLICATION AND SECURITY CONSULTANT
MetricFox
05.2016 - 06.2017
TECHNICAL SUPPORT ENGINEER
Infosys
05.2015 - 05.2016
Post Graduation - Cyber Security
National College of Ireland
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) - Computer Science
Andhra University
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