Dheepshika Raghunathan

4315 Rowalt Drive Apt #101 College Park MD - 20740 · (301) 655-4162 · dshika@umd.edu · dheeps.shika@gmail.com

I am a Cybersecurity Grad student, seeking opportunities to utilize my learning and to enhance my skills in the field of security.


Education

University of Maryland College Park

Masters of Engineering in Cybersecurity
Teaching Assistant for
  • Networks and Protocols
  • AI & Deep Learning Framework
Relevant courses
  • Security Tools for Information Security
  • Reverse Software Engineering
  • Network Security
  • Digital Forensics and Incidence Response
  • Secure Operating Systems
  • Cloud Security
  • Information Assurance

GPA: 3.92 / 4

Expected: May 2019

Anna University

Bachelor of Engineering
Electronics and Communication Engineering

First Class

July 2008 - April 2012

Internship Experience

Security Research Intern

Deepfence Inc

Designed and implemented new generic automation project to test Intrusion Detection/Prevention System (IDS/IPS) REST APIs.

Implementation using Java, JSON and RestAssured framework.

Link to Automation Project

Created a new JSON utility project to parse nested JSON objects using "." notation in a single line.

Link to JSON utility

July 2018 - August 2018

Skills


Security Tools
  • Metasploit
  • Burpsuite
  • Autopsy
  • Wireshark
  • Splunk
  • Ida Pro
  • Nmap
  • Hydra
  • Windows Threat Modelling Tool
Security Skills
  • Vulnerability Assessment
  • Penetration Testing
  • Reverse Engineering
  • Threat Modelling
Programming Languages & Frameworks
  • Core Java
  • Selenium
  • RestAssured
  • JS
  • SQL
  • Python
  • C++
Other Courses
  • Certificate in a course in CCNA
  • Certificate in Big Data (Hadoop Ecosystem)
  • Project Management (PMP) training with 35 contact hours


Projects

Threat Analysis & Locking Down of a Server

Course: Secure Operating Systems

Gained access to system by Brute-Forcing using Hydra and exploiting SQL Injection vulnerability

Windows Threat Modelling Tool was used for threat modelling and STRIDE and DREAD Models were created

Hardened the system by updating, changing passwords and removing identifying information and jailed web server using JailKit

Link to project report
January 2018 - May 2018

Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration

Course: Security Tools for Information Security

Capture The Flag(CTF) style flag hunting in Windows and Linux machines

Used tools like Metasploit, Burpsuite, John the Ripper, SQLMap, Weevely, etc

Link to project report
January 2018 - May 2018

Secure Cloud Migration Plan

Course: Cloud Security

Design plan to migrate IT environment to Cloud using AWS components

Researched components to enhance security, scalability and availability

Link to project report
August 2018 - December 2018


Forensic Analysis and Artefact Retrieval

Course: Digital Forensics and Incidence Response

Forensics analysis of disk image using Autopsy and artefact retrieval

Malware identification and analysis

Link to project report
August 2018 - December 2018


Understanding Eternal Blue

Course: Reverse Software Engineering

Understanding the SMB bugs exploited by EternalBlue

Used Ida Pro and Hopper to reverse engineer relevant functions

Link to project report
August 2018 - December 2018


Burpsuite Tool Exploration and Demo

Course: Information Assurance

Demonstrated exploitation of some of the common vulnerabilities, as per OWASP, using Burpsuite

Link to project report
January 2018 - May 2018


Redesigning IT Infrastructure

Course: Information Assurance

Identifying and removing known security flaws from existing infrastructure

Researched new component designs to enhance application and infrastructure security

Link to project report
January 2018 - May 2018



Industrial Experience

IT Analyst (Project Lead)

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
  • Project : Directory Management Solution (DMS)
  • Client : British Telecommuncations Ltd (BT)
  • Represented TCS as Functional Expert to provide design solutions for major modules design and testing
  • Created automation test suites to perform basic security testing
  • Performed automated and manual testing of J2EE components (web applications, REST APIs and web services)
2012 - 2017

Affiliations & Participations

Cybersecurity Club, UMD                      September 2017 - Present
Kaizen CTF                      October 2017
JHacks                      March 2018
Technica                      November 2017 & November 2018
Bitcamp                      April 2018
UMD CTF                      April 2018

Languages

Language                      Proficiency
English                      Full Professional
Hindi                      Professional Working
Tamil                      Native Language
French                      Elementary