Thanuja Gowda Udaykumar

Energetic employee well-versed in strong communication and organisation skills. Seeks solutions to problems and applies extensive analytical knowledge to findings. Adept at multi-tasking, leading group discussions and managing projects. Takes on challenging new role harnessing interpersonal skills, collaboration and problem-solving. Driven to deliver high-quality service and consistent results. Seasoned professional experienced in vulnerability management and security improvement initiatives. Designs and delivers test models and methodologies for enhanced response protocols. Engages wider teams in development solutions for increased network safety.

Ransomware and Nation-state Cyber-attacks launched by nation states,     September 2023 Royal Holloway University of London | London, United Kingdom 

 • Study investigates nation-state ransomware attacks to understand motivations, tactics, impacts.  

• Uses four case studies - SolarWinds Hack, Colonial Pipeline Attack, Microsoft Exchange Attack, NHS England Attack.  

• Nation-state attacks have multiple motivations - economic, political, strategic.  

• Tactics involve exploiting vulnerabilities in software and networks to maximize disruption. • Impacts include substantial economic losses and threats to national security.  

• Underscores importance of cybersecurity measures like software updates, access controls, network segmentation.  

• Provides insights for policymakers, organizations, individuals to enhance preparedness.  

• Recommends prevention and response strategies to strengthen security posture against devastating nation-state  ransomware attacks.  GlaxoSmithKline(GSK) December 2022 Cognizant Technology Solutions | Bengaluru, India  

• Provided user groups and granular permissions sets to ensure that the employees only have access to information assets  required.  

• Played major role in creating, reviewing and publishing regulated content like drug safety information.  

• Automated publishing workflows. 

• Created detailed audit logs of user activities which facilitates security audits and forensics to support internal information  governance and compliance policies.  COVID-19 Detection and Prevention Strategies March 2021 Siddaganga Institute of Technology | Tumakuru, India  

• Designed an innovative solution for COVID-19 detection by analyzing body temperature and oxygen levels.  

• Implemented this system using Raspberry Pi 3B+ and Python, contributing to early detection and preventive measures  against the virus.  Cryptographic System Development with Python, November 2020 Siddaganga Institute of Technology | Tumakuru, India  

• Developed a robust cryptographic system in python to enhance network communication security.  

• Implemented cryptographic techniques for encrypting and decrypting data, ensuring confidentiality and integrity.  

• Utilized Python programming and Visual Studio for project development.

• CSS/3
• HTML/5
• Java Script
• SQL
• AEM6.5
• Visual Studio Code
• Eclipse
• Excel
• Sass
• Bootstrap