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Who am I

Cyber Security Analyst & Software Developer

Security-focused engineer specializing in Threat Intelligence, Vulnerability Management, Cloud Security, Security Operations, and Identity & Access Management. Proven experience building automated security solutions, detection systems, compliance frameworks, and cloud security controls that improve organizational resilience. Driven by the mission of transforming complex security challenges into scalable, secure, and business-aligned solutions.

  • University: VIT-AP University
  • Degree: B.Tech Computer Science
  • City: Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
  • Hometown: Udupi, Karnataka, India
  • Phone: +55 (34) 991787000
  • Email: praise.paul@outlook.com

I am a Cyber Security Analyst and Security Engineer with hands-on experience in Threat Intelligence, Vulnerability Management, Security Operations (SOC), Identity & Access Management (IAM), Cloud Security, and Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC). Currently, I work at Neospace AI Technologies, where I design and implement security solutions that strengthen organizational resilience through proactive threat detection, automated remediation, security governance, and compliance initiatives. My work spans the development of Threat Intelligence platforms, custom behavioral detection rules, cloud security monitoring architectures, vulnerability management programs, and AI-driven identity governance systems. I have contributed to reducing critical security exposure by 45%, improving incident response efficiency, supporting SOC 2 Type I & Type II initiatives, and implementing security controls aligned with ISO 27001, CIS Benchmarks, NIST, GDPR, LGPD, and DPDPA.I have extensive experience working with industry-leading security platforms including CrowdStrike Falcon, Netskope, JumpCloud, SecurityScorecard, Censys, ImmuniWeb, Snyk, and Jira, alongside cloud environments such as AWS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). My technical foundation in Python, Java, JavaScript, Linux, Bash scripting, databases, and modern software development enables me to build scalable security automation, self-remediation workflows, and secure-by-design solutions.

Beyond technical expertise, I am a multilingual professional fluent in English, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, Portuguese, and Konkani, enabling effective collaboration across global and cross-functional teams. I am also a proud recipient of the Colgate Keep India Smiling Scholarship and the Vahani Scholarship, recognizing academic excellence, leadership, and community impact. My mission is to bridge the gap between security, automation, and engineering by building intelligent, resilient, and secure systems that empower organizations to innovate confidently in an evolving digital landscape.

Projects

Hours Of Support

Awards

Skills

This radar chart showcases my expertise across Cybersecurity, Security Engineering, Cloud Security, and Software Development, reflecting a well-rounded technical foundation built through hands-on industry experience. My core strengths include Vulnerability Management, Security Operations (SOC), Incident Response, Threat Intelligence, SIEM Technologies, Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR/XDR), and Compliance & Governance, enabling me to proactively identify, investigate, and mitigate security risks across enterprise environments. I have practical experience working with industry-leading security platforms including CrowdStrike Falcon, Netskope, JumpCloud, SecurityScorecard, Censys, and ImmuniWeb, alongside implementing security controls aligned with SOC 2, ISO 27001, CIS Benchmarks, NIST, GDPR, and LGPD. My expertise extends to Cloud Security Engineering across Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), and AWS, with a focus on security monitoring, identity management, compliance automation, and security posture improvement. Complementing my security background, I leverage Python, Java, JavaScript, Linux, DevOps practices, and database technologies to build automation solutions, streamline security operations, and develop secure, scalable applications. This visualization represents the combination of technical depth, analytical problem-solving, security leadership, and communication skills required to design, secure, and maintain resilient systems in modern technology environments.

Interests

Cyber Security

Coding

Music

Reading

Writing

Travelling

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Summary

Praise Paul

Cyber Security Analyst and Security Engineer with expertise in Threat Intelligence, Vulnerability Management, Security Operations (SOC), Incident Response, Cloud Security, Identity & Access Management (IAM), and Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC). Currently working at Neospace AI Technologies LTDA, where I design and implement security solutions that improve organizational resilience through proactive threat detection, security automation, cloud security engineering, and compliance initiatives.

Experienced in building Threat Intelligence platforms, behavioral detection systems, automated remediation pipelines, cloud security monitoring architectures, and AI-driven identity governance solutions. Contributed to reducing critical security exposure by 45%, improving security operations efficiency, and supporting compliance initiatives aligned with SOC 2, ISO 27001, CIS Benchmarks, NIST, GDPR, LGPD, and DPDPA.

Combining a strong foundation in Cybersecurity, Software Engineering, and Cloud Infrastructure, I leverage modern technologies to build secure, scalable, and resilient systems while enabling organizations to innovate confidently in an evolving threat landscape.

  • Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
  • praise.paul@outlook.com

Education

B.Tech. Computer Science & Engineering

2021 - 2025

Vellore Institute of Technology, Amaravati

  • CGPA: 9.02 / 10
  • Recipient of Vahani Scholarship
  • Technical Lead, Microsoft Student Chapter
  • Technical Lead, National Service Scheme
  • Co-Lead, VPROJECTS - Computer Society of India

Senior Secondary School

2019 - 2021

St. Thomas P.U College, Byndoor

  • 10 CGPA
  • Recipient of Colgate Keep India Smiling Scholarship
  • Served in Student Council Body
  • Worked on Zoom Clone Project for College
  • English Literature Club President
  • Served in the Bharat Scouts & Guides
  • Winner of various District and National Level competitions

Professional Experience

Cyber Security Analyst

May 2025 - Present

Neospace AI Technologies LTDA, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil

  • Engineered and deployed an enterprise Threat Intelligence platform for continuous monitoring of attacker networks, fraud forums, and leaked-data repositories to proactively identify organizational risks.
  • Designed cloud-native security monitoring architectures and developed 35+ custom behavioral detection rules capable of identifying sophisticated security anomalies beyond traditional static controls.
  • Built automated self-remediation pipelines that continuously enforced security baselines and mitigated critical cloud security deviations without manual intervention.
  • Developed and implemented an AI-driven Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) solution while managing centralized access control, SSO integrations, MFA enforcement, and identity lifecycle processes across 83+ SaaS applications.
  • Administered JumpCloud as the organization's primary IAM and endpoint management platform, securing over 100 distributed endpoints through Zero Trust principles and CIS-aligned hardening.
  • Automated the end-to-end vulnerability management lifecycle across web applications, APIs, operating systems, and enterprise software, reducing critical exposure by 45%.
  • Supported SOC 2 Type I & Type II readiness initiatives through security policy development, control implementation, testing, and compliance validation aligned with ISO 27001, CIS, NIST, GDPR, LGPD, and DPDPA frameworks.
  • Enhanced security operations through Python and Bash automation, reducing response times and improving visibility across enterprise security platforms including CrowdStrike Falcon, Netskope, SecurityScorecard, and Censys.

MERN Full Stack Developer Intern

August 2023 - November 2023

Ethnus, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

  • Developed and deployed a MERN-stack Inventory Management System featuring RBAC, authentication, and audit logging controls.
  • Implemented OWASP-aligned security practices, strengthening application security posture and reducing exploitable attack surfaces.
  • Performed SAST/DAST-style security reviews, identifying and remediating authentication, authorization, and input validation vulnerabilities.
  • Collaborated with development teams to integrate secure coding principles and improve software quality throughout the development lifecycle.

Additional Early Career Experience

2022 - 2023
  • Worked as Web Developer Intern at Paul Technologies, Peakpals, and The Psychotherapy Central.
  • Delivered client-facing websites and web applications while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
  • Led and mentored junior interns, strengthening leadership, communication, and project management skills.
  • Contributed graphic design and branding initiatives as a Freelance Intern at Vahani Scholarship Foundation.

Services

My Services

Threat Intelligence & Vulnerability Management

Design and operate proactive vulnerability management and threat intelligence programs across cloud, web, and enterprise environments. Experienced in attack surface monitoring, breach exposure analysis, threat intelligence collection, vulnerability prioritization, and remediation orchestration using platforms such as SecurityScorecard, Censys, ImmuniWeb, and custom intelligence systems. Focused on identifying emerging risks before they impact business operations and reducing organizational exposure through continuous security assessment and automation.

Security Operations (SOC) & Incident Management

Detect, investigate, and respond to sophisticated security threats through modern Security Operations practices. Experienced in threat hunting, incident triage, root cause analysis, behavioral detection engineering, containment strategies, and response automation. Developed custom detection rules and automated workflows that improve threat visibility, accelerate response times, and strengthen organizational resilience against evolving cyber threats.

GRC & Automations

Transform compliance requirements into operational security capabilities through security engineering, automation, and governance. Experienced in SOC 2, ISO 27001, CIS Benchmarks, NIST, GDPR, LGPD, and DPDPA initiatives, including security policy development, control testing, compliance validation, and risk management. Build automated remediation pipelines, cloud security guardrails, and scalable security controls that strengthen organizational resilience while reducing manual effort and operational risk.

Cloud Security

Secure cloud workloads and infrastructure across OCI, Amazon Web Service (AWS) and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) environments. Implement identity controls, security baselines, compliance frameworks, and cloud security best practices.

Endpoint Security & Identity Management (IAM)

Deploy and manage endpoint protection, MFA, device compliance, and identity security solutions using CrowdStrike Falcon, Netskope, and JumpCloud to strengthen organizational defenses. Design and manage enterprise identity security programs based on Zero Trust principles. Experienced in SSO/SAML integrations, MFA enforcement, identity governance, privileged access management, RBAC implementation, lifecycle automation, and access review processes using platforms such as JumpCloud. Specialized in creating centralized, auditable access management frameworks that reduce risk while improving user productivity.

Application Security

Integrate security throughout the software development lifecycle by combining modern engineering practices with secure-by-design principles. Experienced in secure coding, authentication and authorization systems, application security reviews, vulnerability remediation, API security, and full-stack development using Python, JavaScript, Java, React, Node.js, and cloud-native technologies. Focused on delivering scalable applications that balance functionality, performance, and security.

Projects

Security Engineering Projects

Automated Access Reviewer

An enterprise-grade Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) solution designed to automate user access reviews, entitlement validation, and audit evidence generation across multiple SaaS platforms. The system streamlines compliance processes through automated access certification workflows, policy validation, exception handling, and comprehensive reporting. Built to support security governance initiatives aligned with SOC 2, ISO 27001, and Zero Trust principles while significantly reducing manual review effort and compliance overhead.

Threat Intelligence Platform

A centralized Threat Intelligence platform that aggregates and correlates security intelligence from sources including Shodan, LeakIX, GitHub, CISA KEV, NVD, and breach monitoring services. The platform performs automated threat enrichment, exposure monitoring, brand protection, vulnerability prioritization, and risk scoring to provide actionable intelligence for security operations teams. Designed to improve threat visibility and support proactive risk management through continuous monitoring and intelligence-driven decision making.

Vulnerability Dashboard Manager

A vulnerability management and reporting platform that integrates with enterprise security tools to centralize vulnerability tracking, remediation workflows, KPI reporting, and risk visualization. Leveraging CrowdStrike APIs and security telemetry, the solution automates vulnerability collection, remediation tracking, executive reporting, and compliance monitoring. Designed to improve organizational visibility into security posture while enabling data-driven remediation prioritization.

CIS L1 Endpoint Hardening Framework

An automated compliance and security hardening framework developed to assess, remediate, and validate endpoint configurations against CIS Benchmark recommendations. The solution includes automated auditing, remediation workflows, rollback mechanisms, and compliance reporting capabilities that help organizations establish secure baselines, improve security posture, and maintain continuous compliance across enterprise environments.

Image Forensics Using Cloud

A cloud-based digital forensics platform designed to detect image manipulation and forgery through metadata analysis, geometric transformation analysis, block-based detection techniques, and copy-move forgery detection. The system leverages scalable cloud infrastructure to process digital evidence efficiently while improving the accuracy and reliability of image authenticity verification for forensic investigations.

Certifications & Badges

My Badges

Certifications

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2025 Certified Foundations Associate

Google Cybersecurity Professional

Google IT Automation Using Python

Palo Alto Networks SecOps Instructor

Google Cloud Computing Fundamentals

Introduction to Philosophy - University of Edinburg

Microsoft Beta Ambassador

Using Python to Interact with Operating Systems

Automating Real-World Tasks with Python

Troubleshooting & Debugging Techniques

Crash Course on Python

Introduction to Git &GitHub

Getting Started with Enterprise Grade AI

Journey to Cloud Envisioning Your Solution

Getting Started with Threat Intelligence and Hunting

Java Basics

Basics of Python

Basics of SQL

Matlab Onramp

Image Processing Onramp

Contact

Contact Me

My Address

Currently in Uberlândia, Brazil
From Bengaluru, India
Open to Relocation

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Email Me

praise.paul@outlook.com

Call Me

+55 (34) 99178 7000 / + 91 9480852404

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