Arkaprabha Chakraborty

About Arkaprabha Chakraborty

Tinkerer by passion, Engineer by education and Hacker by profession! Researching stuff for fun!Open source enthusiast and advocate | Google Summer of Code 2022 @OWASP Foundation | LiFT 2022 Scholar | Loves to do security research

Experience

1. Security Engineer

   Qualys

   Oct 2024 — Present · Pune, IN

   Core Security Engineer in Threat Research Unit at Qualys, focusing on Purple teaming procedures- Contributed to the TruRisk Mitigate platform, focusing on vulnerability research and exploit testing for zero-day vulnerabilities, high and critical-rated CVEs. Designed and executed exploits for them, and rigorously tested each to assess riskimpact and ensure accurate detection- Red team focus: Identified bypass techniques for existing mitigations, conducting thorough testing to validate the effectiveness of updated measures. Coordinated closely with the TruRisk Patch-Backend team to ensure stable mitigation releases within the TruRisk agent, contributing to a more secure and robust security posture for customers- Blue team focus: Researched and developed mitigation strategies for vulnerabilities across three approaches: script-based (primarily using PowerShell and POSIX-compliant shell scripts), binary patching, and behavioral defenses. Each strategy was optimized to address security gaps effectively while maintaining system performance.

Education

• Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal (MAKAUT, WB)

  Bachelor of Technology - B.Tech, Computer Science Engineering

  2019 — 2023

• St. Mary's School

  ICSE

  2006 — 2017

• B.P. Poddar Institute Of Management and Technology

  Bachelor of Technology, Computer Engineering

• St. Joseph's College

  ISC

  2017 — 2019