Chanukya Potnuru

About Chanukya Potnuru

A results-driven cybersecurity leader with 13+ years of experience securing enterprise products, cloud environments, and digital ecosystems. I have a proven track record of driving security strategy, embedding security-by-design practices, and leading high-impact teams across complex, large-scale organizations.I specialize in building resilient security architectures, performing risk-driven threat modeling, and operationalizing security across development, cloud, and AI/ML environments. My work bridges engineering, risk management, and business objectives to enable secure innovation.I am also actively involved in:* Designing and building AI security agents for automated risk detection and remediation* Developing security-focused machine learning models for threat detection, anomaly monitoring, and security analytics* Leading Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) migration initiatives for products and enterprise systemsCore Expertise* Threat modeling using STRIDE and PASTA frameworks* Firmware and Below-the-OS security (BIOS, boot chain, and platform integrity)* Cloud security architecture, review and compliance (CIS, NIST, Azure, AWS,GCP)* Defining enterprise security requirements and security guardrails* Security architecture consultation for modern applications and platforms* Enterprise product risk assessment and security governance* Product and application security: secure code reviews, security testing, and infrastructure assessments* Secure cloud migration strategies (on-prem → cloud)* Development and maintenance of enterprise security policies and standards (information classification, cryptography, application, and cloud security)* Implementing Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL) practices across organizations* Container security standards, hardening, and runtime security* Securing AI/ML-powered applications and model-integrated systems* Code signing, key management, and cryptographic best practices* Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) readiness and migration planning* Speaker at OWASP Hyderabad & NULL Hyderabad & Bangalore.* Winner at AppSec villages of Microsoft BlueHat India & Asia (2024,2025)* Built many AI Security Custom Machine Learning Models and Agents that helps in findings security vulnerabilities that cannot be found by regular/traditional tools.Tools & Technologies not limited to below and many more:* Prisma Cloud, Datadog, AzSK, Cloud Custodian, Black Duck, Checkmarx, Coverity, Semgrep, Snyk, Burp Suite Pro,Nexpose, Tenable, Microsoft Threat Modeling Tool, OWASP tools, IriusRisk

Experience

1. Business Unit Security Advisor

   Dell Technologies

   Jun 2022 — Present · IN

   Business Unit Security Advisor responsible for driving Security Activities and initiatives for Client Product Group

Education

• SRM IST Chennai

  B.Tech, Computer Science

  2008 — 2012

• Sri Chaitanya College of Education

  Board of Intermediate Education

  2006 — 2008

• Sarvani Vidya Nikethan

  Board of Secondary Education

  2006

Skills

• Ocjp
• C
• Programming
• Oracle Sql
• Tomcat
• Angular Js
• Web Development
• C++
• Ado.net
• Web Services
• Css
• Python
• Portal Development
• Pl/Sql
• Html
• Sql
• Asp.net
• Windows Workflow Foundation
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Netbeans
• Web Application Security
• Jsp
• .net Framework
• C#
• .net
• Iis
• Eligibility
• Java
• Cascading Style Sheets (Css)
• Jquery UI
• Asp.net Ajax
• Hix
• Mysql
• C# 4.0
• Wcf Services
• Soa
• Visual Studio
• Javascript