Dheeraj Reddy

About Dheeraj Reddy

A passionate Cyber Security Consultant and SOC Analyst currently working at Costco…

Experience

1. Cyber Security Engineer - i

   HighRadius

   Aug 2024 — Present · Hyderabad, IN

   Log Integration and Onboarding: Led the onboarding and integration of 10 log sources into SIEM, including parsing, normalisation, and validation, significantly enhancing log monitoring efficiency by 25%.Use Case Creation and Finetuning: Developed and implemented 12 Security Use Cases and finetuned multiple Use Cases in SIEM, resulting in detection and resolution of advanced threats and anomalies, reducing False Positive Rate (FPR) by 30%.Playbook Creation: Reduced incident response time by 17% through the creation of DLP, Dark web, and SIEM investigation play books.Threat Intelligence and Dark Web Monitoring: Monitored Cyber Threats and performed data discovery using SOCRadar and Open-source platforms, identifying and mitigating potential risks, reducing the impact of compromised data and credentials.Cloud Security and Incident response: Improved Cloud Security and overall security posture by analysing and responding to AWS, Azure, GCP, EDR, and other incidents in SIEM, with a focus on Wiz, resulting in a 17% reduction in MTTR.Threat Hunting: Performed multiple proactive Structured & Unstructured Threat Hunts using MITRE ATT & CK, IOCs, anomaly detection, & behaviour analysis to identify & mitigate potential security breaches, leading to enhanced detection capabilities.WAF Log Analysis and Remediation: Achieved improvement in FP and TP analysis accuracy of Akamai WAF logs by sending a few IP categories to block mode, reducing false positives and ensuring effective remediation of legitimate threats. Monitoring and Threat Investigation: Analysed CASB alerts, identifying anomalous user behavior, unauthorised data sharing, and compromised accounts. Enforced DLP rules to prevent insider threats and data exfiltration of sensitive information. Phishing and Spam Analysis: Successfully mitigated phishing attacks using PhishER Plus.Security Audit and Compliance: Participated in Security Audits & provided Evidence of Monitoring & Control adherence.

Education

• CMR College of Engineering & Technology

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech

  2020 — 2024