Durgaprasad Palle

Soc Analyst @Morgan Stanley

US

Monitored and triaged alerts in Splunk, QRadar, AWS Security Hub, and CrowdStrike Falcon using custom SPL, RegEx, and MITRE ATT & CK to reduce false positives by 30% and accelerate incident response in a regulated financial environment. Performed IOC enrichment and threat attribution using Wireshark, Osquery, Axiom Cyber, MISP, and OSINT tools, investigated persistence (WMI, registry keys), conducted packet-level forensics, and mapped findings to MITRE and CIS controls. Led vulnerability assessments with Nessus (CVSS, EPSS, KEV), automated CVE-CMDB enrichment via Python/Bash, improved MTTD/MTTR by 40%, and enhanced firewall policies to block C2 and lateral movement ensuring FFIEC, GLBA, and SOX compliance. Led IT Compliance initiatives for Financial Security Infrastructure, ensuring adherence to SOX, ITGC (COBIT), FedRAMP, and DoD PA standards, conducted vendor risk assessments and Azure Government compliance reviews for secure cloud adoption. Supervised enterprise vulnerability management operations, orchestrated patch automation via custom scripts, remediated classified/unclassified threats, and resolved electronic spillages and IA incidents across hybrid IT environments. Executed data loss prevention (DLP), encryption, and threat monitoring strategies, utilized EnCase, FTK, Cellebrite, Gargoyle, and IEF for forensic investigations and played a key role in migrating security infrastructure to Fortigate FG 100D.