Kiran Kumar

About Kiran Kumar

I am a Cybersecurity & Cloud Security Analyst (3+ years) with hands-on experience in threat detection, identity hardening, risk governance, and cloud compliance across Azure AD and AWS environments. I focus on reducing real-world attack surface, improving audit readiness, and driving remediation with engineering and GRC teams.My background includes:• SIEM monitoring and incident investigation using Microsoft Sentinel (KQL) and Splunk, including login anomaly triage, privilege escalation monitoring, and MFA failure analysis.• Identity and access governance at scale: enforcing least-privilege RBAC, Conditional Access, MFA, and SOX access review support for 1,200+ identities in Azure AD and ServiceNow.• Cloud security baseline work across AWS and Azure using GuardDuty, CloudTrail, Config, KMS, tagging standards, CIS Benchmarks, STIG hardening, and SCAP validation.• Vulnerability management and remediation tracking with Qualys / Rapid7, driving down mean time to remediate from 17 to 9 business days.• Risk assessments and control evidence mapped to NIST 800-53, NIST 800-171, ISO 27001, SOX, and PCI-DSS / FFIEC, including SSPs, POA & Ms, audit artifacts, and Archer-based risk tracking.I’ve also contributed to security automation and DevSecOps maturity:• Python and Regex scripting to parse authentication logs and generate weekly incident summaries for leadership.• Integrating basic security checks into CI/CD pipelines to flag misconfigurations before deployment.• Building dashboards (KQL / SQL) to visualize trends and guide investigation priorities.I stay active in offensive and defensive thinking: I’ve simulated ransomware behavior (WannaCry lab), mapped detections to MITRE ATT & CK techniques like (Brute Force) and T1059 (Command & Scripting Interpreter), and documented containment and response playbooks.Currently open to Security Operations Analyst / SOC Analyst, Cloud Security Analyst, Cybersecurity Analyst, Vulnerability Management Analyst, and IT Security Auditor opportunities.

Experience

1. Cyber Security Analyst

   Coupa

   Jul 2025 — Present · CA, US

Education

• Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (JNTUH)

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech

  2019

• Saint Peter's University

  Master of Science - MS, Cybersecurity