Praveen Kale

System Engineer @Infosys

Maharashtra, IN

Proactively monitored security alerts using IBM QRadar, investigating and analyzing security events from multiple devices, including servers, firewalls, Office 365, endpoints and workstations, ensuring early detection and mitigation of security threats.• Led incident response efforts for high-severity security incidents, including malware infections, unauthorized access, and network intrusions, conducting root cause analysis (RCA) to identify and remediate vulnerabilities.• Worked extensively on IBM QRadar for rule creation, customizing rules to correlate and prioritize alerts, minimizing false positives and optimizing incident response efficiency.• Raised, tracked, and managed incidents related to security alerts received from multiple security devices, ensuring proper escalation to higher-level teams when critical threats were identified.• Utilized CrowdStrike and Microsoft Defender to identify and analyze security risks on endpoints, performing risk assessments based on alert severity and ensuring comprehensive endpoint detection and response (EDR).• Automated incident triage workflows using Cortex XSOAR, reducing incident resolution time by 40% through security orchestration and response playbooks, improving SOC operational efficiency.• Handled cloud security alert analysis and remediation using Microsoft Defender and Sentinel, ensuring the identification and mitigation of potential risks across cloud infrastructure.• Developed comprehensive reports on security incidents and system vulnerabilities, providing actionable insights to senior management and refining company-wide security policies and procedures.• Delivered training sessions for internal employees on security best practices, increasing overall awareness and response to potential threats and improving incident handling capabilities across the organization

Sinhgad Academy of Engineering

Bachelor of Engineering - BE