Ramavath Rakesh Naik

About Ramavath Rakesh Naik

Strategic cybersecurity and governance professional with 5+ years of progressive leadership across enterprise risk, compliance, and security operations. Experienced in building and scaling global programs for ISO 27001 and TISAX certification, NIST-based risk management, and cloud security governance across AWS and Microsoft ecosystems. Proven success in bridging business and technology, driving compliance automation, incident-response maturity, vendor risk management, and secure AI adoption. Known for establishing audit-ready, metrics-driven security programs that align with organizational objectives, regulatory mandates, and business growth.Technical Skills• Networking Firewalls: OSI Model, TCP/IP, Firewalls / IPS/IDS, Networking protocols, ICS / IDS, Wireshark, pfSense• Cyber Security Tools: Wireshark, Meterpreter, Armitage, Metasploit, DLP tool, VMware, Palo Alto, Nessus, Splunk, Burp Suite, Nmap, Recon-ng, Ettercap, CAINE 11.0, cryptography (OpenSSL), Brute force (John, XHydra), Kali Linux, CAINE• Analytical: KNIME, IBM SPSS, Tableau, Orange, MS Excel Programming Languages: Python, Java, SQL, Shell Scripting• Endpoint Security Protocols: Sophos Endpoint Security, TCP/IP, SSL, SSH, DHCP, UDP, DNS, CAN, RDP• Amazon Web Services: EC2, Route53, Lambda, Load Balancer, IAM, CICD, SNS, Developers OpsWork, Traffic Mirroring• Expertise: Amazon Web Services, Penetration Testing, Risk Assessment, Network Vulnerability Scan, Traffic Analysis, Machine Learning, Phishing Analysis Response, Malware Analysis, Intrusion Detection, Sophos Administration• Soft Skills: Agile Development, Malware Analysis, passion for Emerging technologies, Business Solution monitoring logs.• Operating Systems: Windows 10, Linux DistributionsResearch Papers / Conferences• Deepfake audio detection, AMCIS 2022 Accepted• Battery Management System for Li-ion Battery Cells, National conference, ACSCE

Experience

1. Cybersecurity Operations

   Gamma Technologies

   Nov 2022 — Present · Westmont, IL, US

   Security and IT regulation Governance and Risk Management • Maintain HQ and regional office network security implementation.• Routine security monitoring, enforcement, and implement company system patching strategy.• Audit, maintain, and secure on-prem and cloud user access security audits.• SIEM Security Onion 2 deployment, implementation, tuning, and overseeing the SOC operations.• Email header analysis for email security filtering spam and deep analysis for phishing and threats. • Mitigate threats using Microsoft 365 Products (Defender, Sentinel, Attack Surface Reduction rules, Device control, and Conditional Access Policies).• Malware analysis and Incident handling and reporting • Manage annual external security audit and any other security vendor engagements including penetration testing, and external monitoring tools.• Develop and maintain an IT security risk register, and use it to guide continuous improvements.• Reduce risk by directly implementing fixes to remediate issues found by any source (audit, external monitoring, internal monitoring, etc.).• AWS, GCP, and Azure cloud IAM, cost and usage management.• Support customer questionnaires and legal contracts relating to IT security.• Manage internal employee security policies, training, and any other efforts to minimize risk caused by employee behavior.• Ensure compliance with PCI and other established data security and privacy controls (GDPR, etc.)• Develop and maintain a security incident response plan and coordinate the response to any breach.

Education

• JAGSoM - Jagdish Sheth School of Management

  Post Graduate Diploma in Management ( PGDM / MBA), Cybersecurity, Business Analytics and Finance

• University at Albany

  Master’s in digital forensics and cybersecurity , Cyber/Computer Forensics and Counterterrorism

• International Certified Career Coach

  ICCC Foundation, Career Guidance and Coaching

  2020 — 2020

• Visvesvaraya Technological University

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electronics and Communication Engineering

  2015 — 2020

• National College, Basavanagudi, Bangalore-4(Autonomous)

  Science-PCME, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering

  2013 — 2015