Education

• BCA - Bachelor of Computer Applications, University of Pune, 2013-16
• M.S. in Information Assurance, Northeastern University, 2019 (expected)
• Ph.D in Information Assurance, Northeastern University, 2023 (expected)

Work experience

• January 2019 - Present: Research Assistant - Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
  • Project: Wireless Attacks on Aircraft Landing Systems January 2018 - January 2019
  • Performed an in-depth analysis of Instrument Landing System and discovered security vulnerabilities. Developed attack strategies and conducted experiments using real hardware and built MATLAB simulations for analytical evaluation of developed attack strategies
  • Supervisor: Prof. Aanjhan Ranganathan, Prof. Guevara Noubir
• July - December 2018: Security Risk Analyst Co-op - Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC, Boston, MA
  • Responsible for in-depth analysis of USB usage, phishing emails, domain name monitoring alerts, and firewall activity reports; primary application support for Symantec Email Security.cloud and Cofense PhishMe; conducted, SQL Access audits and monthly phishing simulations; member of security incident response team
  • Assisted in performing a gap analysis of vulnerability management program and updates to online security awareness training and technology usage guidelines
  • Supervisor: Patricia Friedman, Security Manager, Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC, Boston, MA
• February - May 2018: Graduate Student Technician - ResNet Resource Center, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
  • Executing malware hunting and remediation procedures on Windows and Mac OS machines and data recovery
  • Diagnose and fix hardware, software and network issues faced by Northeastern Students
• April 2014 - August 2017: Security Analyst, Penetration Tester - Bits ‘n’ Bytes, Pune, India
  • Aided in designing security infrastructure for banks, government organizations and other small and medium scale enterprises. Resulted in reduced attack surface and improved security
  • Performed vulnerability assessments and penetration tests using tools like OpenVAS, Nexpose and Nessus to detect vulnerabilities and security loopholes and suggest solutions to fix these vulnerabilities

Publications

• Wireless Attacks on Aircraft Landing Systems Paper Video Coverage
  Harshad Sathaye, Domien Schepers, Aanjhan Ranganathan, Guevara Noubir
  In Proceedings of 28th USENIX Security Symposium (USENIX Security 19)(to appear)

Teaching

• TA - CS 4710/6710 Wireless and Mobile Systems - Spring 2019

Service and leadership

• President of ISSA Northeastern University student chapter, January 2018 - December 2018