Key responsibilities include:Company Development & Market Expansion: Spearheading initiatives to drive the growth anddevelopment of HashX, exploring new markets, and expanding the company’s reach and influencein the cybersecurity industry.Employment Handling: Managing recruitment, employee development, and ensuring a positiveand productive work environment.Handling New Clients: Leading client acquisition efforts, building relationships with key clients,and ensuring high levels of satisfaction in service delivery.Financial Management: Overseeing the company’s financial health, including budgeting, resourceallocation, financial planning, and ensuring profitability.Business Operations: Managing day-to-day business operations, streamlining processes, andensuring operational efficiency.Assessing Security: Continuously assessing and enhancing the security posture of the organizationand its clients, ensuring adherence to best cybersecurity practices and standards.Innovation and Leadership: Collaborating with the executive team to develop and executeinnovative cybersecurity solutions, while staying updated on industry trends and technologies.

As a CTF Engineer, I specialize in cybersecurity challenges and Capture The Flag competitions, where I demonstrate expertise in offensive and defensive security techniques. My responsibilities include:Designing and creating challenging cybersecurity scenarios for Capture The Flag competitions, focusing on real-world attack vectors and defense strategies.Developing custom software tools, scripts, and challenges to simulate various cybersecurity threats, including network exploitation, web application vulnerabilities, cryptography, and reverse engineering.Conducting security research to identify vulnerabilities, exploit techniques, and mitigation strategies, leveraging hands-on experience gained from CTF competitions and practical cybersecurity projects.Collaborating with cybersecurity teams to assess and improve security posture, perform penetration testing, and develop incident response plans based on insights gained from CTF challenges and simulations.

Delivered in-depth lectures and practical sessions on Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) frameworks, emphasizing real-world applications in cybersecurity and enterprise risk management. Designed and implemented engaging course materials to educate students on regulatory standards, risk mitigation strategies, and compliance requirements. Leveraged professional expertise to provide insights into GRC challenges and solutions, fostering critical thinking and practical skills among learners. Collaborated with academic staff to enhance curriculum quality and align with industry standards.

Made the 1111 CTF box for the SLIIT Codefest 2023, created some Cryptography, OSINT and Steganography challenges. In my CTF box player will find the following,1. Linux Hardening 2. Secure Server Configuration 3. Hash Cracking 4. Cryptography 5. Linux Privilege Escalation.

As a cybersecurity consultant at Silverline IT, I specialize in implementing cybersecurity principles, particularly in the realm of cryptography. In this role, I apply advanced cryptographic techniques to enhance the security posture of various projects, ensuring robust protection of sensitive data and communications.

I’m the Event Co Vice Chair for the event CyberShield 3.0, where we educate school students and university undergraduates about the cybersecurity domain and industry career opportunities respectively. Program Timeline 14th Dec 2023 - Technical Domain of Cybersecurity Career Guidance Program Presented by Mr. Ashan Vijay.16th Dec 2023 - Governance, Risk and Compliance Career Guidance Program presented by Mr. Chamuditha Uduwela.16th January 2024 - Introduction to Cybersecurity workshop presented by Mr. Kavinga Yapa Abeywardena.17th January 2024 - Cyber Prevention and Future of cybersecurity Moderate by Anuradha Ranaweera and presented by Dr. Harinda Fernando, Mr. Kavinga Yapa Abeywardena and Mr. Amila Senarathna.18th January 2024 - Cyber Hygiene presented by Deemantha Siriwardena.

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