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• Twenty years of progressive experience in Cyber Security with Eighteen Years extensive exposure to Malware analysis and computer forensics.• Hands-on experience in leading a multi-region world-class research team that provides in-depth technical analysis and customer escalation support on Malware, APTs & Botnet threats. (US & India).• Experience in Research Lab infrastructure implementation and operations. (Malware Replication Framework, Competitive Lab setup, Network Threat Intelligence framework, and Signature Unit testing)• Extensive experience in supporting Endpoint AV, Gateway AV, EDR, and Network IPS malware detection engines by writing signature/rules and providing feature enhancements on the Product.• Extensive experience in malware threat life cycle including Botnet and APT Binary Reverse Engineering, anti-debugging techniques and remediation including infected file restoration and compressed and packed executable file analysis. • Extensive experience in Operating System internals such as Windows file systems, CLSIDs, Registry, Services, PE, ELF and MAC OS Files, API calls, system calls, memory maps and CPU architecture.• Knowledge of x86 Assembly Level Language.• GIAC Reverse Engineering Malware (GREM) and Microsoft – MCSE + Security, MCSE, MCSA, MCP certified and experience in endpoint and network security. • Experience in network traffic (pcap) capture and analysis.