Dr. Srini Vuggumudi is a certified information security professional, researcher, and multi skilled software engineering professional with software industry experience from numerous corporations including Fortune 500s and startups. He is an expert in information systems security, penetration testing, software development, and program management. Dr. Vuggumudi worked in a number of positions from programmer, to project lead and chief of software development, working on Unix, Linux, Microsoft Windows, and Macintosh operating systems. He built back end, middleware, and front end solutions for a variety of industries. Dr. Vuggumudi is proficient in Secure SDLC (Secure SDL), SDLC (Waterfall, and Agile), and Threat Modeling.Information security is Dr. Vuggumudi's passion. Dr. Vuggumudi is proficient in NSA IAM, FISMA, NIST, COBIT, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS frameworks. He also has hands on experience with many penetration testing tools. Dr. Vuggumudi holds a Ph.D. in Information Systems Cybersecurity from Dakota State University, Madison, SD. He also holds M.S. degrees in Information Assurance and Computer Security, and Information Systems from Dakota State University, M.B.A. degree in Computer Information Systems and Finance (dual major) from California State University - East Bay, and M.S. degree in Computer Education and Cognitive Systems from University of North Texas. Dr. Vuggumudi taught at the University of Phoenix and Walsh College.Certifications: CISSP, CSSLP, CCSP, CCSK, CISM, CISA, GMOB, CEH, AWS-SAA, CompTIA Network+, CompTIA Security+, PMP, CompTIA Project+, and more Specialties: Secure SDLC, Software Security, Security Assessments, Penetration Testing, Threat Modeling, Compliance, Static Application Security Testing (SAST), Privacy Engineering, Privacy By Design, Gen AI for Cybersecurity, and Programming in Python/Bash/Java/C/C++.Interests: Application Security, Application Security Program Design and Execution, Security Assessments, Privacy Engineering, Gen AI, and Secure SDLC.