Kata Bala Raju
CyberSecurity
Hyderabad
Summary
1. Driven Senior Consultant with 6+ years' experience in the CyberSecurity consulting field.
2. Knowledge of Vulnerability Management with end-to-end process including false positives analysis, security exceptions and Zero-day vulnerabilities.
3. Monitoring security tools and taking appropriate actions to resolve issues that may arise. Providing information and assistance to other stakeholders within the council whenever security issue arise.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages
Work History
Senior Consultant
Infosys Ltd.
Hyderabad
12.2024 - Current
- Led vulnerability management initiatives by identifying security gaps in the client’s IT infrastructure and systems through detailed assessments and industry-standard methodologies (e.g., NIST, CIS, ISO 27001).
- Developed and delivered comprehensive assessment reports outlining current state analysis, risk impact, and prioritized remediation recommendations aligned with best practices.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of security improvements, balancing risk mitigation with business needs.
- Conducted knowledge transfer (KT) sessions with client stakeholders to explain findings, recommendations, and improvement plans, enhancing their security awareness and operational readiness.
- Utilized tools and frameworks for vulnerability scanning, risk evaluation, and reporting to support proactive cybersecurity governance.
Senior Consultant- Cybersecurity
LTIMindtree
Hyderabad
12.2022 - 12.2024
- Performed vulnerability scans on affected assets post remediation from patching team
- Prepared weekly and Monthly report of top 100 vulnerabilities and maintains risk score graph
- Monitored risk score on daily basis and makes report upon changes in risk score
- Validated Zero-days vulnerabilities and other CISA Know Exploited Vulnerabilities
- Have performed validations on Windows server and Linux server post patching remediation.
- Have created asset groups Operating system wise to segregate EOL and in support
- Plans weekly agenda on top vulnerabilities to present to clients and work on them accordingly
- Have created remediation project to track patch Tuesday remediation progress
- Creating Incident tickets in Service now with Patching team for remediation of particular vulnerabilities
- Monitoring and managing newly added assets and Ghost assets post discovery scan
- Validated client reports on daily basis and have updated with reports.
VULNERABILITY MANAGEMENT- Senior Consultant
HCL
Hyderabad
08.2021 - 05.2022
- Vulnerability assessment scan using Qualys VM on monthly and quarterly basis
- Worked on Rapid7 tool for vulnerability scan
- Asset Management and detailed Inventory Analysis done on Monthly basis
- Performing ad-hoc scan requests
- Report Preparation and Manually validate report for removing false positive results from given report that has been generated by automate scanner
- Working with Internal Stakeholders and remediation teams for remediation tracking and guide them to fix issues
- Providing enhanced vulnerability analysis and contextual feedback to stakeholders for resolution of newly discovered Critical vulnerabilities or zero-day vulnerabilities
- Worked with team of 7 and helped team to be updated with latest scanning technologies and reporting methods
- Remediation tracking through tickets assigned to different stakeholders through ServiceNow
- Report compliance risk levels, identify non-compliance issues, security vulnerabilities, and manage remediation activities
- Stay current on security industry trends, attack techniques, mitigation techniques, security technologies and new and evolving threats to organization by attending conferences and networking with peers
- Effectively communicate security gaps with remediation recommendation to management
- Develop roadmap to remediate security gaps in coordination with cross functional groups.
- Troubleshot issues by understanding issue, diagnosing root cause and coming up with effective solutions.
- Collaborated with internal teams to develop customized solutions that addressed unique client needs.
GOVERNANCE RISK & COMPLIANCE
Collabera
Hyderabad
06.2020 - 08.2021
- Maintain the procedural documents related to the account - Patch management/Security Health Check/Shared I
- Patch and fix Deployment: prepare the change plan on all prod and non-prod server
- Raise the changes in Service Now tool, preparing the technical plan and present the changes in Change Advisory board and Change Review Board meetings and acquire relevant approval from the client
- Ensure successful implementation of changes within the maintenance window and ensure no rollback is performed till date
- Resolve the service now tickets and incidents on time and handling escalations.
THREAT & VULNERABILITY MANAGEMENT
Accenture
Hyderabad
04.2017 - 03.2020
- Responsible for maintaining 2500+ servers of all platforms as compliant by performing initial client assessment and analysis to verify data integrity and accuracy
- Performing compliance activities on servers
- Manage team-based operational, and compliance audits & Responsible for performing risk based audits
- Knowledge on Risk assessments, Risk Evaluation, Risk methodologies and Risk Treatment plan
- Prepare reports and Dashboards for compliance database
- Suggest changes to senior management using analytics report to support any recommendations
- Actively participate in management meeting and strategic planning initiatives
- Perform Health check for all the servers in scope and ensure they are compliant based on the technical specifications
- Coordinated with Architects and systems partners to improvise designs and confirm requirements
- Attend various Change/Compliance calls [like CAB meetings] and represent scheduled changes, provide updates on implementation plans, extension required meetings
- Perform Security Health Checks - Scan the systems/Analyze the violations/Remediate within provided timelines
- Worked on a RAPID7 tool for vulnerability scan.
Education
Master of Science - Computer And Information Sciences
Aurora PG College
Hyderabad 06.2013 - 07.2015
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Little Flower Degree College (Osmania University)
Hyderabad, India 09.2010 - 11.2012
Higher Secondary Certificate -
Kendriya Vidyalaya
Uttar Pradesh 06.2007 - 05.2009
Senior School Certificate -
Kendriya Vidyalaya
Ramagundam 06.2006 - 05.2007
Skills
- Consulting - Vulnerability Management;
- Infrastructure vulnerability management
- Experienced in vulnerability management using Qualys, Rapid7 IVM/Nexpose, and Tenableio
- Experience with ServiceNow ITSM tools
- Experience with CMDB
Personal Characteristics
I have been described as a self-motivated employee in any area of interest, being independent with a positive attitude, well-disciplined and responsible., I prefer to work in an organized environment whereby my performance is measured with a certain degree of accuracy. I am an ambitious person, yet realistic about my chances of completing a task successfully., Having been involved in several projects during my previous employment, whereby it requires me to fulfill leadership roles and Decision-making.
Awards
- I have been recognized and awarded three times for the best performance in Accenture.
- Received top performance award of the week and month.
Personal Information
Timeline
Senior Consultant
Infosys Ltd.
12.2024 - Current
Senior Consultant- Cybersecurity
LTIMindtree
12.2022 - 12.2024
VULNERABILITY MANAGEMENT- Senior Consultant
HCL
08.2021 - 05.2022
GOVERNANCE RISK & COMPLIANCE
Collabera
06.2020 - 08.2021
THREAT & VULNERABILITY MANAGEMENT
Accenture
04.2017 - 03.2020
Master of Science - Computer And Information Sciences
Aurora PG College
06.2013 - 07.2015
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Little Flower Degree College (Osmania University)
09.2010 - 11.2012
Higher Secondary Certificate -
Kendriya Vidyalaya
06.2007 - 05.2009
Senior School Certificate -
Kendriya Vidyalaya
06.2006 - 05.2007
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