Venkatapathi Raju Datla

About 5.3+ years of experience in Information Security with hands on experience on Web Security Firewalls, Email Gateway Filters, DLP, SIEM, IDS &IPS tools and vulnerability assessment.

• Working as a Security Analyst in SOC operations for real-time monitoring, analyzing logs from various security/Industrial appliances
• Creating Access Policies, URL whitelisting\Blacklisting, URL Bypassing and Reporting using Cisco WSA proxy (Iron port).
• Auditing and preventing any malicious events in the end point devices using Cylance.
• Conducting vulnerability assessments and keeping a check on vulnerabilities on a regular basis using Nessus.
• Analyzing the network intrusions with deep discovery inspector tipping point and updating rules and signatures.
• Performing threat analysis and mitigating or classifying it as benign.
• Searching, Monitoring and Analyzing machine generated logs using QRadar.
• Handling SIEM Operations:

                   · Log source Integration

                   · Rules and Building Blocks Creation

                   · Dashboard Report creation

                   · Incorporation of IOC and malicious URL into Reference Set.

                   · Rule Fine Tuning

                   · Health Check

• Capable of whitelisting and blacklisting domains to ensure network safety and analyzing domain logs to detect and respond to security threats, ensuring network integrity using Zscaler.
• Good experience in analyzing phishing\spam, forged mails along with performing header analysis of incoming emails and investigating them using Proofpoint and o365.
• Checking and analyzing emails using Microsoft KE Studio.
• Providing E-mail security solutions through Proof point and creating custom rules for the users and managing organizational Email list.
• Analyzing the mail data flow from internal network to outside organizational network using Digital Guardian DLP.
• Monitoring the events on the end point devices and creating watch lists for suspicious activities using Carbon black and CrowdStrike end point security.
• Analyzing Malware events triggered in TrendMicro Tipping Point, Identifying Effected Systems & Reporting and generating detail Report on Malware Events.
• Good knowledge on Incidents involving threats like Ransomware, Malware Uncleaned Machines, Bot C & C activity, Data Outbound transfers, Excessive firewall deny events etc.
• Creating use cases and playbooks in GitHub based on requirements.
• Handling SIEM operations which include Incorporation of IOC and malicious URL into Reference Set, Rule Tuning, Dashboard creation.
• Checking the domains logs and whitelisting\blacklisting the domains using cisco umbrella.
• Coordinating with vendors for operational issues.
• Documenting the procedure/technologies and actively participating in knowledge transfers and contributing to adhere to SOP’s.
• Managing user requests, Shift Handovers, striving for customer satisfaction.
• Generating Iron Port, RSA DLP Reports weekly and monthly.
• Good communication and presentation skills.

Date of Birth: 27-05-1993

Languages Known: English,Telugu and Hindi.

Permanent Address: 2-155, Komatithippa, Kalipatnam, West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh, 534281.