About

Anoop Krishnan is a passionate Cybersecurity Consultant and Developer with a deep interest in exploring the cyber world. He is currently working as a Security Analyst 2 at EY's Managed Detection Response team. Anoop is a graduate of Cochin University of Science and Technology's Information Technology program, where he graduated with First Class and Distinction. He is a certified CEH, RHCSA, NSA1, and NSA2 professional with knowledge in multiple domains such as Cloud Computing, Vulnerability Assessment, Incident Response, Threat Intelligence, and Threat Management. Anoop is an active member of the community and enjoys mentoring student developers to get started with open source in nationwide community events. He is also a tech speaker and has taken sessions for developers and professionals. Anoop expresses his ideas and thoughts through his blogs, which he publishes in Medium, Hackernoon, and his personal blog. At EY, Anoop is responsible for multiple client SOC engagements, analysis and correlation of raw logs, threat hunting, monthly reports, flash briefs on CVEs and vulnerability patches, monitoring of various EDR, NSM, and CTI platforms. He has experience working with ELK stack, BRO/Zeek IDS, Suricata IDS, Emerging Threats rulesets, HIDS/EDR, ThreatQuotient, Anomali Staxx, MISP, IOC Hunting, Threat Hunting, Alert Fine-tuning, and onboarding new resources. Anoop has previously worked as a Security Analyst 1 at EY and as a Cyber Security Consultant. In his past roles, he has identified various cyber attacks and patterns, used SIEMs (Splunk, Logrhythm) along with EDR & NDR solutions, created technical reports for clients of various industries for numerous security incidents, performed log analysis, threat intelligence, and threat hunting, and analyzed network security for anomalous activity suggestive of a security incident & responded to cyber attacks efficiently & effectively. Besides his professional work, Anoop enjoys watching anime, doing outdoor activities, and connecting with new people. He has a strong interest in web development and has experience in this area. Overall, Anoop Krishnan is a driven and skilled cybersecurity professional who is passionate about exploring the cyber world and making it a safer place.