About

Gaurang Panchal is a Technical Expert in Cyber Security (IT/OT) at Siemens Technology India with over 11 years of relevant experience. He is a Product and Solution Security Professional with expertise in PSS, Threat and Risk Assessment, Security Audit, Docker Security, Code Review, Trusted Platform Module (TPM), CNG, Secure Architecture Review, Penetration Test, Python, AI-based Vulnerability Detection, Innovation in Cyber Security, Maturity Assessment, GAP Analysis, CI/CD Pipeline, HashiCorp Vault, ISA/IEC 62443, and OT Security Controls Implementations. Dr. Gaurang is a Lead Security Analyst at Siemens (Corporate Technology - Secure Software Development), Bangalore, responsible for ensuring the security of products and solutions in terms of secure coding (SAST) and complete architecture review, including Threat and Risk Analysis, Maturity Assessment. He is also responsible for developing AI-based SAST (SieStacc - Siemens Static Code Analyser) for various programming languages. Dr. Gaurang holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur), where he contributed various cryptographic protocols for key management for data storage security. Dr. Gaurang has worked with Bosch as a Cyber Security Specialist, where he carried out research on hierarchical-based attestation for the connected device using blockchain concepts. He also worked on a mechanism to measure device health, device tampering, and device authentication. At Ideal Systems, he worked as a Team Lead and developed and analyzed various modules for in-project development. Dr. Gaurang has a Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology from C.U.Shah College of Engineering and Technology, Wadhwan, a Master's Degree in Computer Engineering from Dharmsinh Desai University, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Kharagpur. He has a tech stack that includes AI, Blockchain, Research Scientist, CI/CD, test, Python, Docker, and Software Engineer.