About

Harini Ramprasad is a Product Security Engineer at Salesforce, with 1.76 years of relevant experience in cybersecurity. She is currently pursuing her Master's in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, where she has completed coursework in network security, reverse engineering, and security analysis of software systems. Harini is eager to contribute to the security landscape of companies via a full-time information security role starting Jan 2023. Harini has worked with various organizations, including Google and the National University of Singapore, where she has carried out research and development of security products and features for users. She has also co-authored papers at international conferences. Aside from professional activities, Harini has been largely associated with international cybersecurity communities for women in voluntary positions. She is currently on the Advisory Board of a non-profit organization to lead initiatives in the academic and research space for women. Harini's past experience includes working as a Software Engineer at Postman, where she built security tools and tests in the API Security Squad to enable Postman users to secure their APIs. She also worked as a Security Engineer at Cloudsek, where she led the R&D of an Android app security scanning tool in BeVigil, a security search engine, to generate security reports of more than 10,000 Android applications. She built various security tests to identify malware and third-party libraries, leaks of credentials and sensitive information, etc., in the application. Harini reported critical vulnerabilities in major global technology companies and enabled a security score per app to help users understand the app's security posture. Harini's education history includes a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Engineering from the Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing and a Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. Her tech stack includes Salesforce, Research Scientist, Software Engineer, Android, and Search.