About

Keerthana Rajendran is an experienced Cyber Security Consultant with over 5 years of experience in the information technology and services industry. She is currently working as a Cyber Defense Analyst at Payu and has previously worked as a Cyber Security Consultant at Virtusa and a Security Engineer at Primefort. Keerthana is highly skilled in Penetration Testing, Threat Modeling, and Vulnerability Assessment. She is an expert in hacking web applications and networks and finding vulnerabilities on both. She is also proficient in bypassing input validation, cross-site scripting, cross-site request forgery, and SQL injection. Keerthana is a professional in finding OWASP Top 10 and CWE/SAN Top 25 vulnerabilities and is an expert in doing password auditing and exploiting new vulnerabilities. In addition to her technical skills, Keerthana is also good at networking concepts and has experience in evaluating security products and recommending solutions. She has advised various projects regarding Secure Coding Standards and Security Information Management. Keerthana graduated from Anna University with a Bachelor of Engineering degree in 2017. She holds certifications in CEH and Comptia Pentest+. Keerthana is a CTF player and is passionate about research and development on security concepts. Overall, Keerthana is a strong information technology professional with a demonstrated history of working in the cybersecurity industry. She has relevant experience of 5.78 years and is proficient in various tech stacks including test, web, SQL, research scientist, infra, and software engineer.