About

Sandesh is an experienced application security professional with over a decade of experience in various roles, including Application Security Engineer, Programmer Analyst, and Security Consultant. He has worked across different industries, including software development, finance, and new media start-ups. Sandesh is best suited to work with business and development teams to incorporate security into the software development life cycle (SDLC). His specialties include security-specific code analysis (manual and tool-assisted), web application ethical hacking, threat modeling, and Java/J2EE development. Sandesh is currently working as a Senior EM, Infosec at Razorpay, where he performs various software security assessments, including ethical hacking, source code review, and architecture analysis. He also assists clients in setting up various software security capabilities and works with developers to mitigate security vulnerabilities. In the past, Sandesh has worked as a Managing Consultant at Synopsys, where he performed various software security duties to help clients improve their application security posture. He has also worked as a Chapter Lead at Null the Open Security Community, where he certified various applications for compliance with the AppSec plan and developed and supported the Risk Acceptance Proposal System (RAP). Sandesh has a Graduate Course in Public Policy from The Takshashila Institution, an MS in Computer Science from The George Washington University, and a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from Vishveshwaraiah Technological University. He also has a High School degree from Sri Kumaran Children's Home. His technical skills include AI, Java, ML, web development, and software engineering. Sandesh has 12.45 years of relevant experience in the field of application security and is a valuable asset to any organization looking to enhance its software security capabilities.