Asar Ahamad

Gaining hands-on experience in Palo Alto security platforms including Cortex XDR, XSIAM, SOAR, and Prisma Learning to integrate firewalls and configure Cortex AI agents for alert analysis Actively involved in policy and rule creation and gaining exposure to SOC operations, incident monitoring, and response

Graduate trainee at ALTISEC (Present)

• Gaining hands-on experience in Palo Alto security platforms including Cortex XDR, XSIAM, SOAR, and Prisma
• Learning to integrate firewalls and configure Cortex AI agents for alert analysis
• Actively involved in policy and rule creation and gaining exposure to SOC operations, incident monitoring, and response
• Long-term goal is to build an automation agent that reduces manual security tasks and improves efficiency

Data Analyst Intern at BJT Global Pvt Ltd

• Used Python and SQL to support business tasks
• Cleaned and prepared data using Pandas and NumPy
• Built simple machine learning models using supervised learning techniques to analyze data and make predictions

AI/ML Intern at Shadow Fox

• Completed a Machine Learning training internship using Kaggle projects such as House Price Prediction and Titanic dataset analysis
• Built supervised learning models and performed data analysis using Python
• Worked on image capture using OpenCV and gained hands-on experience with common machine learning tools and algorithms

Cyber Security – Intern at Hacktify

• Built simple Python scripts to test basic security issues such as SQL Injection and XSS
• Learned the basics of secure coding and system protection
• Participated in CTF challenges to improve problem-solving skills

BTech in CSE – Artificial Intelligence – SAGE University, Bhopal (2024)