Rishikesh Wankhade

Cybersecurity engineering student at IIIT Nagpur with hands-on experience designing and deploying production-grade security platforms across SIEM/XDR, zero-trust cloud architecture, and AI-driven threat prediction. Skilled in SOC operations, threat hunting, VAPT, incident response, and AI Security, applying industry frameworks including MITRE ATT&CK, NIST, and ISO 27001 across enterprise and financial-sector attack scenarios.

Cybersecurity Risk Analyst - Zetheta Algorithms Pvt. Ltd.

(2026-06)

• Performed enterprise-scale cyber-risk assessments, threat modeling, and security-control evaluations against real-world attack scenarios.
• Delivered incident-response analyses and cybersecurity reports aligned with NIST and ISO 27001 frameworks to support risk-informed decision-making.

Cyberwar Banking Defense Industry Project

• Simulated banking-sector cyber defense scenarios spanning ransomware, DDoS, financial fraud, insider threats, and data breaches.
• Conducted attack-path analysis, risk quantification, and defensive-strategy planning to protect critical financial infrastructure.

Game & Software Tester - GameDevUtopia

(2025-07 - 2025-12)

• Executed functional and gameplay testing across multiple production builds to ensure release readiness.
• Identified, documented, and validated critical defects, directly improving software quality pre-release.

Freelance Web Developer - M. J. Jr. College, Karanja Lad (PM SHRI Certified)

(2025)

• Designed and built the institution's official website, centralizing academics, activities, and announcements into a single digital platform.
• Led development through deployment preparation, coordinating with institutional stakeholders ahead of production launch.

B.Tech - Electronics and Communication Engineering - Indian Institute of Information Technology Nagpur (IIIT Nagpur) (2023 - 2027)