Gunav Shivakumar
Information Security, Digital Forensics, and Incident Response professional
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Information Security, Digital Forensics, and Incident Response professional with hands-on experience in malware analysis, network traffic analysis, mobile forensics, and security tool development. Skilled in manual, logical, file-system, physical, JTAG, and ISP-level data extraction using forensic hardware and software tools, and in analyzing data artifacts recovered from active and deleted files on magnetic, optical, and electronic storage media via bit-stream forensic imaging. Proven ability to investigate real-world attack vectors, build forensic tooling, and conduct research-driven security assessments using Python and industry-standard forensic platforms.
Experience
Digital Forensic Analyst at Systools – Digital Forensics & Incident Response (2025-01 – Present)
- Supported 15+ digital forensic investigations for government agencies (Income Tax, DRI, NCB), performing evidence acquisition and analysis across manual, logical, file-system, physical, JTAG, and ISP-level extraction methods.
- Extracted and analyzed data from 30+ mobile and desktop devices using Cellebrite UFED 4PC, Magnet AXIOM, Oxygen Forensics, MOBILedit, FTK Imager, X-Ways Forensics, and OSForensics, reducing manual triage time by more than 25% through standardized extraction workflows.
- Recovered and reconstructed 500+ GB of active and deleted data from secondary storage devices (magnetic, optical, electronic) via bit-stream forensic imaging, supporting timeline reconstruction across multiple concurrent cases.
- Performed cross-platform system imaging (Windows, macOS, Linux) and multi-domain email/cloud backups (MS365, Gmail, Yahoo, ZOHO, Proton) for 20+ devices, cutting evidence-collection turnaround by 1–2 days per case.
- Authored 15+ forensic reports and maintained 100% chain-of-custody compliance across concurrent investigations, including financial artifact review in Tally and SAP.
- Collaborated with a 5+-person senior analyst team on incident triage, improving evidentiary interpretation accuracy on time-sensitive cases.
Education
M.Sc. in Digital Forensics and Information Security – Jain Deemed-to-be University, Bangalore, India (2024-06 – 2026-06)
Bachelor of Computer Applications in Computer Applications – Dayananda Sagar College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Bangalore University (2021-06 – 2024-06)
