Kiran Naragam

Cybersecurity professional with 1+ year of experience in security monitoring, ISO 27001/ISMS activities, vulnerability assessment, and security testing. Strong foundation in security events, logs, alerts, incident concepts, networking, and security tools. Currently building hands-on SIEM skills with Splunk and seeking to grow in SOC monitoring, alert triage, and incident response.

Junior Security Analyst at Crystallinesoft Technologies (2025-11 – 2026-09)

• Supported cybersecurity and information security activities involving security monitoring, evidence review, validation, documentation, and reporting.
• Monitored and reviewed security KPIs and supporting evidence to assess the effectiveness and status of security controls.
• Reviewed security-related evidence and identified gaps, inconsistencies, and areas requiring follow-up with relevant stakeholders.
• Supported ISO 27001/ISMS activities including security documentation, evidence collection, control validation, and reporting.
• Developed practical understanding of security events, alerts, logs, incidents, phishing attempts, suspicious URLs, malware indicators, EDR/XDR capabilities, firewall alerts, and IDS/IPS concepts through security analysis activities.
• Performed vulnerability assessment and security testing using tools including Nessus, Nmap, Burp Suite, OWASP ZAP, and Kali Linux.
• Worked with Windows and Linux environments and used command-line networking utilities for troubleshooting and security analysis.
• Prepared security-related reports and maintained documentation to communicate findings and observations clearly.

Cybersecurity Intern at Crystallinesoft Technologies (2025-05 – 2025-10)

• Assisted with cybersecurity activities involving security controls, evidence collection, validation, and information security documentation.
• Supported security KPI monitoring and reviewed evidence associated with information security controls.
• Gained practical exposure to vulnerability assessment and network/security testing using Nmap, Nessus, Burp Suite, OWASP ZAP, and Kali Linux.
• Developed foundational knowledge of network security, common vulnerabilities, security events, incident concepts, and defensive security controls.
• Assisted in preparing security documentation and reports for internal and client-facing security activities.

SIEM & Splunk Security Monitoring Lab at Self-Directed Practice

• Installed and configured Splunk in a personal lab environment to develop practical SIEM knowledge.
• Practiced understanding how security logs and events are ingested, searched, analyzed, and correlated within a SIEM.
• Studied security alert triage concepts, log investigation, event correlation, and identification of suspicious activity.
• Building foundational knowledge relevant to SOC monitoring, incident investigation, and threat detection workflows.

Master of Computer Applications (MCA) in Computer Science & Engineering – Acharya Nagarjuna University (2024)

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Computer Science – P B Siddhartha College of Arts & Science (2022)