Lakshmi Madhuri

Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst with 3 years of experience in Digital Risk Protection (DRP) and Brand Intelligence. Experienced in monitoring client attack surfaces using Recorded Future, investigating typosquatting domains, leaked credentials, malicious IPs, and suspicious domains through OSINT sources. Skilled in IOC validation, threat advisory preparation, client onboarding, and watchlist configuration.

EC-Council Certified Threat Intelligence Analyst (CTIA) with a Master's in Cyber Security, seeking Threat Intelligence, Digital Risk, or Cybersecurity Analyst roles.

Career Break (Maternity Leave) (2025-05 – Present)

Utilized this period for professional upskilling in cybersecurity; earned EC-Council Certified Threat Intelligence Analyst (CTIA) certification and completed the TryHackMe Pre Security course, strengthening foundational knowledge in threat intelligence, IOC analysis, and MITRE ATT&CK.

Lead Engineer at HCL America Inc. (2024-10 – 2025-04)

Validation Engineering — Executed functional and protocol-based test cases on Spectrum infusion pumps, analyzed device logs via PuTTY for anomaly detection, and maintained validation records including fluid parameter testing in the Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN).

System Engineer at TCS (2021-06 – 2024-09)

Threat Intelligence Analyst at TCS (2022-10 – 2024-09)

• Monitored client digital risk using Recorded Future Brand Intelligence, reviewing and validating hundreds of typosquatting domains as true or false positives to identify brand impersonation and malicious infrastructure.
• Investigated Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) including domains, IP addresses, URLs, and email leaks using VirusTotal, AbuseIPDB, WHOIS/CERT records, and Have I Been Pwned.
• Triaged hundreds of daily alerts per client, isolating roughly 10 high-confidence true positives for advisory reporting instead of forwarding all raw alerts — reducing SOC noise and improving response efficiency.
• Prepared actionable threat advisories with supporting evidence, risk assessment, and remediation recommendations for SOC teams.
• Onboarded 4 enterprise clients into Recorded Future by configuring monitored domains, watchlists, and customized alert rules.

ServiceNow Security Operations at TCS (2022-07 – 2022-09)

• Integrated SIEM alerts with ServiceNow SecOps for centralized incident management and created automated workflows for security incident response.
• Configured security use cases and alert categorization; assisted SOC teams with ticket management and alert tracking.

Cyber Security Engineer (Trainee) at TCS (2021-06 – 2022-06)

• Trained in SOC monitoring, threat detection, and incident response processes; learned SIEM and SOAR platform concepts used in enterprise security operations.

Undergraduate Research Assistant (Part-time) at Humanitarian Technology Labs (2018 – 2020)

Designed semi-autonomous robotics projects (maze robot, smart blind stick, object-picking robot, quadruped robot) and simulated an IoT-based network in Cisco Packet Tracer to remotely monitor hand orthotic devices for rehabilitation.

Master's in Cyber Security – BITS Pilani WILP (2023-01 – 2024-12)

Bachelor's in Electronics and Communication – Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kerala (2017-07 – 2021-05)