Nikhil Kore

Aspiring Red Team Analyst with practical experience in Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT), web application security, reconnaissance, exploitation, vulnerability validation, and professional reporting. Completed a six-month Cybersecurity Training Program at Digit Defence, gaining hands-on experience with OWASP Top 10, Burp Suite, Kali Linux, network reconnaissance, exploit validation, CVSS scoring, and Proof-of-Concept documentation. Passionate about offensive security, penetration testing, and secure application development with strong programming skills in Python and JavaScript.

Cybersecurity Trainee - Digit Defence

(2025-06 - 2025-11)

• Conducted Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT) on web applications following the OWASP Top 10 methodology.
• Performed reconnaissance, enumeration, vulnerability validation, exploitation, and post-assessment reporting using Burp Suite, Nmap, Nikto, Gobuster, and Kali Linux.
• Identified security vulnerabilities including SQL Injection, Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), Broken Authentication, Security Misconfiguration, and Directory Enumeration issues.
• Prepared professional VAPT reports containing Proof-of-Concept (PoC), CVSS scoring, business impact, and remediation recommendations.

Full Stack Developer Intern - PTS, Pune - Pune

(2024-11 - 2025-06)

• Developed secure web applications using React.js, Node.js, and Firebase.
• Implemented authentication, authorization, API security, and secure input validation.
• Applied secure coding practices and resolved common web application vulnerabilities.

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) - Computer Science - Sanjay Ghodawat University (2021 - 2025)