Prasad Kedar

First-year BCA Cloud & Security student at Amity University (expected 2029) with two active internships in cybersecurity and security operations. Currently working as a Security Admin Associate L1 Intern at Infotact Technology — performing daily SIEM alert triage, log analysis, IOC identification, Windows Event monitoring, and incident response documentation using escalation playbooks. Previously completed a 1-month Cybersecurity Internship at Pinnacle Labs.

Proficient with Wazuh SIEM, Wireshark, Nmap, and Kali Linux. Built production-quality tools: phishing simulation platform, OWASP-aligned web vulnerability scanner, and Wazuh home lab with custom detection rules. Familiar with MITRE ATT&CK, OWASP Top 10, NIST CSF, false-positive analysis, network traffic analysis, and IAM.

Targeting SOC Analyst L1 and entry-level cybersecurity roles.

Security Admin Associate — L1 Intern - Infotact Technology

(2026-05)

• Triage L1 security alerts daily via Wazuh SIEM dashboards, applying escalation playbooks to route confirmed incidents to senior analysts within SLA.
• Perform structured log analysis across Windows Event logs and endpoint sources; identify IOCs, anomalous login patterns, and suspicious lateral movement.
• Conduct packet capture and network traffic analysis using Wireshark to detect potentially malicious communication and data-exfiltration patterns.
• Support Active Directory administration — user access reviews, IAM policy enforcement, and least-privilege audits across internal systems.
• Contribute to detection engineering: refined 3+ Wazuh SIEM alert threshold rules, reducing false-positive noise and improving analyst efficiency.
• Document incident response actions, update security runbooks, and prepare structured shift-handover reports for continuity across analyst shifts.

Cybersecurity Intern - Pinnacle Labs Pvt. Ltd.

(2026-05 - 2026-06)

• Designed and built a phishing simulation platform from scratch — replicating real-world email lures, spoofed login pages, and credential-harvesting flows.
• Developed an automated web vulnerability scanner aligned to OWASP Top 10; detected SQLi and XSS in target applications and produced remediation reports.
• Conducted structured vulnerability assessments; documented 5+ vulnerability classes with CVSS-style severity ratings and actionable fix recommendations.
• Applied secure coding principles and threat detection methodologies under senior cybersecurity professional guidance in a structured internship environment.

Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) - Cloud & Security - Amity University, Noida (2025 - 2029)

Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) - Science - Shri Saibaba Junior College, Shirdi (2026)

Secondary School Certificate (SSC) - Adarsh Madhyamik Vidya Mandir, Shirdi (2009)