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= Akash Mahajan =  
 
= Akash Mahajan =  
Akash is '''That Web Application Security Guy'''. A Certified Ethical Hacker with more than 10 years of experience in Application and Network Security. Before starting his own company he was a technical lead for one of the leading American commercial security software companies specialising in end point security. He started in security working on web infrastructure for the government of India.
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Akash is the founder and community Manager at ''null – The Open Security Group'' and ''Chapter Lead'' at [https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Bangalore OWASP Bangalore] while founding Appsecco a specialist application security company.
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=== OWASP Bangalore Work ===
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* Chapter lead for [[Bangalore|OWASP Bangalore]] since 2012
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* Since then OWASP Bangalore has conducted a meet at least once a month with average attendance of 60-70 people
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* Multiple special meets, hands-on sessions, collaboration with groups like [https://infosecgirls.in/ InfosecGirls] to further increase outreach and spread awareness
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=== Talks and Evangelism for OWASP Bangalore ===
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Gave talks at many technology companies around Application Security talking about OWASP Top 10, OWASP ASVS and other projects like
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* Application Security in the time of Docker Containers at
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** c0c0n 2016 Police Conference
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** DevOpsDays Bangalore 2016
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* Security Hardening with Ansible (Focus on A5 Security Misconfiguration) at
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** All Day Dev Ops 2016
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* How Attackers Work at
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** Thoughtworks 2016
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** SAP India 2015
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** Phillips Innovation Campus 2015
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* Building and Operating Secure Applications in The Cloud (Web and Mobile) at
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** UNICOM    
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** Microsoft Accelerator
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** ISACA
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* OWASP ZAP Automation using Python APIs at
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** Open Source Conference 2016
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* Communities Need Participation at
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** OWASP Kerala (Through Video)
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** Infosec Girls Meet-up
  
Akash is the founder and community Manager at ''null – The Open Security Group'' and ''Chapter Lead'' at [https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Bangalore OWASP Bangalore] while founding The AppSec Lab a company focussed on Application Security.
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=== Book Author - Burp Suite Essentials ===
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Published by PacktPub November 2014, Listed as a reference by the creators of Burp Suite
  
He used to be actively involved with the Bangalore Barcamp Planners group, has done events like AppJam and MobileCamps all over India where he evangelized security to Small and Medium Enterprises. He is also the co-founder of Headstart Network Foundation a Section 25 Non-Profit company.
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=== Professional Profile ===
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An accomplished security professional with over a decade’s experience of providing specialist application and infrastructure consulting services at the highest levels to companies, governments, and organisations around the world. Deep experience of working with clients to provide innovative security insight that truly reflects the commercial and operational needs of the organisation from strategic advice to testing and analysis to incident response and recovery. An active participant in the international security community and conference speaker both individually, as chapter lead of the Bangalore chapter of OWASP the global organisation responsible for defining the standards for web application security and as a co-founder of null India’s largest open security community. 
  
 
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== Online ==

Revision as of 13:56, 9 July 2017

Akash Mahajan - OWASP Bangalore Chapter Lead
Akash Mahajan - OWASP Bangalore Chapter Lead

Akash Mahajan

Akash is the founder and community Manager at null – The Open Security Group and Chapter Lead at OWASP Bangalore while founding Appsecco a specialist application security company.

OWASP Bangalore Work

  • Chapter lead for OWASP Bangalore since 2012
  • Since then OWASP Bangalore has conducted a meet at least once a month with average attendance of 60-70 people
  • Multiple special meets, hands-on sessions, collaboration with groups like InfosecGirls to further increase outreach and spread awareness

Talks and Evangelism for OWASP Bangalore

Gave talks at many technology companies around Application Security talking about OWASP Top 10, OWASP ASVS and other projects like

  • Application Security in the time of Docker Containers at
    • c0c0n 2016 Police Conference
    • DevOpsDays Bangalore 2016
  • Security Hardening with Ansible (Focus on A5 Security Misconfiguration) at
    • All Day Dev Ops 2016
  • How Attackers Work at
    • Thoughtworks 2016
    • SAP India 2015
    • Phillips Innovation Campus 2015
  • Building and Operating Secure Applications in The Cloud (Web and Mobile) at
    • UNICOM    
    • Microsoft Accelerator
    • ISACA
  • OWASP ZAP Automation using Python APIs at
    • Open Source Conference 2016
  • Communities Need Participation at
    • OWASP Kerala (Through Video)
    • Infosec Girls Meet-up

Book Author - Burp Suite Essentials

Published by PacktPub November 2014, Listed as a reference by the creators of Burp Suite

Professional Profile

An accomplished security professional with over a decade’s experience of providing specialist application and infrastructure consulting services at the highest levels to companies, governments, and organisations around the world. Deep experience of working with clients to provide innovative security insight that truly reflects the commercial and operational needs of the organisation from strategic advice to testing and analysis to incident response and recovery. An active participant in the international security community and conference speaker both individually, as chapter lead of the Bangalore chapter of OWASP the global organisation responsible for defining the standards for web application security and as a co-founder of null India’s largest open security community. 

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