User:Swaroopsy

Swaroop Yermalkar works as a healthcare security researcher at Philips Health Systems, India where he is responsible for threat modelling, security research and the assessment of IoT devices, healthcare products, web applications, networks, and Android and iOS applications. He is the author of the popular iOS security book Learning iOS Penetration Testing, Packt Publishing and also one of the top mobile security researchers worldwide, working with Synack, Inc.

He also gives talks and training on wireless pentesting and mobile app pentesting at various security conferences, such as GroundZero, c0c0n, 0x90, DefconLucknow, and GNUnify.

He has been acknowledged by Microsoft, Amazon, eBay, Etsy, Dropbox, Evernote, Simple banking, iFixit, and many more for reporting high-severity security issues in their mobile apps.

He is an active member of NULL, an open security community in India, and is a contributor to the regular meetups and Humla sessions at the Pune chapter.

He holds various information security certifications, such as OSCP, SLAE, SMFE, SWSE, CEH, and CHFI. He has written articles for clubHACK magazine and also authored a book, An Ethical Guide to Wi-Fi Hacking and Security.

He has organized many eminent programs and was the event head of Hackathon—a national-level hacking competition. He has also worked with Pune Cyber Cell, Maharashtra Police, in programs such as Cyber Safe Pune. He can be contacted at @swaroopsy on Twitter.