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Cybersecurity Graduate
University of Maryland

Hi, I'm
Harsh Saglani

Cybersecurity Enthusiast & Penetration Tester.

I am a tech hobbyist, cybersecurity enthusiast, and a digital content creator. I'm looking forward to working in the field of cybersecurity, product security, and digital forensics.

💻 Currently Working On

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Blog

What is Cybersecurity & Why should you care about it?

Latest Blog (October 4th, 2023)

Around 85% of security breaches are caused by Human Errors. Cybersecurity is an essential skill every individual, employee, and business owner needs to have. With this blog, I aim to explain the power of cyber, the risks of cyber attacks as an individual, an employee, and a business, and your responsibility regarding Cybersecurity.

💻 Other Cool Projects I've Worked on

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Android

Safana - Worker Management and Project Management System

Latest Commit (Sep 7, 2019): Merge pull request #8 from ashawe/add-license-1

Safana is a worker and project management system which helps to manage all the tasks for an employee and supervisor in the company. This project was made for Pulzion '19'. 🏆 It won the first prize.

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Website

Capture the Flag - Front-End template

Latest Commit (Mar 21, 2020): 👥 Add Contributors

This is the front end of Lakshya CTF 2020. Lakshya CTF is an inter college capture the flag competition, whose main objective is to spread awareness about the threats and security vulnerabilities, as well as promote cyber security and safe internet practices.

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Machine Learning

Attendy - A face recognition attendance app

Latest Commit (Jul 16, 2020): Update README.md

Attendy is an Android application which marks student attendance by recognizing his/her face. It uses the ML kit library provided by Google combined with various face recognition libraries in Python. The app recognizes the face on a recognition server and marks the attendance on the Firebase server.

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💼 Collaborated with these awesome companies

@ Praetorian

Security Engineer II

June 2023 – Present

Full-Time

  • Executed in-depth internal and external network penetration tests, leveraging tools such as Burp Suite, Nessus, and Nmap to identify system vulnerabilities and weaknesses. Conducted product security vulnerability testing, meticulously assessing potential risks and providing strategic recommendations to enhance the overall security posture
  • Led the creation of detailed vulnerability assessment reports, offering clear insights into identified risks and potential impacts and providing clients with practical mitigation recommendations
  • Maintained proactive communication with clients through daily status updates of ongoing penetration testing activities
  • Collaborated seamlessly within a team environment to execute thorough web application penetration testing, delivering insightful findings and actionable recommendations for securing critical client applications
  • Successfully executed a social engineering attack against a multinational company, showcasing expertise in identifying and addressing human-centric security vulnerabilities in addition to technical aspect

@ UMD Dining Services

Graduate Assistant

Jan 2022 – May 2023

Graduate Assistantship

  • Planned the Information Security and Privacy related functions of the dining services website
  • Managed security updates and planned vulnerability management strategies for the website
  • Created and maintained a new centralized web platform for all catering service providers in UMD
  • Transformed the existing customer-facing nutrition website into a better-optimized, intuitive, and user-friendly website

@ R2i2 Technologies

Web Developer

May 2021 – July 2021 (2.5 Months)

Internship

  • Enhanced usability of an internal website that creates and manages projects, thereby increasing the team’s productivity
  • Strategized and designed an algorithm which solved the MTSP Problem using Google OR tools using REST APIs
  • Implemented new protection mechanisms and security controls into the current website

@ Globular Tech

Android Developer

May 2018 - July 2018 ( 3 months )

Internship

  • Learned and developed various basic to advanced level of Android applications and deployed them on the Play Store

@ Globular Tech

PHP Web Developer

May 2017 - Jun 2017 ( 2 months )

Internship

  • Developed an advanced, dynamic website for "Zheptours" - a tours and travel company
  • Enhanced the security architecture of the website by prioritizing implementation of secure coding practices
  • Minimized vulnerabilities and attack vectors by auditing the website codebase and implementing secure code alternatives

🎓 Certifications and Publications

Amazon Web Services

Solutions Architect Associate (CA03)

Sept 2023

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CompTIA

Pentest+

June 2023

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Antisyphon Infosec Training - Chris Brenton

Getting Started with Packet Decoding

Feb 2022

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Antisyphon Infosec Training - John Strand

Active Defense & Cyber Deception

Jan 2022

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Antisyphon Infosec Training - John Strand

Getting Started in Security with BHIS and MITRE ATT&CK

Jan 2022

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Research Paper

Segmented Federated Learning for Adaptive Intrusion Detection System

July 2021

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Coursera

Front-End Web UI Frameworks and Tools: Bootstrap 4 (with Honors)

July 2020

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Coursera

Software Security

June 2020

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Coursera

Cryptography

Oct 2020

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Coursera

Blockchain Basics

May 2020

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Coursera

Usable Security

March 2020

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Cybrary

Microcourse on Cryptography

Feb 2020

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🌍 Lets Connect

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