Shalinda Weerasinghe has a diverse work experience in the field of cyber security. Shalinda began their career in 2017 as a Cyber Security Trainee Analyst at KPMG Sri Lanka. In the same company, they later held roles as an Information Security Analyst and an Associate Consultant - Cyber Security. In 2019, they moved to Octopus BI as a Manager - Information Security, where they conducted Manual and Automated Penetration testing and integrated security tools, standards, and processes into the product life cycle. In 2021, they began working as a Visiting Lecturer at ESOFT Metro Campus. Currently, they are a Cyber Security Engineer at Armature Systems.
Shalinda Weerasinghe's education history includes a Master of Cyber Security and Forensics from the University of Westminster from 2019 to 2020, a BSc (Hons) in Information Technology Specialized in Cyber Security from SLIIT from 2014 to 2018, and a secondary school education from Trinity College Kandy from 2001 to 2014. Shalinda also has a range of certifications, including an ISO/IEC 27001 Information Security Associate from SkillFront obtained in March 2021, Foundations of Operationalizing MITRE ATT&CK from AttackIQ obtained in November 2020, AWS Security Fundamentals from Amazon Web Services (AWS) obtained in February 2020, Cribl Certified Observability Engineer (CCOE) from Cribl obtained in May 2022, NSE 1 Network Security Associate from Fortinet obtained in May 2020, and Certified Ethical Hacker from EC-Council obtained in December 2017.
April, 2022 - present
Cyber Security Engineer at SecurView
Cyber Security Engineer at Pinnacle Business Systems
Cyber Security Engineer at Davidson Technologies, Inc.
Cyber Security Engineer at Simplilearn
Cyber Security Engineer at Telethon Kids Institute