Vishal Vishwakarma

Vishal Vishwakarma has a diverse background in information security and penetration testing. Vishal started their work experience in 2020 with an eight-week online certified training on Ethical Hacking, where they excelled and scored 100% on the final assessment. In 2021, they completed a Penetration Testing internship with Virtually Testing Foundation, where they gained knowledge in OWASP Top 10 and web application penetration testing. Vishal also participated in a Cyber Security Summer Internship with the Gurugram Police in Haryana, where they were involved in tool creation, conducting Cyber Awareness sessions, and completing weekly assignments. Vishal's experience in the field continued with a role as a Security Researcher at Bugcrowd in 2021 and a role as a CTF Player at TryHackMe. Vishal joined Codewits Solutions Pvt. Ltd. as an Information Security Analyst in 2022 and worked there until 2023. In 2022, Vishal also took on a position as a Penetration Tester at Yogosha. Currently, they are working as a Security Analyst Intern at FireCompass, a SaaS platform for Continuous Automated Red Teaming and Attack Surface Management.

Vishal Vishwakarma's education history is as follows:

Vishal Vishwakarma attended AXIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, KANPUR, from 2019 to 2023, where they pursued a Bachelor of Technology - BTech degree in Computer Science. Vishal also attended Motivational Pathway during the same period and obtained a Bachelor of Technology - BTech degree in Computer Science.

In addition to their formal education, Vishal Vishwakarma has obtained several certifications. In March 2022, they received the eJPT certification from eLearnSecurity. Vishal also earned the ISO/IEC 27001 Information Security Associate certification from SkillFront in December 2021. Furthermore, Vishal completed a Penetration Testing Internship with Virtually Testing Foundation from October to December 2021 and received the VTF - Penetration Testing Internship certificate. Vishal obtained the C)SA1: Certified Security Awareness 1 certificate from Mile2 in November 2021.

Vishal Vishwakarma also completed the Programming Foundations: Web Security course offered by LinkedIn in November 2021 and the CCNA: Introduction to Networks course provided by Cisco in October 2021. Vishal completed the Practical Ethical Hacking - The Complete Course offered by TCM Security in October 2021. Furthermore, they obtained the Certified Network Security Specialist (CNSS) certification from ICSI (International CyberSecurity Institute), UK, in January 2021.

Continuing their pursuit of knowledge, Vishal Vishwakarma completed the Machine Learning: Classification course offered by the University of Washington in April 2020. Vishal also completed the Technical Support Fundamentals course offered by Google in April 2020. In addition, they obtained the Cyber Security Foundation certification from CertiProf in January 2021.