Surya Teja Masanam is an experienced professional in the field of cybersecurity and digital forensics. Currently serving as a Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) expert at CRED since April 2023, Surya has a strong background that includes positions as Lead Security Systems Engineer and Senior Security Systems Engineer at EPAM Systems from March 2021 to April 2023. Earlier experience includes a role as a Security Engineer at CyberEye Research Labs & Security Solutions Pvt. Ltd. from January 2017 to January 2021 and a brief internship as a C# Developer at eSF Labs Ltd. in 2016, focusing on digital forensics. Surya also possesses leadership experience, having led a unit of 170 cadets during military training as a Sergeant with the NCC. Academically, Surya earned a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering from Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies between 2012 and 2016, following an SSC from Nirmala E.M High School.