Intro
Syed Izhar Ahmed is a Senior Application Security Engineer at Practical DevSecOps and currently leads the consulting practice. He has over 5 years of experience in various security domains such as Cloud Security, Incident Response, Application Security and DevSecOps.
He was the cofounder of InfosecIITG, a CTF team that started from nothing all the way to top 20 CTF teams in India during his time at IITG. His team also won Gold at the InterIIT tech meet that happens yearly in 2021.
He has a passion for Research and Development in DevSecOps, Cloud Security, Supply Chain Security and AI Security. He speaks regularly at Null Hyderabad Chapter.
Specialties
- Application Security
- DevSecOps
- Kubernetes Security
- AI Security
- Cloud Security
- Incident Response and Threat Hunting
Certifications
- Certified DevSecOps Professional (CDP)
- Certified Cloud Native Security Expert (CCNSE)
- Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500)
- Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect Expert (SC-100)
- Professional Google Cloud Security Engineer (GCP-PCSE)
- Professional Google Cloud Architect (GCP-PCA)