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I'm Akash Anand, a Principal Security Architect
Security Architect specializing in Security Architecture, Threat Modeling, AI Security, Application Security, Cloud Security, and Offensive Security.
8+ years of experience evolving from penetration testing and ethical hacking into enterprise-scale security design and governance.
Expert in secure SDLC, risk reduction strategies, AI security, and integrating security controls across cloud, DevSecOps, and modern software platforms.
- Name:Akash Anand
- Email:akashanand5493@gmail.com
- From:Bangalore, Karnataka
8+
Years of Experience
10+
Courses & Certificates
My Skill Set
Platforms ⚒️
Summary
Resume
My Experience
APR 2025 - PRESENT
Senior Security Architect
- Collaborate with engineering and product teams to review solutions, enforce security standards, and integrate secure design patterns.
- Perform Security Architecture Reviews with the Architecture Steering Committee for new products, AI agents, and enterprise design initiatives.
- Lead enterprise AI security governance as part of the AI Committee, driving innovation reviews and establishing AI risk and control frameworks.
- Drive the Threat Modeling program, training product teams to build and maintain threat models, and guiding remediation of vulnerabilities and FFIEC audit findings.
SEP 2021 - APR 2025
Principal Security Architect - S&P Global
- Working as a Security Architect for one of Claranet's premier client helping them to setup a Product Security team riding on the "Shift Left" paradigm
- Conduct architecture reviews, threat Modelling, design reviews, code review on web and web services as and when required.
- Interpret results from exercises such as code review and penetration testing stakeholders and advise on remediation and mitigation as well as incorporate learnings into future designs.
- Develop documentation, and a knowledge base to be used by developers for implementing Secure coding practices
- Provide recommendations for missing application security controls and secure design patterns.
JUNE 2018 - SEP 2021
Security Engineer - II
- Works on finding Attack vectors and Pentesting for products of VMware.
- Works with developers and architects on design, configuration, and implementation of new products/features with respect to security standards.
- Follows and Implements all security configuration management processes and suggests improvement as developers pertain to their work.
- Develop secure code practices and provides hands on training to different development teams across VMware.
- Works on creating CTF questions for organizing any security hackathon globally at VMware
MAY 2017 - MAY 2018
Member of Technical Staff - 1
- Contributed in making NSX-V UI compliant with VMware's unity and clarity design pattern
- Helped in porting ExtJS code to Angular.
- Created component library(Global Search) that is used across NSBU UI products like NSX-V, PACE, NSXi.
My Skills
Secure SDLC 90%
Threat Modelling 100%
PenTesting85%
Code Review(Javascript/.NET/Java/UI Framework) 90%
AWS/Azure/GCP75%
Secure Design Review85%
Coding - Javascript95%
Network Security 80%
Docker/Kubernetes 70%
Tools (BurpSuite, Fortify, Whitesource, Nessus, WebInspect) 90%
Contact
Get in Touch
Contact Details
+91 9040 4347 95
akashanand5493@gmail.com