Vinaya Varshini Yellapragada

Key Skills in on-going SOC Training: log analysis, MITRE ATT&CK, Splunk setup, endpoint monitoring with Sysmon, and attack simulation using Atomic Red Team.

• Reviewing FERPA permissions to ensure compliance with the federal privacy regulations.
• Guiding students in completing the financial aid requirements in line with the policies and relevant deadlines.
• Maintaining confidentiality in accordance with institutional and federal standards.
• Communication of policies and procedures to parents and students via front desk support and emails.
• Escalation of complex inquiries to counselors, while ensuring timely and compliant issue resolutions.

• Replicated bug testing on reported Google Chrome issues and Google devices, along with escalating vulnerabilities and issues to relevant technical teams for resolution, ensuring quality assurance (QA).
• Analyzed user profiles and behaviors to assess risk levels and potential abuse patterns.
• Moderated and reviewed ~10,000 user-generated threads weekly across multiple Google product forums to maintain a safe environment.
• Identified and removed abusive accounts, phishing attempts, scams, and posts containing malware or sensitive data. Additionally, data analysis was performed, to detect patterns in scamming, malware distribution, and phishing activities, supporting abuse prevention efforts.
• Client: Google

• Investigation and elimination of e-commerce fraud through monitoring customer accounts, relevant order and account history, along with transactional data.
• Conducted risk analysis to identify customer abuse such as policy misuse, identification of bot accounts created by users trying to abuse Amazon's policies.
• Documentation of relevant findings when required and application of mitigation strategies to reduce the financial and operational risks to Amazon.
• Successfully helped preserve customers' trust in Amazon by helping block hundreds of accounts through pattern identification of abuse.
• Implemented structured processes for identifying, documenting, and mitigating risks impacting the company and its customers.