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2025-07-16 03:43:24

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TBE105653

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2025-07-15 22:49:31

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Karthik Chandrashekar

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ckinnovative@gmail.com

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Question 1 : Provide a brief description / background of your nominated organizational, departmental, team, or individual circumstance. (Your response to this question will be used for public display if your entry is awarded.)

Karthik Chandrashekar, a Senior Staff Security Engineer at Intuit Inc, specializes in creating advanced cloud security frameworks. He's recognized for significantly boosting the reliability and security of critical platforms through his expertise in secure Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) tools, containerized application security, and sophisticated runtime event detection.

A significant challenge involved a fragmented approach to cloud security logging and monitoring. Previously, individual application teams managed their own security logs and monitoring. This distributed method often led to high operational costs, generated low-fidelity security incidents, and contributed to incident response fatigue. This fragmented landscape highlighted a critical need for a unified, efficient, and higher-value solution to proactively manage and mitigate cloud security threats.

In response to this pressing need, Karthik spearheaded the creation and evolution of a Cloud Threat Intelligence Platform (CTIP). This innovative platform now serves as the organization's central threat detection system, designed to monitor threats across its diverse multi-cloud infrastructure, encompassing various leading cloud providers and on-premise environments. CTIP effectively consolidates and correlates various security log sources, leveraging a state-of-the-art Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) system. The core mission of CTIP is to identify potential threats rapidly, generate high-fidelity alerts, and orchestrate automated responses. Karthik has led this critical capability since its inception, defining its strategic direction and guiding its execution. His leadership has been instrumental in transforming the organization's cloud security from reactive to a proactive, highly effective defense system, showcasing a clear vision and an ability to drive significant organizational change.

Question 2 : Outline your nominated organizational, departmental, team, or individual achievements, dated 1-3 years prior, based on your selected categories.

Question 3 : Provide examples of the strategies / plans you have introduced, in order to attain your nominated organizational, departmental, team, or individual achievements. Explain why the highlighted achievements are significant / unique.

Karthik's achievements stem from strategic vision, innovative technology, and collaborative leadership. He pioneered the Cloud Threat Intelligence Platform (CTIP), centralizing AI/ML-driven threat detection. This replaced fragmented, reactive logging with a unified, proactive system, improving alert fidelity and reducing false negatives. His unique use of Cloud Native AI/ML expanded detection coverage and reduced operational overhead, moving beyond traditional rule-based limitations.

To achieve ambitious MTTD goals, Karthik optimized the SIEM's Risk-Based Alerting and CTIP rules. He implemented Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) playbooks for automated triaging, significantly reducing alert noise and freeing security teams for strategic defense—a uniquely impactful achievement against alert fatigue.

Finally, Karthik developed a groundbreaking Generative AI project for runtime security, designed to dramatically reduce Mean Time To Analyze (MTTA) and Mean Time To Remediate (MTTR). This innovative AI-driven approach, including incident summarization and remediation proposals, positions the organization at the forefront of AI in cybersecurity.

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Karthik Chandrashekar profoundly elevates the organization's cybersecurity ecosystem, embodying a true force multiplier. As the lead for the Cloud Threat Intelligence Platform (CTIP) since its inception, his role demonstrates deep technical expertise and visionary leadership in building a mission-critical platform.

His ability to consistently exceed ambitious goals for Mean Time To Detect (MTTD) and Mean Time To Remediate (MTTR) showcases the robustness of his systems and operational efficiency. These metrics highlight the organization's enhanced resilience against sophisticated cyber threats, directly contributing to user trust.

Karthik's contributions are exceptional due to his proactive approach, directly informed by his extensive research. He was a main contributor to multiple papers published in reputed journals, including those on "Risk-based alerting in SIEM enterprise security" and "Honeypots as a proactive defense." This research directly underpins his strategies for enhancing attack monitoring and proactive threat intelligence. His meticulous analysis of critical issues from cloud runtime security tools and collaborative engagement with the Security Operations Center (SOC) team exemplify his unwavering commitment to continuous improvement, reflecting principles explored in his paper on "Proactive Defense In Containerized Cloud Environments."

His dedication to knowledge sharing is commendable. He created comprehensive cloud security incident response playbooks, informed by insights from his work on "IMPROVING THE SECURITY INCIDENT RESPONSE PROCESS IN CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE ENVIRONMENTS," and conducted extensive cross-functional training, significantly upskilling the workforce. The impressive reduction of false positives, achieved by his innovative feedback-driven approach and refined AI/ML models (as explored in his paper "Enhancing generative AI precision"), powerfully demonstrates his ability to refine sophisticated detection systems.

The successful implementation of the Generative AI-driven feature within CTIP, a project compelling enough to be showcased to senior leadership, underscores his groundbreaking spirit and willingness to embrace cutting-edge technologies. This pioneering project, set to drastically reduce MTTA and MTTR, distinctly positions the organization as a leader in applying AI to cybersecurity. Karthik's strategic utilization of frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK, detailed in his paper "Abuse Case Detection Coverage," further solidifies his holistic approach. He cultivates a culture of security excellence, setting new industry benchmarks.

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