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My name is Vaishnavi Sonagra, I’m a Cyber professional specializing in DFIR - Digital Forensics and Incident Response

This blog is a collection of my trysts with the cyber world where I attempt to share my learnings on topics of digital forensics, incident response, and threat intelligence.

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Skills

I AM REALLY GOOD AT THE FOLLOWING TECHNICAL SKILLS

Cyber Forensics

90%

Incident Response

80%

Threat Intelligence

70%

Threat Detection

70%

Experience

PREVIOUS ASSOCIATIONS THAT HELPED TO GATHER EXPERIENCE

 
 
 
 
 

Assistant Manager

PwC, India

Mar 2023 – Present Pune, India

Responsibilities include:

  • Solving cyber crisis response investigations as a first responder to perform rapid recovery
  • Collecting, generating and correlating IOCs to create actionable threat intelligence
  • Conduct Active Directory(AD) assessments to identify any misconfiguations affecting the security of AD
  • Mentoring teams and collaborating cross-functionally to enhance incident response strategies
 
 
 
 
 

Security Consultant, Incident Response

PwC, India

Jan 2021 – Mar 2023 Pune, India

Responsibilities include:

  • Perform end-to-end incident response investigations (for on-prem as well as cloud), containment, and remediation to minimize business impact and strengthen defenses
  • Perform ATM malware analysis to identify malicious dormant binaries within ATM hard disks that could lead to a compromise
  • Perfom compromise assessment exercise to hunt indicators observed during the incident
 
 
 
 
 

Intern

Larsen and Toubro Electrical and Automation Ltd

Jun 2019 – Aug 2019 Ahilyanagar, India
Assisting in quality assurance of electrical components such as RCCB, contactors, and PMR
 
 
 
 
 

Electrical Engineering Expert

Chegg.com

Jun 2019 – Dec 2020 Remote
Solving complex electrical engineering and research problems for student subscribers of the platform

Accomplish­ments

A few feathers in my cap

WiCyS 2025 Scholar

Awarded WiCyS 2025 scholarship to attend and volunteer at conference in Dallas, USA
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Awardee of PwC’s first ever Chairperson’s Award

Changemaker’s award under the ’tranform the future’ category for innovation in service offerings along with a team of four
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WiCyS 2024 Scholar

Awarded WiCyS 2024 scholarship to attend and volunteer at conference in Nashville, USA
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Certified Ethical Hacker (CEHv11)

An entry level certification to to build a strong foundation in ethical hacking and cybersecurity practices.
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Recent Posts

MY FANS DON’T FEEL LIKE I HOLD ANYTHING BACK FROM THEM

Summary of my application with Oxford.

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