Deepansh Kumar
About Deepansh Kumar
Deepansh Kumar is a Security Analyst I with a background in Computer Science and Engineering. He has experience in security incident response and threat hunting, having worked for various companies including Guardian Life and Intact.
Current Role at Intact Financial Corporation
Deepansh Kumar serves as a Security Analyst I at Intact Financial Corporation since 2024. In this role, he focuses on security incident response and provides advisories to enhance the company's protection and security monitoring. His responsibilities include conducting threat hunts and utilizing various security tools to investigate and mitigate potential threats.
Previous Experience at Guardian Life
Before joining Intact, Deepansh Kumar worked at Guardian Life as an Engineer-IT from 2020 to 2023. During his three years in this hybrid role based in Gurugram, Haryana, India, he designed and implemented networking best practices, demonstrating a comprehensive understanding of data processing within networks.
Education and Expertise in Cybersecurity
Deepansh Kumar holds a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering from Manav Rachna International Institute of Research & Studies, which he completed from 2016 to 2020. He furthered his education by obtaining a Master's degree in Cybersecurity from the New York Institute of Technology - Vancouver, studying from 2023 to 2024.
Experience in Digital Forensics and Security Analysis
Deepansh Kumar has a background in digital forensics and security analysis. He worked as a Digital Forensics Evidence Examiner at SysTools Software Pvt Ltd for two months in 2019. Additionally, he held a position as a Security Analyst at Codec Networks Pvt Ltd for one month in 2018, where he developed Python scripts to automate threat response tasks.
Skills in Threat Hunting and Security Tools
In his roles, Deepansh Kumar has developed skills in threat hunting and the use of security tools. He performs threat hunts using the Crowdwatch Overwatch module and conducts structured threat hunts based on Cyber Threat Intelligence. His proficiency includes working with SIEM tools such as Microsoft Defender, Crowdstrike Falcon, and Sentinel.