Chandrakanth Narreddy
About Chandrakanth Narreddy
Chandrakanth Narreddy serves as the Head of Security and Privacy at Zendrive, where he has worked since 2018. He has extensive experience in information security, having held positions at notable companies including Amazon, McKinsey & Company, and Deloitte.
Current Role at Zendrive
Chandrakanth Narreddy serves as the Head of Security and Privacy at Zendrive, a position he has held since 2018. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing the security protocols and privacy measures implemented within the organization. His work focuses on ensuring that Zendrive's systems and data are secure and compliant with relevant regulations. He operates from the Bengaluru Area in India.
Previous Experience at Amazon
Chandrakanth worked at Amazon as a Security Engineer from 2016 to 2018. During his tenure, he contributed to enhancing the security infrastructure and protocols within the organization. His role involved identifying vulnerabilities and implementing measures to protect sensitive information.
Professional Background in Information Security
Chandrakanth has extensive experience in information security, having held various roles in notable companies. He was a Senior Information Security Consultant at Foundstone, McAfee from 2008 to 2011, and an Information Security Consultant at IRM PLC for nine months in 2007. He also worked at Deloitte as an Information Security Consultant from 2005 to 2007.
Education and Technical Contributions
Chandrakanth earned a Bachelor of Technology degree from the National Institute of Technology Warangal, where he studied from 2001 to 2005. He has made significant technical contributions, including the creation of 'siv', a nonce reuse misuse resistant symmetric encryption library for Golang, and 'gopqr', a tool for zero touch credentials rotation for Postgres connections in Go. He also developed 'swooSSH', an open-source SSH CA and Identity Management tool.
Notable Projects and Tools Developed
Throughout his career, Chandrakanth has developed several notable tools and projects that enhance security protocols. He created 'sillyproxy', a TLS terminating reverse proxy that supports multiple certificates for the same domain, and 'sniproxy', a reverse proxy that enables zero trust security for remote TLS connection handling, authentication, and authorization.