Cybersecurity Engineer

Ankit
Bandyopadhyay.

B.Tech CSE @ KIIT University — building tools at the intersection of offensive security, systems, and intelligence.

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#6
IoT Lab CTF solo

About

I break things
to understand them.

Third-year CSE undergrad at KIIT Deemed University (2023–2027), specialising in cybersecurity. My work spans CTF competitions, hardware security, and full-stack tooling for security workflows.

I interned at Thales India (May–Jun 2025), working on real-world security infrastructure. On the side, I build projects like a honeytoken deception system and a blockchain-based bug bounty portal.

Outside of code: I compete in CTFs, build hardware projects (one won 1st place at the college Project Expo and is being considered for patenting), and push code daily.

$ whoami
ankit — security researcher, builder
$ cat focus.txt
- Offensive security & CTFs
- Hardware + IoT security
- Deception / honeypot tech
- Blockchain security tools
$ cat education.txt
B.Tech CSE, KIIT University
Batch: 2023–2027
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Skills

Technical Arsenal

Tools, languages, and domains I work in.

🐍
Python
Advanced
🔐
Penetration Testing
Proficient
⚙️
C / C++
Intermediate
🌐
Web Security
Advanced
⛓️
Blockchain / Solidity
Intermediate
🐧
Linux / Bash
Proficient
🔬
Forensics / Reverse Eng.
Intermediate
☁️
Cloud / Docker / K8s
Proficient

Projects

Things I've Built

Deception Security
poisoned-json

Honeytoken deception system that embeds trackable tokens in JSON artifacts. Detects and attributes unauthorized data access with zero-trust canary logic. Deployed on Vercel.

Node.js Vercel Canary Tokens JavaScript
Blockchain Security
Sentinel-Chain

Decentralized file integrity monitoring system combining blockchain immutability with ML-based anomaly detection for tamper-proof audit trails.

Solidity Hardhat Python FastAPI Sepolia
Cryptography
DeadSwitch

Cryptographic dead man's switch — automatically releases or destroys encrypted data based on configurable liveness proofs. Built for operational security use cases.

Python Cryptography Blockchain
Web3 / Bug Bounty
VDP-Auth

Blockchain-based vulnerability disclosure portal with on-chain reputation, cryptographic proof-of-discovery, and decentralized researcher identity management.

Solidity React IPFS Ethereum
Hardware — 🥇 1st Place
Hardware Security Project

Won 1st place at KIIT Project Expo. Under consideration for patenting. Details kept proprietary — reach out directly to discuss.

Hardware IoT Embedded
AI / FinTech
Intelligent Stock Forecasting

Hybrid AI decision support for NSE equities: ensemble ML models, FinBERT sentiment analysis, RAG pipeline, and a Streamlit dashboard for real-time insights.

Python FinBERT Streamlit RAG

CTF Achievements

Capture the Flag

Competing solo in offensive security challenges.

Solo
Top 15%
picoCTF 2026
Global ranking — Carnegie Mellon University
Solo
#6
IoT Lab CTF
6th place — Internet of Things security challenges
Domains Covered
Web Exploitation Reverse Engineering Forensics Cryptography Binary Exploitation OSINT IoT / Hardware Network Analysis

Experience

Where I've Worked

May 2025 — Jun 2025
Cybersecurity Intern
Thales India · Internship
  • Worked on real-world security infrastructure in a global defense-technology environment.
  • Gained hands-on exposure to enterprise security tooling, access control, and secure systems design.
  • Collaborated with the engineering team on security assessment workflows.
2023 — Present
B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering
KIIT Deemed to be University · Bhubaneswar
  • Specialisation in cybersecurity — coursework in networks, cryptography, OS, and systems security.
  • Competed in multiple national and international CTFs, winning 1st at Project Expo.
  • Active GitHub contributor and GitHub Student Developer Pack beneficiary.

Contact

Let's build
something real.

Open to internships, collaborations, and security research opportunities.