Himaja Nagula

Designed and deployed agentic workflows improving automation efficiency ~30% and scalability; developed and integrated 150+ MCP server configs with QA testing to enhance system reliability and authored 15+ technical briefs aligning platform security with NIST AI RMF.

Composed and automated a third-party supplier risk assessment process reducing manual effort 50% and built Power BI dashboards for real-time risk visibility, improving reporting efficiency by 30%.

Executed 50+ security tests (SBOM, SAST/DAST) meeting FDA, HIPAA and NIST compliance and automated SBOM generation via Veracode and Black Duck integrated into Jenkins, reducing effort by 70%.

Enhanced vulnerability management 35% via dashboard creation and risk assessments for 100+ products and researched zero-trust architectures to advance OT system resilience.

Investigated 600+ Active Directory group policies to optimize Windows security and improved high availability 50% by deploying DCS in Kubernetes while integrating OWASP Top 10 checks into assessment workflows.

Conducted threat hunting and attack surface analysis using MITRE ATT&CK and Diamond Model and mapped 10+ attack vectors in GreyMatter and QRadar to improve detection training.

Grade: 3.27 GPA

Master of Science in Cybersecurity with coursework in Malware Reverse Engineering, Network Security, and Applied Cryptography; achieved a 3.27 GPA.

Grade: 3.71 GPA

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with coursework in Secure Coding, Operating Systems, and Capture the Flag competitions; achieved a 3.71 GPA.