Kripa Shanker
Security Researcher Scientist at Rakuten Symphony
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Summary
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Top SchoolKripa Shanker is a security research scientist and PhD candidate specializing in cloud security and trusted execution environments. Based in Bengaluru, he focuses on securing cloud applications running on untrusted platforms by leveraging hardware-based TEEs to protect code and data. With a decade of experience spanning academia and industry—including a current role at Rakuten Symphony and prior work in blockchain security at Banyan Intelligence—he blends research rigor with practical security engineering. His background as a teaching assistant at IISc and hands-on web development work provide a strong foundation in both theory and implementation. He brings a curious, outcome-driven approach to building secure, auditable cloud systems and translates complex security concepts into deployable solutions.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology - B.Tech., Computer Science & Engineering, Bachelor of Technology - B.Tech., Computer Science & Engineering at Institute of Engineering and Rural Technology, AllahabadIntermediate, Computer science, Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry, Intermediate, Computer science, Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry at BSF School JammuDoctor of Philosophy - Ph.D., Cloud Security, Doctor of Philosophy - Ph.D., Cloud Security at Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
English, Hindi
Github Skills (19)
kubernetes9
python9
datamining6
artifacts5
network-tools5
disk3
intel3
intel-sgx3
sgx3
signing3
linux2
cms2
vault2
blockchain2
ethereum2
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
kripa432/scripts
Oct 2017 - Mar 2025
Contributions:47 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 5 months
iisc-cssl/porpoise
May 2020 - Sep 2021
Contributions:1 release, 19 commits, 10 pushes in 1 year 4 months
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