Aanchal Malhotra
Head Of Research at Internet Engineering Task Force
Belmont, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolAanchal Malhotra is a cybersecurity researcher and engineering leader with a decade of experience translating academic rigor into production-ready security systems, currently heading Research at RippleX. She holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science (Cyber Security) from Boston University and has deep technical expertise in network architecture, Python, SQL and packet analysis with Wireshark. Her background spans academia, standards bodies and industry—serving on TRISA’s board and as a Security Area reviewer for the IETF—bridging protocol design, threat analysis and applied cryptography. Previously she led research engineering at RippleX after internships at Cloudflare, Akamai and Cisco, giving her a rare mix of formal provable-security training and hands-on product security practice. Based in Belmont, MA, she is known for turning complex research into pragmatic, auditable solutions that inform standards and industry tooling.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science (Cyber Security), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science (Cyber Security) at Graduate School of Arts & Science, Boston UniversityMaster's Degree, Computer Science (Cyber Security), First Division, Master's Degree, Computer Science (Cyber Security), First Division at Boston University
English, French, Hindi, Punjabi
Github Skills (46)
crypto10
ledger10
exporter10
prometheus-exporter10
cryptocurrency10
xrp10
blockchain10
cryptography10
daemon10
cpp10
system-information10
ripple9
procfs9
payment9
api9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
aanchal4/code-fights-solutions
Oct 2017 - Feb 2020
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 4 months
aanchal4/XRPL-Standards
Mar 2023 - Oct 2023
XRP(L) community defined Standards / Drafts & discussions, to be used in platforms, apps, etc.
Contributions:2 PRs, 33 pushes, 2 branches in 6 months
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