Summary
Aditya Wate is a Senior Threat Researcher based in Calgary with over a decade of experience specializing in malware analysis, attack simulation, and detection engineering across network, email, and endpoint domains. He has driven threat research and content development at leading security teams including Sophos, Cisco Talos, and FireEye, translating deep reverse-engineering insights into behavior rules and product features that improve detection efficacy. Comfortable operating at the intersection of research and product, he has built tooling and simulations to validate defenses and proactively measure coverage against real-world kill chains. Earlier in his career he combined software and integration expertise from enterprise roles to automate security workflows and SIEM integrations, giving him a pragmatic engineering mindset alongside research rigor. Known for turning advanced evasions into actionable detections, he brings a rare blend of hands-on reverse engineering and product-focused threat modeling.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya
Master of Science (MS), Computer Science, Master of Science (MS), Computer Science at Northeastern University
English, Hindi, Marathi