Ankur Tyagi
Security Research Engineer at Cisco Talos Intelligence Group
San Francisco Bay Area United States
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Top SchoolAnkur Tyagi is a Security Research Engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience in network security, anti-malware (EDR/XDR), and threat research, currently contributing to detection and response at Cisco Talos. He has led threat research and automation initiatives at Qualys—building breach simulation, attack surface mapping, rule parsers, and MITRE ATT&CK-based scoring—and previously developed IDS/IPS signatures and exploitation coverage at Juniper. Comfortable across Python, shell, Unix and Windows environments, he blends product-focused PoC work with deep technical research into malware, telemetry aggregation, and false-positive reduction. Ankur is an active conference presenter and maintains independent projects outside work, reflecting a continuous drive to innovate beyond his day job. Though rooted in engineering, he brings an uncommon mix of research rigor and product-minded automation that accelerates detection maturity and operationalization.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree Software Systems, Master's Degree Software Systems at BITS Pilani Work Integrated Learning ProgrammesHigh School Diploma Science , High School Diploma Science at Bhonsala Military School, NagpurBachelor of Engineering - BE Information Technology, Bachelor of Engineering - BE Information Technology at Savitribai Phule Pune University
English, Hindi
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Github Skills (40)
ctf10
networking10
aircrack-ng10
security9
python9
cli9
command-line-tool8
apt8
penetration-testing8
802-118
pdf-generation8
pdf7
bash7
command-line7
satellite7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
7h3rAm/kalpi
Dec 2015 - Feb 2023
Contributions:80 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 2 months
7h3rAm/datastore
Mar 2023 - Apr 2023
Contributions:442 pushes, 1 branch in 24 days
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