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 (35)
ctf10
networking10
security10
pdf-document9
python9
aircrack-ng9
cli9
command-line8
802-118
penetration-testing7
apt7
earth7
elf6
pentesting6
network6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
7h3rAm/writeups
Jul 2020 - Aug 2022
Writeups for vulnerable machines.
Contributions:92 commits, 83 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
vulnerablehacktheboxmachinesctfsecurity
7h3rAm/datastore
Mar 2023 - Apr 2023
Contributions:442 pushes, 1 branch in 24 days
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