Summary
Ashwathi Sasi is a Senior Threat Researcher with 8 years of hands-on experience in computer security, currently at Zscaler after progressing through roles from Associate to Senior within the company. She specializes in reverse engineering and exploit analysis, with strong programming skills in Python and C++, and a background as a competitive CTF player for teambi0s and TeamShakti. Her career blends applied threat research at enterprise scale with grassroots community involvement—she has organized security events like inctf and ShaktiCon, which reflects a commitment to mentoring and ecosystem building. Based in Bengaluru, she combines academic rigour from a BTech in Computer Science with practical incident-driven research, often bridging the gap between offensive techniques and defensive protections.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science, Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham