Parag Dave
Consultant at KPMG Global Services (KGS)
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Top SchoolParag Dave is a consultant based in Bengaluru with around a decade of hands-on experience in application security, specializing in mobile and backend vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, and secure development practices. He has led security engineering efforts—building enterprise static and dynamic analysis infrastructure, reverse engineering mobile apps, and bypassing anti-debugging protections to improve black-box testing accuracy. At Qualitrix he combined research and practical exploitation to produce proof-of-concept attacks that accelerated remediation and informed stakeholders, and he has a track record of creating reusable checklists and knowledge bases for VAPT workflows. Earlier roles honed his QA and AppSec program skills, including formalizing test strategies, peer secure code review processes, and mentoring junior engineers. He pairs a formal CS master’s with pragmatic engineering experience across startups and consulting, often translating complex technical risks into actionable business priorities. Notably, he has a knack for turning manual research into repeatable tooling and detection methods that strengthen product security posture.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Accounting, Bachelor's Degree, Accounting at Gujarat University
English, Hindi, Gujarati
Github Skills (88)
penetration-testing10
sitespeed10
security10
mobile-application10
owasp10
audit10
verification10
integrity10
android-app10
gitbook10
monitoring9
django9
api9
devsecops9
vulnerability-management9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
Seasides-india/2022
Jun 2022 - Feb 2023
Sea Sides 2020
Contributions:1 review, 5 PRs, 272 pushes in 8 months
seasides
owaspseasides/2020
Jan 2020 - Jun 2022
OWASP SeaSides Website 2020
Contributions:1 review, 222 PRs, 297 pushes in 2 years 5 months
securityowasp
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