Sidharth Kaushik is a security-focused founder and senior R&D consultant with a decade of experience building resilient cloud and Windows infrastructure that often catches failures invisible on paper. Based in Sydney, he blends penetration testing, Azure, full-stack development, and machine learning to create governance and automation platforms—most recently launching GovernSafe and previously leading R&D work at Atos. He has hands-on credentials in Office 365/Azure migrations, Teams extensions (demoed at Microsoft Ignite), and centralized DSC automation for Windows, plus practical ML/DL applications for license and resource optimization. An entrepreneur at heart, he has founded multiple startups including SID-CORP (AV/AI research) and a travel social app, demonstrating a knack for turning security research into products. Active in the CTF community as a Hack The Box "Guru," he brings offensive security insight to defensive engineering and SaaS design. His academic grounding (Master’s by Research in Computer Science) reinforces a research-driven approach to pragmatic, auditable security solutions.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Masters by Research, Computer Science, 88.4%, Masters by Research, Computer Science, 88.4% at Macquarie University
Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science, Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science at The Technological Institute of Textiles & Sciences
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