Security Partner at Facebook
San Francisco, California
Akamai Technologies
Application Software Engineer
July 2010 to July 2012
Bangalore
Security Partner
Lyft
Engineering Manager, Product Security
August 2018 to June 2020
Salesforce
Senior Product Security Engineer
June 2014 to August 2018
- Contributed as a developer to the Customer Relationship Management Tool of Akamai using Salesforce.com - Operated on a data integration tool using Cast-Iron - Earned a Spot Award for my work in May 2011 - Contributed as a developer to the Customer Relationship Management Tool of Akamai using Salesforce.com - Operated on a data integration tool using Cast-Iron - Earned a Spot Award for my work in May 2011
What company does Vinayendra Nataraja work for?
Vinayendra Nataraja works for Akamai Technologies
What is Vinayendra Nataraja's role at Akamai Technologies?
Vinayendra Nataraja is Application Software Engineer
What industry does Vinayendra Nataraja work in?
Vinayendra Nataraja works in the Computer & Network Security industry.
Who are Vinayendra Nataraja's colleagues?
Vinayendra Nataraja's colleagues are Gastón Kleiman, Chris Ota, Joshua Stoner, Scott Mangels, John Sanchez, Xinran Wang, Tom Peng, Christopher Burnett, David Bellona, and Daniela Forero
💼 Past Experience
Vinayendra Nataraja has experience in various roles in the security industry. Vinayendra earned his Security Engineer Badge from Akamai Technologies in Bangalore, India in 2010 and has been working in Salesforce ever since. He served as an Engineering Manager for Product Security at Lyft from August 2018 to June 2020, and also was the Founding Member of the Product Security Team at the company. Vinayendra also has experience in reviewing partner applications, pentesting partner apps for security flaws, and developing and governance of security solutions within a company.
🎓 Education
Education background and work readiness of Vinayendra Nataraja:Vinayendra Nataraja has a Master's degree in Information Assurance from Northeastern University from 2012 to 2014. He also holds a Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) from Rashtreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering (RVCE) from 2006 to 2010. In his previous education, Vinayendra Nataraja has expertise in Computer Science. He is currently working as an engineer with a company and is looking forward to using his education and skills in order to help his company achieve success.
💡 Technical & Interpersonal Skills
Security Partner at FacebookVinayendra Nataraja started his career as a security engineer at Facebook in 2010. There, he contributed to the Customer Relationship Management Tool of Akamai using Salesforce.com and operated on a data integration tool using Cast-Iron. He earned a Spot Award for his work in May 2011. engineering manager, product security at LyftFrom August 2018 to June 2020, Vinayendra Nataraja was a Founding member of the Product Security Team at Lyft. He designed and implemented vision and multi-year roadmap and recruited top talent and fostered careers with challenging projects. He also broke down silos to build partnerships with internal engineering and external security teams. security by designIn order to reduce product security operational load, Vinayendra Nataraja rolled out self-help tool for 100% of product teams. He also increased the researcher pool by 600%, resulting in a 10X increase in report quality. He partnered with Behavioral Engineering to drive down Security Debt by 30% and caused a 30% reduction in Security Debt. vulnerability managementVinayendra Nataraja facilitated Disclosure at Defcon 2017 and co-organized Coordinated Disclosure program with top Bug Bounty Researchers. He also drove Salesforce Bug Bountyefforts and managed researcher relationship.bug bountyAs a leader in bug bounty, Vinayendra Nataraja kicked off Salesforce Bug Bountyefforts in 2014. He drove the efforts to improve detection and prevention capabilities and develop automation and tooling to improve detection and prevention capabilities. In 2017, he partnered with Behavior Engineering to drive down Security Debt by 30%. He also created a plan to burn down existing vulnerable dependencies in codebase.coordinated disclosureIn 2018, Vinayendra Nataraja spearheads the development and automation efforts of Salesforce SSDL process. He is also a reviewer partner applications and is responsible for pentesting Partner Apps for security flaws and guide partners in building Secure applications.
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