Prathibha Mualeedhara

Additional Info

Job title of nominated professional (or team name)Cyber Security Leader - Architecture & Product Security
Company (where nominated professional or team is working)Stanley Black & Decker
Websitehttps://www.stanleyblackanddecker.com/
Company size (employees)10,000 or more
CountryUnited States
Headquarters RegionNorth America

Overview

An amalgamation of resilience, innovation, and dedication would better define Prathibha Muraleedhara. With over a decade of experience as an information security architect, she is highly accomplished and sought-after, and she is known for her adeptness in fortifying products, systems, and data against cyber threats. With a solid educational background and a passion for cybersecurity, Prathibha has consistently demonstrated exceptional leadership and technical expertise across various organizations, leaving a significant impact on the cybersecurity landscape.
She is a leading author with several published research papers, book chapters and scholarly articles. She is board member – Director of Cyber Wyoming helping small businesses implement security controls to protect their customers. She is a committee member of the WiCyS conference 2024. She is an Ambassador for eCyberMission national competition. Also a committee member for ISSA Women in Security special group.
Elevating her career trajectory, Prathibha worked for HP Inc., Fort Collins, Colorado, as an Information System Architect. Here, she performed infrastructure security architecture reviews, assessed web applications for vulnerabilities, and led the cybersecurity efforts to pentest the entire HP Enterprise Printer cloud platform and its services.
As a Manager for Security Architecture, she has created, automated and optimized process flows for security architecture review, pentesting and vulnerability disclosure programs. She has defined security architecture policies that is adhered to by the entire organization of 50,000 employees. She leads a dynamic team that performs security reviews to ensure security standards are met by the SBD products manufactured. Her proactive approach to building and managing security processes, coupled with her technical acumen in conducting security assessments, threat modeling, and penetration testing, has significantly enhanced the company’s cybersecurity posture.
Refusing to allow gender stereotypes to dictate her path, Prathibha not only overcame challenges that came her way but emerged stronger and more resilient.

Accomplishments

1) Prathibha has found innovative strategies to automate and optimize security programs like security architecture reviews, pentesting, cloud security, and vulnerability disclosure programs. Through new strategies, she was able to reduce the time spent on each review and was able to reduce the queue wait time from 6 months to 0 days. The security program productivity was increased by 98%. Thus through innovative strategies, she was able to optimize several cybersecurity programs.


2) She is a leading author is the cyber security space. Here are some of her invaluable published work -
● A chapter in an IGI Global published in a book on “Analysing and Mitigating Security Risks in Cloud Computing,” focusing on Threat Modeling and Risk Analysis for Cloud Deployments.
● Article published in ScienceDirect KeAi – Elsevier, exploring the vulnerabilities of Bluetooth devices and strategies for mitigation.
● Contribution to the ISSA Journal with an article titled “Mobile Application Security: Risk and Remediation,” addressing prevalent security risks in mobile applications.
● Feature in Pentest Magazine discussing “Subdomain Takeover – Security Risk and Remediation,” offering insights into mitigating security risks associated with subdomain takeovers.
● Article in Cyber Defense Magazine discussing “Wireless Peripheral Devices - Security Risk, Exploits, and Remediation,” shedding light on security vulnerabilities in wireless peripheral devices.
● Presentation at the Grace Hopper Conference Proceedings in 2019 on “Cybersecurity Emerging Attacks on Mobile Applications,” showcasing expertise in combating emerging cyber threats.
● Bachelor’s Project Publications on “Power Theft Detection” and “Utility Fog” at Vis Technological University (VTU), highlighting innovative solutions in cyber security.


3) She goes above and beyond to serve her community in the field of cyber security by contributing to the following organizations:
-Cyber Wyoming Board Member - Helping small businesses in the community implement security controls.
-ISSA Women in Security Committee Member
-WiCyS 2024 Committee Member - https://www.wicys.org/events/wicys-2024-committees/
-eCyberMission – Ambassador
-ISACA SheLeadsTech Ambassador
-ISSA North Colorado Chapter Member
-ISA 99 committee


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