Riya Dhakad

Cybersecurity student · Aspiring Web Security Analyst

Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India

@riya_dhakad

GitHub LinkedIn Telegram

0 followers

🎓 Bachelor of Technology in CSE Cyber Security at Acropolis Institute of Technology and Research · Graduating 2027

About

Cyber Security undergraduate with hands-on interest in web application security, vulnerability assessment, and security analysis. Active learner on TryHackMe, LetsDefend, and PortSwigger, with project and internship exposure in penetration testing and security research.

Experience

Internship

FoxFoster

Jul 2026 – Sep 2026

Skills learned: CTF challenge creation, Security Research, Writing Reports, VAPT.
Internship

CSI (Cyber Secured India) Virtual Internship

Apr 2025 – Jul 2025

Skills learned: Web Application Penetration, Reconnaissance, Machine Exploitation.

Education

2027

Bachelor of Technology

Acropolis Institute of Technology and Research

CSE Cyber Security · 2023 – 2027

CSE Cyber Security · 2023 – 2027
2023

Senior Secondary Class

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Ujjain 1

2023
2021

Higher Secondary Class

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Ujjain 1

2021

Skills

3 to 6 months

web application penetration testing

<3 months

SQL DNS TLS SSH Bash HTTP Python TCP/IP Owasp Zap OWASP Top 10 API Security Vulnerability Assessment Authentication and Authorization

Tools / apps / platforms

<3 months

Git Nmap Linux NPTEL Wazuh GitHub TryHackMe Wireshark Burp Suite Microsoft Windows Splunk Enterprise Google Cloud Platform

Projects

ArogyaJal

An early warning system that predicts water-borne disease outbreaks by correlating water quality parameters with community health symptoms for proactive public health monitoring.
AutoDecodeX

A cybersecurity tool that automatically detects, decodes, and analyzes multi-layer encoded text and steganographic data for CTF and digital forensics applications.

Courses & certifications

Cyber Security Foundation · Palo Alto Networks Academy · 2026
Google Cloud Certification in Cyber security · Google Cloud · 2025
Ethical Hacking, Practical Cyber Security for Practitioners · NPTEL · 2025
Introduction to Cybersecurity · Cisco Networking Academy · 2025
Cyber Secured India Internship Certificate · Cyber Secured India · 2025

🏆 Achievements & awards

Winner of Smart India Hackathon · 2025
Best Research Paper Award at IEEE-NSSAFE (National Level) at AITR · 2025
Research Paper published at conferences RAMSITA · 2026
Research Paper published at conferences NSSAFE · 2025
Top 1% on TryHackMe

⚽ Extracurricular activities

Co Advisor in IEEE TEMS, AITR
Finalist in CTFs, Innothon and SnowHacks
National Athlete Meet participant

🎯 Hobbies & interests

Athletics
CTF
Cybersecurity

Explore the Broxer community

💬 Q&A Ask about roles, salaries and interviews — and help others. 👥 Circles Join discussions on skills, companies and industries. 📰 Feed Follow updates and insights from the community.