Ajay Venkata Nyayapathi
Security leader with 18+ years architecting and engineering security capabilities across cloud and hybrid environments — from enterprise SIEM and detection engineering to incident command, threat hunting, and security automation at scale.
Areas of expertise
Where I spend most of my engineering and leadership time.
Cloud & Infrastructure Security
Security architecture, controls, and threat modeling across enterprise cloud platforms and hybrid estates.
Detection & Threat Hunting
SIEM engineering, parser development, CTI, purple team, and threat hunt programs.
Security Automation & SOAR
SOAR playbooks and integrations that cut MTTR and remove manual SOC triage.
Incident Response & Compliance
Incident command for high-severity events; FedRAMP, NIST 800-53, ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI-DSS.
Security Architecture
Architecture-first security design, technical security reviews, and threat modeling for enterprise systems.
Security Advisory
Advising leadership and cross-functional teams on risk, strategy, security posture, and program prioritization.
Exposure Management
Identifying, prioritizing, and reducing attack surface across cloud, hybrid, and identity environments.
Securing AI Data Pipeline
Protecting data integrity, access control, and governance across AI/ML workflows and secure AI usage.