Hi, I'm Akshay.

I've spent the last 8+ years at the intersection of software engineering and information security. My career has taken me through security operations, application security, and cloud security architecture — giving me a full-stack view of how attackers think and how defenders can build systems that are resilient by design.

My current focus is cloud-native security: designing architectures on AWS, GCP, and Azure that are secure from day zero. I specialize in zero trust implementations, where I help organizations move away from the outdated perimeter model to identity-first, least-privilege architectures that work in a world of remote work and distributed systems.

I also care deeply about DevSecOps — the practice of making security a first-class citizen in the software development lifecycle. I've built security pipelines that catch vulnerabilities at commit time rather than in production, and I've seen how this shift fundamentally changes an organization's security posture.

Outside of work, I write about security trends and practical techniques on this blog, contribute to open-source security tooling, and occasionally speak at security conferences.