// SENIOR CYBERSECURITY SME

Securing Identity.
Enabling

Award winning Senior Cybersecurity Engineer SME with expertise in PAM, IAM administration, GRC compliance, and security analysis. Skilled in protecting systems and reducing risks with strategic security solutions.

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Koushik Anand

$ ForgeRock Global Rollout

$ Tenant Hygiene & Lifecycle Automation

$ Risk-based Adaptive Auth Policies

$ JIT Elevation (PIM/PAM)

$ Ephemeral Credentials Strategy

$ Break-glass Auditing & Monitoring

$ SOX / HIPAA / ISO Frameworks

$ Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

$ Privileged Risk Assessment

Media Feature

CyberDefense Magazine Expert Spotlight

Pragmatic approaches to IAM/PAM excellence at enterprise scale, published by Gary Miliefsky.

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Expert Spotlight Koushik Anand

Media Appearances

Video Interview

CyberDefense TV

Full-length video interview featuring KOUSHIK ANAND discussing IAM/PAM insights and enterprise-scale practices.

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Audio Podcast

CyberDefense Radio

Listen on-the-go — the full audio from the CyberDefense Magazine interview.

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Publications

7 Articles
IEEE Xplore

Automatic Drip Irrigation

Intelligent system optimizing water and fertilizer use for agricultural crops using fuzzy logic.

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IEEE Xplore

Durability of Rice Grains

ERH-based sensor system developed to measure rice granule moisture content with error.

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CDM Article

Protecting Web Apps with PAM

Extending Privileged Access Management (PAM) to web applications safeguards sensitive systems.

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Cloud Security

CIEM: Least Privilege

Strategies for enforcing least privilege in AWS, Azure, and GCP using continuous identity entitlement.

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Secrets Mgmt

Secrets Sprawl

Discovery, federation, rotation, and developer experience strategies for large environments.

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Auth Migration

SAML to OIDC Migration

Hidden gotchas, identifiers, and migration strategies that avoid breaking end-users.

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Coming Soon

Just-in-Time Privilege by Design

Scoped elevation, impersonation, and monitored break-glass patterns.

Research Projects

Development
Project Head

Identity Threat Hunter (ITH)

AI-powered identity threat hunting platform on Google Cloud Run + Vertex AI + Elastic, with honey-identity traps.

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Research Assistant

Project IDEAL

Explores how a humanoid robot mediates young children’s collaboration as they adapt to school.

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Lead Developer

GR Cup RaceBrain

Comprehensive Streamlit racing analytics platform for Toyota GR Cup Series telemetry data. Built for $20,000 Real-Time Analytics category.

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Developer

LocalAI - Smart Assistant

AI-powered restaurant recommendation system leveraging machine learning algorithms to analyze user preferences and Yelp data.

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Awards

2025 Honors
2025

Trailblazing PAM

Excellence in Privileged Access Strategy
2025

Trailblazing IAM

Leadership in Enterprise Identity
2025

Trailblazing GRC

Advancing Governance & Compliance