Alen Paul
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● Cybersecurity consultant

Alen Paul

I work on security testing and compliance assessments.

Most recently Consultant III, Technology Audit at Protiviti.

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01Security testingVAPT · red team support
02Compliance & auditISO 27001 · NIST · UAE IA
03Security reviewsCloud · network · ITGC
01 About

Security testing and compliance. For the last few years I've worked on testing and audit engagements in India and the Middle East.

That has included compliance and gap assessments, IT general controls testing, cloud and network security reviews, and vulnerability assessments and penetration tests, usually against frameworks like ISO 27001, NIST, CIS and UAE IA.

I aim to present findings in a way that is clear and actionable for both technical teams and management.

02 Focus areas

What I've worked on

03 Toolbox

The toolbox

Tools and frameworks I've used on engagements.

01Cloud
  • AWS
  • Azure
02Testing
  • Burp Suite
  • Nessus
  • Metasploit
  • Nmap
  • Wireshark
  • Nipper Studio
  • Kali Linux
03Frameworks
  • ISO 27001
  • NIST 800-53
  • SOC 2
  • CSA CCM
  • CIS Benchmarks
  • MITRE ATT&CK
  • UAE IA
  • DESC ISR
04Open source
  • Prowler
  • ScoutSuite
  • OPA
  • Nuclei
  • SpiderFoot
  • Nikto
  • DirBuster
  • Python
  • Bash
04 Selected work

Featured project

A university project that was published at IEEE ICOECA 2024. More of my code is on GitHub.

Academic project · Apr 2024✦ Published · IEEE ICOECA 2024

Enhancing cloud governance and compliance using Open Policy Agent in AWS

  • Built a policy-as-code compliance framework integrating Open Policy Agent with AWS Config through a Lambda function, evaluating live resource configurations against custom Rego policies.
  • Automated remediation of non-compliant resources with AWS Systems Manager runbooks, and surfaced prioritised compliance status in a dashboard on AWS Glue, Athena and QuickSight.
Publication Amazon Web Services Cloud Compliance Automation with Open Policy Agent

A DevSecOps approach that embeds OPA in the CI/CD pipeline to validate AWS CloudFormation templates against security policy, blocking non-compliant infrastructure before it is deployed.

IEEE · ICOECA 2024 Read the paper ↗
05 Experience

Experience & education

Technology risk and security assurance engagements.

2026

Consultant III

Protiviti · Technology Audit
  • Delivered security and compliance gap assessments against UAE IA, DESC ISR, ISO 27001 and CSA CCM, and tracked remediation to closure.
  • Carried out data centre physical security assessments and prepared audit-ready control documentation.
2024 — 2026

Consultant II

Protiviti · India & Saudi Arabia
  • Delivered cybersecurity, infrastructure and network audits for clients across several sectors.
  • Performed VAPT across internal and external systems, and supported red team engagements.
  • Tested ITGC design and operating effectiveness.
✦ Accelerator Award · 2025
2020 — 2024

B.Tech, CSE · Cyber Security

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Chennai
06 Credentials

Credentials

INE2025

eJPT

Junior Penetration Tester

INE2025

CCA

Certified Cloud Associate

Aviatrix2024

ACE

Multi-Cloud Network Associate

ISC22024

CC

Certified in Cybersecurity

07 Support

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08 Contact

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