He is a seasoned Penetration Tester with over 11 years of experience, specializing in application security and bug bounty research. Throughout his career, he has identified and responsibly disclosed critical vulnerabilities, earning recognition in the Hall of Fame of organizations such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), General Motors, Sony, HTC, PagerDuty, AT&T, and Mobikwik. His work reflects a strong commitment to ethical hacking, responsible disclosure, and advancing application security practices.
He is an entrepreneur, presenter, and blogger with over 10 years of experience as a Penetration Tester, specializing in application and cloud security. A passionate bug bounty hunter, he has been featured in the Hall of Fame of organizations including the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), General Motors, Sony, HTC, PagerDuty, AT&T, and Mobikwik, among others.
He has spoken at leading conferences such as RSA APAC, DeepSec Austria, BSides Ahmedabad, COCON, RedTeam Security Summit, and AWS Community Day, and is a regular contributor to security meetups including OWASP and Null. His research spans AWS security, supply chain security, mobile and IoT security, logical vulnerabilities, and applied machine learning in cybersecurity.
Ankit has delivered guest lectures at IIT Roorkee and NIT, conducted hands-on AWS security workshops, and published research in PenTest Magazine. Beyond cybersecurity, he is an active blogger, YouTube creator, traveler, and photography enthusiast with a keen interest in governance and RTI activism.