Manu Zacharia

Manu Zacharia

Manu Zacharia
Born Cochin, India
Nationality Indian
Occupation Author, computer security consultant.
Website
Hackit.co

Manu Zacharia is an Information Security evangelist.He is the Creator & Chief Architect of Matriux - Asia's first Security & Penetration Testing Operating System.[1]He is the Founder of Information Security Day Initiatives & c0c0n International Hacking and Information Security Conference.[2]

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Biography

Manu Zacharia started his career as a System & Network Administrator.He has certifications in CEH,CHFI,Microsoft Certified Professional,Certified ISO 27001:2005 Information Security Management System Lead Auditor,Cisco Certified Network Associate.[3]He extended his service to various state & central investigation agencies including Kerala Police on various Cyber Forensics Investigation issues, some of which attained national attention.Also associated with the Signal School , Centre for Defense Communication & Electronic Warfare - premier professional training institution of the Indian Navy in Communications and Information Warfare for their various security courses.President of Information Security Research Association (ISRA) and an active member of Data Security Council of India, Bangalore Chapter.He is a member of the Community Board of Advisors - EH-Net - Ethical Hacker Network Portal.[4]He is also an expert member of the Curriculum Review Committee of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) M-Tech Programme in Information Systems Security.

Awards

Awarded the prestigious Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - M V P award for 2009 in Enterprise Security stream.[5] Honored with the prestigious Asia Pacific Information Security Leadership Achievements Award for 2010 from (ISC)² under Senior Information Security Professional Category.[6]

Books & publications

Fadia, Ankit; Zacharia, Manu. Intrusion Alert: An Ethical Hacking Guide to Intrusion Detection, Course Technology PTR, 2020. ISBN 1598634143.

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