Pavan Karthick M

Pavan is a Threat Researcher with nearly four years of experience at CloudSEK, where he works on understanding attacker behavior and transforming emerging threats into product capabilities that support intelligence teams. As part of this work, his team has advanced threat intelligence through AI-driven automation, improving the depth of threat feeds and accelerating response timelines. His focus areas include malware delivery techniques, large-scale attacker operations, and ensuring intelligence leads to meaningful security decisions.

His research on information-stealer malware has been acknowledged by leading intelligence agencies for its contribution to understanding modern malware ecosystems. Pavan has spoken at both international and local security events, including meetups and conferences in Mumbai, Tokyo, and Thailand, with appearances at HITB Phuket. He is also a chapter leader for one of India’s most active cybersecurity communities, where he actively contributes to knowledge sharing, mentoring, and community-driven learning.