Parul Sharma is an associate director at K2 Integrity and part of its Cyber Risk Management team, where he focuses on digital forensics and incident response operations, as well as cyber crime investigations, for high-profile and high-net-worth individuals. Parul provides in-person training to ensure K2 Integrity clients are proactive about their cybersecurity and are armed with the knowledge they need to stay safe online.
In addition to responding to cyber incidents such as active network intrusion, ransomware infection, and spear phishing, Parul assists clients with a range of investigations, including inquiries uncovering incidents of corporate fraud, theft of intellectual property, executive malfeasance, corporate espionage, employee misconduct, and insider hacking.
Before joining K2 Integrity, Parul worked as a cybersecurity expert and a friendly hacker at Siemens. As a part of its global audit team, he focused on reviewing and strengthening the cybersecurity controls of various products and services, and on the research and development of forensics techniques within the growing IoT space. He began his career as a researcher, engineering the security pillars of the next-generation internet.
Parul received an M.S. in cybersecurity from New York University, and a B.S. in computer applications and security from Lovely Professional University. During his time at NYU, he performed substantial research in mobile security, anti-forensics, and vulnerability assessment for IoT frameworks.