MANUJA MEDHANKARA
Engineering resilient defensive architectures and conducting offensive vulnerability assessments. Specialized in penetration testing, Linux infrastructure hardening, and high-performance open-source security utilities.
// PROFILE & SPECIFICATIONS
Bridging offensive research with hardened systems engineering.
Specialized in rigorous web application security assessments, offensive vulnerability chaining, and low-level Linux infrastructure hardening. My methodology pairs industrial compliance baselines with real-world adversarial testing techniques.
Beyond auditing, I build high-speed desktop security utilities in Rust and Tauri, create automated compliance auditors against CIS Benchmarks, and contribute to privacy-first open-source security software.
// CAPABILITIES & AUDIT DOMAINS
Penetration Testing
Offensive web application security assessments, vulnerability chaining, and comprehensive blackbox auditing.
Linux Hardening
System administration, kernel sysctl tuning, strict user permission models, and automated compliance auditing.
Security Tooling
Engineering high-speed custom vulnerability scanners, automation daemons, and defensive auditing utilities.
Network Recon
Packet inspection, service fingerprinting, protocol analysis, and external attack surface discovery.
Cloud & Container Sec
Container isolation, minimal base images, CI/CD secret scanning pipelines, and cloud posture evaluation.
Incident Forensics
Digital forensics, payload inspection, endpoint artifact parsing, log analysis, and threat hunting.
// SELECTED PROJECTS & ROADMAP
VulnRadar Security Scanner
Desktop security workstation and non-intrusive vulnerability auditor. Evaluates web attack surfaces, cryptographic posture, HTTP security headers, and generates 1-click remediation blueprints.
Linux Hardening Suite
Automated compliance and hardening engine for Linux infrastructure aligned with CIS Benchmarks and NIST 800-53 baselines.
Network Recon Pro
Asset discovery and protocol analysis framework featuring service fingerprinting, CVE correlation, and structured security reports.
Contact
Let's build something secure together.
Open for security consultations, penetration testing, systems engineering, compliance audits, and collaborative open-source tooling.