About the Author

Vijay Kumar Velu is a passionate information security practitioner, author, speaker, and blogger. He is currently working as associate director in one of the Big 4 based in Malaysia. He has more than 11 years of IT industry experience, is a licensed penetration tester, and specialized in providing technical solutions for a variety of cyber problems, ranging from simple security configuration reviews to cyber threat intelligence and incident response. He also holds multiple security qualifications, including Certified Ethical Hacker, EC-Council Certified Security Analyst, and Computer Hacking Forensics Investigator.

Vijay has been invited to speak at the National Cyber Security Summit (NCSS), Indian Cyber Conference (InCyCon), Open Cloud Conference, and other ethical hacking conferences held in India, and he has also delivered multiple guest lectures and training on the importance of information security at various business schools in India.

He has authored a book entitled Mobile Application Penetration Testing, and has also reviewed Learning Android Forensics, Packt Publishing.

In the information security community, Vijay serves as a member of the board in Kuala Lumpur for Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) and is the chair member of the National Cyber Defense and Research Center (NCDRC) in India. Outside work, he enjoys playing music and doing charity work.

Vijay is an early adopter of technology and always listens to any crazy ideas – so, if you have an innovative idea, product, or service, do not hesitate to drop him a line.

I would like to dedicate this book to the open source community and all security enthusiasts.
Special thanks to my mother, sister, brother, and father for believing in me and always encouraging me to do what I like with all my crazy ideas. Not to forget my gang of friends, Hackerz (Mega, Madhan, Sathish, Kumaresh, Parthi,and Vardha), and my colleagues, Rachel Martis and Reny Cheah for their support.

Thanks to Packt Publishing for all the support that they provided throughout the journey of this book, especially Chandan and Deepti for their indubitable coordination!