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Chakradhar C.

Lead Pentester & Compliance Specialist | SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS

🔐 Pass your security review. Close the enterprise deal. ⭐ Top Rated Plus | 8+ years | 1,000+ pentests | SOC 2, ISO 27001 & PCI DSS programs led When an enterprise prospect asks for your SOC 2 report, pentest results, or a completed security questionnaire, the deal stalls until you have answers. I help B2B companies get those answers fast. I'm a lead penetration tester who has also led SOC 2, PCI DSS, and ISO 27001 compliance programs at Securily/Penti. I'm not an advisor who hands you a strategy deck and leaves. I'm hands-on: I test your applications, configure your compliance platform, write your policies, collect evidence, join your auditor meetings, and complete your questionnaires. 📌 I Can Help If You... ✅ Need a pentest report for an audit, an enterprise customer, or a funding round ✅ Bought Vanta or Drata, but your compliance project has stalled ✅ Have a security questionnaire due and nobody available to answer it ✅ Are preparing for your first SOC 2, ISO 27001, or PCI DSS audit ✅ Want one expert handling testing and compliance instead of two vendors 📋 Compliance & GRC 🔹 SOC 2 Type I & II, ISO 27001, and PCI DSS readiness, from gap assessment to audit 🔹 HIPAA and GDPR compliance programs 🔹 Vanta and Drata setup, integrations, and ongoing administration 🔹 Policies, risk assessments, risk treatment plans, and control mappings 🔹 Evidence collection and auditor meetings, handled end to end 🔹 Security questionnaires: [SIG, SIG Lite, CAIQ] 🔹 Security awareness training and phishing simulations (KnowBe4) 🛡️ Penetration Testing 🔹 Web applications (OWASP Top 10, OWASP ASVS) 🔹 APIs, REST and GraphQL (OWASP API Security Top 10) 🔹 Mobile apps, Android and iOS (OWASP MASVS / MASTG) 🔹 External and internal networks, including Active Directory 🔹 Cloud environments on AWS and Azure 📊 500+ web, 300+ API, 200+ mobile, 100+ external, and 50+ internal network pentests delivered, following OWASP, PTES, NIST SP 800-115, and OSSTMM. Vulnerabilities acknowledged by Yahoo, SolarEdge, Imgur, Artsy, and others via HackerOne. 📄 Every report includes an executive summary, CVSS-scored findings with proof of concept, developer-friendly remediation guidance, a retest to verify fixes, and an attestation letter for auditors or customers. 🧰 Tools: Vanta, Drata, KnowBe4, Burp Suite Pro, Nmap, Nessus, Metasploit, ffuf, sqlmap, Nuclei, MobSF, Frida, BloodHound, Impacket. 🚀 How to Get Started Send me a message with what you need. After a short scoping call, I'll send you a fixed-price scope of work within 24 hours.

🇮🇳Guntur, India$50/hr100% JSS5.00 (45)Since Sep 2020

Earnings and projects

MRR
$448

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#82,335 / 412k
🇮🇳Country#8,725 / 45.9k
Revenue, last 30 days
$0

Last 6 months: $2.7k

Total earnings
$77k

Billed in all: $80k

World#51,676 / 412k
🇮🇳Country#8,102 / 45.9k
Per project
$1.1k

$672 in the last 6 months

World#115,765 / 412k
🇮🇳Country#14,515 / 45.9k
Projects, last 6 months
4
100% fixed0% hourly
World#51,815 / 412k
🇮🇳Country#6,157 / 45.9k
Projects in all
69

Across 78 contracts

63% fixed37% hourly
World#43,516 / 412k
🇮🇳Country#7,508 / 45.9k

Earnings, last 30 days

$79.9kNothing earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$78k$79k$80k$81kOct 8Oct 23Nov 7

Skill rankings: Top 17% in Metasploit

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