Akshay Rohatgi (hypernova)

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student: cs @ uci
focus: applied ai for cyber, SaaS security, and infrasec
certs: oscp
highlights: 2025 ccdc champion -> speaker @ bsides lv -> 3x cyberPatriot champion -> blog: 7k+ visits -> organizer @ wrccdc ->

experience

jun–sep 2026

Meta security engineer intern

built detections and threat models across SaaS surfaces including GWS, GitHub, and Slack

jun–sep 2025

Microsoft software engineer intern

built LLM-powered telemetry collection for applications deployed on Kubernetes

earlier experience · 2022–2024

jun–sep 2024

ResMed security operations intern

engineered security alerts and improved observability

jun–dec 2023

UC Office of the President security analyst intern

documented and analyzed the organization’s security posture

jul 2022

Binary Defense threat research intern

researched detection opportunities for CVE-2022-26134

GameOfEverything -> BSidesLV '27 talk ->

agentic system to build vulnerable cyber ranges on demand

02 Aeacus ->

vulnerability remediation training tool

03 Starshower ->

personal toolkit for red team operations

Steven Ngo, Akshay Rohatgi, and Joshua Garcia · SIGCSE TS 2027

github -> linkedin -> twitter ->