Who Am I?
I’m a software and security engineer with a background in electronic systems engineering and data science. I spend my time exploring the topic of security, distributed systems, and human life.
This space is my laboratory and observatory, where I document security research, build security or privacy focused tools, and share what I learn through writeups and experiments.
What I Do
Security Engineering & Research: I like to keep things sharp. Continuous learning and document my approaches through detailed writeups. Topics include modern distributed Systems/API exploitation, DNS enumeration, OSINT, and web application security, product and cloud security.
Privacy Tools & Experiments: I build minimal tools that demonstrate security concepts and integrate security as part of the engineering stack. For example: Digital Mirror shows what information browsers expose to websites—a hands-on way to understand your digital fingerprint.
Software Engineering: I design and build secure, performant systems with a focus on cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, distributed systems, auth*, and modern practices.
Philosophy
Minimalism: Less code means fewer bugs, faster performance, and clearer thinking. I believe in building only what’s necessary.
Transparency with Defense-in-Depth: I assume full disclosure. Tools and techniques are open-sourced and documented, with security enforced through layered, resilient controls, not secrecy.
User Privacy: People should understand what data they’re sharing. My work aim to make the invisible visible.
Learning in Public: Every project teaches something new. I (try) to share as much possible to help others navigate similar challenges.
Background & Experience
I work as a software security engineer, specializing in cloud infrastructure security, product security, and distributed systems. My technical foundation comes from studying electronic systems and software engineering, with additional focus on data science and machine learning.
Contact & Collaboration
Tapasvi Bansal
Security Engineer & Researcher | Work Profile
Interested in security research or software project collaboration, CTF challenges or hackathons, or discussing software security and privacy tools? Let's connect.
Recent Work
Check out my latest security writeups covering CTF challenges, vulnerability research, and hands-on security techniques. I also build experimental tools that demonstrate web security concepts and privacy implications.