Bharat Kayth — CEO
Chief Executive Officer at SecureThread Ops and Chief Product Officer at Sandbox Security with comprehensive expertise in offensive security product development and enterprise red team operations. Proven executive leadership directing AI-powered red team emulation frameworks, attack surface management platforms, and secure code review automation solutions. Previously served as Principal Researcher in Advanced Techniques Team at Microsoft Defender, leading adversary emulation initiatives, threat intelligence operationalization, and sophisticated multi-stage attack campaign validation against global threat telemetries. Deep technical proficiency in exploit development, EDR/AV evasion techniques, custom C2 infrastructure development, and reverse-engineering adversary tooling modifications. Specialized in MITRE ATT&CK framework integration, tracking APT campaigns, analyzing malware families, and developing behavioral detection logic for industry benchmark testing (AV-Test, SE Labs). Recognized through multiple A-team and performance awards for delivering high-impact red team assessments and mentoring cross-functional security teams. Contributed to detection of 10 million+ threat samples in VirusTotal, enhancing global threat intelligence. Comprehensive experience encompasses Windows/Linux kernel exploitation, incident response operations, purple team exercises, malware analysis, threat hunting with KQL/VTQL, and offensive security training delivery. Distinguished as first-place finisher in MoD CERT-CTF competition and formerly served as Teaching Assistant at Indian Institute of Information Technology-A. Recently achieved advanced offensive security certifications including Licensed Penetration Tester Masters L|TP, Advanced Penetration Tester A|PT, and Certified Penetration Testing Professional C|PENT
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cybersecurity Expert with a focus on Offensive Security and Threat Intelligence.
Experience: 11 yrs
Skills
- Product Leadership
- Cybersecurity
- Enterprise Security Products
- Threat Intelligence
- Cybersecurity Research
- Penetration Testing
- Network Security
Career Highlights
- Led AI-powered red team emulation frameworks.
- Recognized for detecting over 10 million malware samples.
- Achieved advanced offensive security certifications.
Work Experience
SandBox Security
Chief Product Officer & Partner (4 mos)
Secure Thread Ops
Chief Executive Officer & Founder (1 yr 3 mos)
Microsoft
Security Researcher (4 yrs 1 mo)
LTIMindtree
Senior Security Architect (4 yrs)
Lead Security Researcher (4 yrs)
Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL) - DRDO
DRDO Security Researcher (2 yrs 1 mo)
Secfence
Network Security Analyst (1 yr 11 mos)
Explorevalley
Founder (11 yrs)
Education
Master's degree at Indian Institute Of Information Technology Allahabad
Master at EC-Council University
Bachelor of Engineering - BE at Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology
Diploma of Education at Government Polytechnic Hamirpur
