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Cybersecurity Researcher & Student

Research Assistant at University of Central Missouri, focusing on LLM-based threat detection, SOC, and cybersecurity policy for critical infrastructure.

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Currently exploring: LLM‑for‑Threat‑Intelligence • IoT Fingerprinting • Network Security

~/yaman/cyber/server ▶ tail -f skills.log

$ whoami

> Yaman Shrestha — Cybersecurity Researcher

$ contact

> email: yamanshrestha08@gmail.com

> github: github.com/yamanshrestha

> linkedin: linkedin.com/in/yaman-shrestha

Research Focus

My work sits at the intersection of security operations and applied machine learning. I prototype multi‑LLM routing for threat intel, evaluate detection under adversarial drift, and build reproducible pipelines.

Threat Intelligence

Automated IOC extraction, entity linking, and confidence scoring across noisy sources.

MITRE ATT&CKSTIX/TAXII

LLMs for Cybersecurity

IoT fingerprinting, host identification, fine-tuning LLaMA models, explainable AI, ABC optimization

FinetuningAI Agents

Network Security and Forensics

Packet analysis with Wireshark, Tcpdump, Tshark, Scapy

Blue‑teamingRobustness

Cybersecurity Policy & Risk

NIST Frameworks, ICS policies, CAIQ and SIG Questionnaires

NISTPICERL

Publications

[2025] Automated IoT Fingerprinting with LLMs: Harnessing Explainable AI and Artificial Bee Colony Optimization San Francisco, CA.

Y Shrestha, K Ansari, A Aksoy PDF • IEEE

[2025]Automated Host Identification Using SSL/TLS Traffic with SHAP and Artificial Bee ColonyWorkshop.

A Aksoy, S Varma, K Ansari, Y Shrestha PDF • IEEE

Skills

Threat Intel & SOC

Threat IntelIncident ResponseSIEM (Datadog, ELK, Splunk)ATT&CKCyber Kill Chain

Network Security

WiresharkScapyARP/DNSPacket ManipulationEvaluation

AI & LLMs

LLaMA fine-tuningIoT fingerprintingExplainable AIRAGclassification

Languages

PythonBash

Experience & Awards

Research Assistant — University of Central Missouri / NetML Lab (Aug 2024 — Present)
research on network security, including TCP/IP packet analysis, IoT fingerprinting, incident detection techniques aligned with SOC practices.

Team Lead — Syvar Technology (Apr 2022 - Dec 2023)
Supervised a cross-functional team (15 members) to deliver seven security-focused projects on time and within budget.
Designed and delivered internal training on security policies, incident response, and secure coding practices, enhancing team awareness

Security Research Analyst— SecurityPal Inc.(2024)
Conducted over 200 third-party risk assessments questionnaires for Fortune 500 companies, ensuring compliance with ISO 27001, NIST CSF, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and CCPA standards.

Yaman|Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity Researcher & Student

Research Focus

Threat Intelligence

LLMs for Cybersecurity

Network Security and Forensics

Cybersecurity Policy & Risk

Featured Projects

Simple SIEM for Home Network

Local Risk Analyzer – Vulnerability Detection Tool

Digital Signature Tool