An Independent Security Researcher for the past 3 years, Prajwal has been the Development Lead for Matriux since 2009. Currently he is a Research Assistant at Texas Tech University on Cyber Security of Smart Grid Energy Systems. He will be graduating with his Masters in Computer Science in May 2013. A Finalist for America’s Information Security Leadership Award 2012 (AISLA) by (ISC)2. Prajwal was a chapter lead for n|u, Hyderabad an open security community, until he left India for Higher studies in 2011. As a guest author, Prajwal publishes articles for ClubHack Magazine regularly.