Monnappa K A works with Cisco Systems as information security investigator focusing on threat intelligence, investigation of advanced cyber attacks, and researching on cyber espionage and APT attacks. He is a core member of the security research community "SecurityXploded." His fields of interest include malware analysis, reverse engineering, memory forensics, and threat intelligence. He has spoken at security conferences like Black Hat, FIRST/4SICS and SecurityXploded meetings, and presented on various topics which include memory forensics, malware analysis, rootkit analysis, and also conducted training at FIRST (Forum of Incident Response and Security teams) conference and 4SICS-SCADA/ICS cyber security summit. He has also authored various articles in Hakin9, eForensics, and HackInsight magazines.