Curriculum vitae
Mohnish Shende
Cybersecurity and infrastructure engineer based in Nagpur, India. MSc Cyber Security; practical work across systems, security tooling, assurance, and documentation.
Experience
Experience
December 2024 – March 2025
CSIR-NEERI — Cybersecurity and infrastructure work
Vulnerability assessment, network segmentation support, secure-configuration baselines, and technical reporting.
Selected projects
Selected projects
nmap-llm
Offline Python prototype connecting Nmap scan planning, execution, XML parsing, and local-LLM-assisted triage reporting.
NodeZero
Owner-produced public-safe documentation of a self-hosted Debian infrastructure environment; topology and operational evidence remain private.
ECI EVM Engineering Assurance
Claim-level assurance over a large public-document corpus, with traceable claims, evidence entries, and explicit exclusions.
Publications
Publications and preprints
Shende, M. (2025). Psychological Appropriation: A Dimensional Model of Surrogate-Moral Violence. Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice.
Peer-reviewed · DOICanonical recordCovert Thought Reform. SSRN preprint.
PreprintCanonical recordBelief / Faith — Misclassification. SSRN preprint.
PreprintCanonical recordThe Inescapable Chain. SSRN preprint.
PreprintCanonical record
Skills
Skills
Systems
Linux administration, self-hosted infrastructure, containers, service boundaries, recovery planning.
Security
Vulnerability assessment, secure-configuration baselines, Nmap and Python tooling, OSINT methodology.
Assurance
Evidence registers, claim review, traceability, bounded reporting, positive controls.
Documentation
Technical reporting, methodology writing, rights-aware publication practice.
Education
Education
MSc Cyber Security — University of Plymouth
Postgraduate study in cybersecurity, assessment, and assurance practice.
BE Information Technology
Undergraduate foundation in information technology and systems.
Profiles
Research and professional profiles
Google Scholar, SSRN, and ORCID carry the research identity; GitHub and LinkedIn carry code and professional context. All are linked from the Connect page.