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
Practical engineering, security assessment, and technical documentation.
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Work
CSIR-NEERI
December 2024 – March 2025
Vulnerability assessment, network segmentation support, secure-configuration baselines, and technical reporting.
Education
Academic background in cybersecurity and information technology.
MSc Cyber Security
University of Plymouth
Postgraduate study in cybersecurity, security assessment, risk analysis, and assurance practice.
BE Information Technology
Undergraduate foundation in information technology, computer networks, and software engineering systems.
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.
Academic Output
Publications & Preprints
Psychological Appropriation: A Dimensional Model of Surrogate-Moral Violence
Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice (2025)
Peer-reviewed article establishing a dimensional model of surrogate-driven moral violence.
Covert Thought Reform
SSRN Preprint
A conceptual analysis of covert influence mechanisms and thought-reform processes.
Belief / Faith — Misclassification
SSRN Preprint
Examining category errors in how belief systems are classified.
The Inescapable Chain
SSRN Preprint
Analysis of structural dependency and epistemic constraint.
Capabilities
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.
Verified Research & Professional Profiles
Google Scholar, SSRN, and ORCID carry the research identity; GitHub and LinkedIn carry code and professional context.