Akanksha Prasad leads the Web Application Security Tower at Payatu, where she provides technical direction, mentors the team, and drives quality and process improvements. Her expertise spans web application, thick client application, API security and mobile security assessments. She joined Payatu in 2023 from Varutra Consulting, where she worked as a Security Consultant and Technical Project Lead. Prior to that, she spent over two years at Valency Networks as a Cyber Security Analyst, working across network, web, cloud, mobile security assessments and ISO audits.