About

Daksh Thapar

I have led and contributed to several cybersecurity and developer communities, and presented technical work at Black Hat Asia Arsenal 2025. My experience includes software engineering, penetration testing, and secure application design, with practical skills in AI, cloud infrastructure, and DevOps.

Presented technical work at Black Hat Asia Arsenal 2025.

Technical Arsenal

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Certifications

CertificationIssuerYearCredential
Junior Penetration Tester (PT1)TryHackMe2025
PAN - Enterprise Security ManagementPalo Alto Networks2025

Education

Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Diploma, Cybersecurity & Digital Forensics | Apr 2024 - Present
Ngee Ann Polytechnic
  • Ngee Ann Polytechnic Scholar
  • 2x Director's List
  • 4x Top in Module
  • 2nd in Cohort
  • 12x Distinctions
Sentinel Programme
SHIELD Award | Apr 2024 - Sep 2025
Sentinel Programme
  • 1st place in Sentinel Cyber Sports Day competition and other mock CTF exercises
  • 2nd place in Sentinel Summex (advanced Blue Team NIDS/EDR challenge)
  • Won the Cool File Transfer Protocol Challenge (reverse engineered a custom binary network protocol)
School of Science and Technology
GCE O Level Certificate | Jan 2020 - Nov 2023
School of Science and Technology
  • Outstanding Leadership Award.

Work Experience

Software Engineer
People's Association / Churp | Sep 2025 - Present
People's Association / Churp

Designing and building a community-garden balloting system backed by the People's Association; shipping secure, maintainable React/Next.js code; integrating government workflows and CI/CD; deploying on AWS (GCC).

Co-Founder
Yes But No | Nov 2021 - Present
Yes But No

Partnered with CSA/TiG to run national cybersecurity events (CCTF 2025; WorldSkills Singapore); led outreach reaching 13,650 youths; founded and led a competitive CTF team; volunteered at national CTFs.

Vice President (2025-2026)
NullSec | 2025 - 2026
NullSec

Directed the club's SysAdmin strategies and oversaw end-to-end execution of events (Lag and Crash 6.0, YCEP 2025, Hack N Flag 25).

Head of Operations (2025-2026)
Overflow | 2025 - 2026
Overflow

Oversaw daily operations and managed execution of major hackathons, supporting a community of ~200 members.

Intern
Tinkertanker | Feb 2024 - Sep 2024
Tinkertanker

Developed educational content for Swift Explorers; created scripts to automate internal processes and improve operational efficiency.