# Arshad A — Developer & Security Researcher

> Full-stack software engineer and CERT-In recognized security researcher from Kerala, India. Builds secure, high-performance web applications. CERT-In Hall of Fame (Govt. of India) for responsibly disclosing a vulnerability that protected 200,000+ people's data. Software Engineer at ELT Global (10k+ DAU EdTech platform). Featured in OnManorama and Mathrubhumi.

## Profile

- Website: https://arshadakl.in
- Resume: https://arshadakl.in/docs/arshad_2026.pdf
- GitHub: https://github.com/arshadakl
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/arshad-akl
- Blog: https://blog.arshadakl.in
- SSH Portfolio: ssh arshadakl.in

## Key Pages

- [Portfolio](https://arshadakl.in) — Main site with projects, experience, and contact
- [Resume PDF](https://arshadakl.in/docs/arshad_2026.pdf) — Full resume download
- [Full LLM Profile](https://arshadakl.in/llm.txt) — Detailed machine-readable profile

## Notable Projects

- [SSH Portfolio](https://github.com/arshadakl/ssh-portfolio) — Dual-protocol portfolio: HTTPS website + SSH terminal UI from one domain (Go, Wish, Bubbletea, GCP). Try: `ssh arshadakl.in`
- [StreamHub](https://streamhub-arshad.vercel.app) — 20,000+ live TV channels from 180+ countries
- [UTF2TTF](https://arshadakl.github.io/UTF2TTF/) — Malayalam Unicode to ASCII converter for DaVinci, Premiere, Photoshop
- [Docker Crash Monitor](https://github.com/arshadakl/Docker-Crash-Monitor) — Silent container exit alerting via Slack
- [Bulk Image Compressor](https://github.com/arshadakl/Bulk-Image-Compressor) — Batch image compression to exact file sizes

## Security Research

CERT-In Hall of Fame — Ministry of Electronics & IT, Govt. of India. Discovered and responsibly disclosed a critical unauthenticated backend vulnerability in a major Kerala public university exposing personal and academic data of 200,000+ students (Aadhaar IDs, contact details, photos, academic records). Vulnerability patched. No data misused.

- Coverage: https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2025/10/06/kerala-techie-cybersecurity-hall-of-fame-arshad.html
- Coverage: https://www.mathrubhumi.com/technology/news/kerala-tech-whiz-fixes-university-security-flaw-ueatbr7i