Eigenguard
Signature rules fused with machine learning, so known signatures and novel attacks get caught in the same pass.
0.40
FIG. EIGENGUARDLIVE TRACE
PORTFOLIO — 2026
AAYUSHNEUPANE
Computer Engineering student building systems, exploring security, and thinking several moves ahead.
CALCULATE. ADAPT. DEFEND.
02 — POSITION
E4EVERY MOVE STARTS WITH A POSITION.
I approach cybersecurity the same way I approach chess:
Observe.
Analyze.
Calculate.
Act.
Adapt.
03 — THE PLAYER
B2
1…Nf6Computer EngineeringCybersecurityChess
I am a Computer Engineering student at Kathmandu University focused on cybersecurity, systems, and secure software.
Outside the terminal, I play chess. The two disciplines have more in common than they seem.
REPERTOIRE
Network Security, Vulnerability Assessment, Penetration Testing, Traffic Analysis, Threat Detection, Intrusion Detection (IDS), Reconnaissance, Phishing Simulation
Wireshark, Nmap, Scapy, Metasploit, Linux/Unix, Git
AES, RSA, Digital Signatures, Secure Key Management
TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, UDP
Python, SQL, PostgreSQL, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Scikit-learn (Anomaly Detection, Classification)
React, REST APIs, Responsive Web Development, Deployment
English, Nepali, Hindi
04 — BATTLES
SCOREBOARD01
1STPLACE — CAPTURE THE FLAG
Enumeration, exploitation, and a flag recovered before the clock did.
02
3RDPLACE — INTER-DEPARTMENT CHESS
Kathmandu University championship. Position, candidates, calculation.
03
3.8GPA — KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY
B.E. Computer Engineering, 2022 — 2027 (expected).
04
8,200PACKETS / SECOND
Packet analyzer throughput, 7.4× over the baseline. p99 442 μs.
05
0.40LEAVE-ONE-TOOL-OUT RECALL
Eigenguard — against 0.999 on a random split. Evaluation design matters.
05 — OPENINGS
Nf3CASE STUDY→
Network Packet Analyzer
A multithreaded capture pipeline that stays responsive under load — 8,200 packets per second with live alert rules.
8,200
FIG. NETWORK PACKET ANALYZERLIVE TRACE
Phishing Awareness Portal
Simulated phishing campaigns that measure what employees actually click — and what they report.
ONGOING
FIG. PHISHING AWARENESS PORTALLIVE TRACE
Image Encryption
AES for the bytes, RSA for the key — one-command confidentiality for images and media.
FIG. IMAGE ENCRYPTIONLIVE TRACE
Mama's Cafe
A live site for a real restaurant — from first sketch to production traffic, designed and maintained end-to-end.
LIVE
FIG. MAMA'S CAFELIVE TRACE
06 — MINDSET
F7THE SAME MINDSET.
CHESS
×
SECURITY
Read the position01Read the network
Find weaknesses02Find vulnerabilities
Calculate variations03Model attack paths
Anticipate the opponent04Anticipate threats
Control space05Control exposure
Make the best move06Defend the system
07 — MATCH HISTORY
D5MOVESPLAYEDSO FAR.
Chronological record — education, competitions, internships and the projects that came out of them.
- MOVE 01
Kathmandu University
Started my Computer Engineering degree in Dhulikhel, Nepal. Coursework that shaped everything since: Cryptography, Information Security, Computer Networks, Operating Systems and Data Structures & Algorithms.
- MOVE 02
1st Place — Capture The Flag
Took first place in a Capture The Flag competition — enumeration, exploitation and a flag recovered before the clock did. It was the moment "I read the docs" turned into "I read the traffic".
- MOVE 03
Cybersecurity Intern — Prodigy InfoTech
Remote internship working on network defense and penetration testing. Analysed TCP, UDP, HTTP and DNS traffic with Wireshark and custom scripts, practised reconnaissance and vulnerability assessment, and applied symmetric and asymmetric cryptography on real lab targets.
- MOVE 04
Network Packet Analyzer
Built a multithreaded capture pipeline that keeps a GUI honest under load. Removing redundant serialization bought a 7.4× throughput jump and fixed a 0.500 precision regression on the alert rules.
- MOVE 05
Eigenguard — Hybrid IDS
Designed a hybrid IDS for CICIDS2017 traffic, benchmarked classifiers, and added an SSH honeypot that captures attacker credentials alongside a React dashboard. The leave-one-tool-out result (0.40 recall vs 0.999 random-split F1) was the most useful number I learned all year.
- MOVE 06
Image Encryption System
A hybrid encryption CLI: AES protects the bytes, RSA protects the key. Automatic key pair generation and one-command workflows.
- MOVE 07
Mama's Cafe goes live
Designed, deployed and maintain a responsive website for a real restaurant — owning it from sketch to production.
- MOVE 08
3rd Place — Chess Championship
Third place in the inter-department chess championship. Position evaluation, candidate moves, calculation — the same disciplined loop I bring to threat modelling.
08 — THE BOARD
G7BEFORETHETERMINAL,THEREWASTHEBOARD.
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Position evaluation, candidate moves, calculation — the same disciplined loop I bring to threat modelling.
NAVIGATE BY BOARD
Every section has a square. Click one to jump — start with e4 if you want the opening move.
E2
09 — PHILOSOPHY
H4I DON'T TRY TO FINDTHE FASTEST MOVE.I TRY TO FINDTHE RIGHT ONE.
Curiosity
Read the docs. Then read the traffic.
Precision
Every number earns its place.
Experimentation
Hypothesis, benchmark, result.
Security
Assume the opponent is already moving.
Continuous learning
The position never stops changing.
10 — JOURNAL
NOTES FROM THE FILEFIELDNOTES.
11 — CONTACT
Qh7#YOUR MOVE.CHECKMATE.
Internships, security work, collaborations, or a strong game of chess — the board is open.
neupaneaayush296@gmail.com+977 981 223 1184
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