Akash Trehan
About
Akash Trehan

Hi, I'm Akash

Senior Windows Kernel & Security Engineer at Microsoft

I'm a security engineer at Microsoft, working deep inside the Windows kernel. Most of my days go into the Secure Kernel, VBS Enclaves, and Secure Runtime Attestation, and sometimes DTrace on Windows too.

Before Microsoft I studied Computer Science at IIT Bombay, spent an embarrassing number of nights playing Capture the Flag competitions, spent a summer researching at UC Santa Barbara alongside the Shellphish CTF team, and later worked as a research assistant at Carnegie Mellon University. I got into all of this by trying to break things, and stuck around because I enjoyed building defenses even more.

Away from the keyboard I'm usually into cars, scuba diving, or planning the next trip. I'm always happy to talk shop or trade ideas, so feel free to reach out.