Payatu

About Payatu

Payatu is an Indian cybersecurity services and research firm headquartered in Pune, Maharashtra. The company specializes in offensive-security and assurance services for product companies and enterprises, with practice areas across application security, cloud security, IoT and embedded-device security, automotive and OT security, AI/ML security, and red-team and infrastructure assessments. Payatu was founded in 2011 by Aseem Jakhar, a long-time security researcher in the Indian cybersecurity community. The firm has grown into a recognized boutique security services provider in Asia and is also known for organizing the Nullcon and hardwear.io security conferences, which bring together researchers, vendors, and practitioners working on offensive security, hardware hacking, and exploit development. Beyond services, Payatu maintains an active research practice, contributing tools, advisories, and conference talks at international venues such as DEF CON, Black Hat, and HITB. The company supports vulnerability research, security training programs, and community-driven initiatives for Indian and global security professionals. Indian fresher hiring at Payatu typically feeds into associate-security-consultant, application-security-engineer, IoT-security-researcher, cloud-security-engineer, and security-research roles, sourced through campus and off-campus channels at Indian engineering institutes, alongside community pipelines from CTFs and the broader cybersecurity research ecosystem.

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