In a technology landscape often defined by rapid change and fierce competition, recognition comes to those who not only build but redefine the standards of their craft. This year, that recognition goes to Shraddha Bag, awarded Women in Tech for developing what is being acclaimed as the most secure Linux-based operating system in its category.
What sets Shraddha apart is not merely the achievement itself, but the philosophy behind it. At a time when cybersecurity threats continue to evolve at an unprecedented pace, Shraddha’s work reflects a bold shift in thinking—one that places proactive defense, minimal attack surface, and transparent system architecture at the core.
Recognizing Excellence – A Woman in Tech Driving Secure Innovation
Her OS project, built entirely on Linux foundations, challenges the assumption that heightened security must come at the expense of performance or usability. Instead, it introduces a balanced triad of security, stability, and simplicity, demonstrating that open-source ecosystems can not only match but surpass proprietary systems in safeguarding critical environments.
With a background rooted deeply in systems engineering and cybersecurity operations, Shraddha leveraged her years of hands-on experience with servers, containers, and endpoint protection to craft an OS capable of handling real-world threat models. The solution integrates hardening at kernel and user-space levels, enforces strict access control policies, and utilizes battle-tested cryptographic frameworks—making it a compelling answer for enterprises and developers alike.
Industry experts highlight the importance of such contributions, not only because they reinforce the value of open-source tooling, but because they spotlight voices that have often been underrepresented in the security domain. Shraddha’s recognition as Women in Tech signals a shift towards diversity, mentorship, and inclusion, encouraging emerging engineers to step into complex problem spaces with confidence.
For the readers of this portfolio, her journey is more than a milestone. It is a reminder that meaningful impact in tech comes from those willing to question norms and engineer new standards. And in this case, those standards are measured in secure lines of code.
The most important of all is that Shraddha is giving back to the world by contributing her part to the animal shelters.
This is part of DevOps Micro-Internship (DMI) by Pravin Mishra.
This POV is such an important, wherein I can see myself in the future.Often we have plans in our mind but seldom jot it down, this blog is the mind map and I thank Pravin Mishra for getting these thoughts onto paper.I am sure this is the first step towards success.Cheers!