Profile: A passionate security professional with 19 years of rich, versatile experience in Information/Cyber Security, Risk Management & Governance with a proven performance record of delivering value as business enabler by transforming Security to business USP thereby boosting the business confidence by providing secure platform to achieve intended business goals safely. Domain expertise in Banking/Finance, Manufacturing, Retail, BPO and IT service industries.
Building cyber security practice from ground zero in a heavy ecosystem comprising of security engineering, ops, devsecops & risk mgmt. disciplines to support digital transformation
Co-lead regional steering committee & facilitated regular regional/global engagement on risk matters with global CISO’s/ CRO’s office. Lead policy & controls transformation program; in compliance with NIST-CSF & ISO27k1; for achieving global alignment.
Automating critical business functions, bridge technology and business goals to provide productive solutions, leading and mentoring cross-functional teams in multi-facility environments in order to maximize level of productivity
Defines project value proposition, scope, work plan, resource needs, timeline and budget for IT & IT security projects.
Heads the Information Technology and Security Management function in providing line management, leadership and strategic direction for the function and liaising closely across departments
Lead a remote infrastructure management team that manages F5 BigIP LTM and GTM, Bluecoat Proxy, Checkpoint Firewall devices
My hobbies are music (esp. old Malayalam, Tamil, and Hindi film songs, Karnatic, Hindustani) and reading books. I like reading and reciting Malayalam Poems. I like the poems of Mahakavi Vallathol, Kumaranasan, Changampuzha, Vayalar, Prof. ONV, Prof. Madusoodanan Nair, et al.
Technology had fascinated me from school days, thus choose a career in the same line :)