Ninad Varadkar CISSP

Ninad Varadkar CISSP

CISO | Cybersecurity leader

Edelweiss Financial Services Limited

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Experience20+ Years
LevelCXO

Executive Overview

Accomplished senior security leader with a professional track record of successfully assessing information security risks and designing information security programs for financial institutions and corporations to defend against security breaches. Expertise : Modernized defenses to protect from ransomware and Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) and develop talent to automate security operations. Expertise in implementing Zero Trust architecture to protect digital assets on multiple cloud platforms. Driving the strategic security roadmap for all group entities, which enables risk free scalability of business operations Act as trusted advisor to business in matters related to risk, enabling them to take risk informed decisions comfortably Hands-on security technologists with an active involvement in the day-to-day cyber engineering, operations, and incident response activities Establish the Data Security enhancement for data privacy, DPDPA initiatives Keep updated against latest threat landscape & how it can impact the organization security posture Participate as stand alone speaker as well as as well as panelist in in major Cyber security events Managed the successful implementation of the following security projects/programs Web Content Filtering Network Access Control Email Security Next Generation Firewalls Digital Risk monitoring Red Team assessment Cyber Insurance Incident Retainer Services Migration to NG-SOC Cloud Security Managed Detection & Response Web & Endpoint DLP Cyber Maturity Assessment Infra & App Vulnerability management program Employee security awareness Cyber drill including C-suite Zero Trust Web application & API protection ( WAAP) Professional Certs: CCNA/CCSP/CISSP/CEH/MCP/RHCE/ITIL Foundation/CCIE Security (400-251)

Career Timeline

Professional employment history
  • Dec 2017–Present· 8 yrs 9 mos
    • Group Chief Information Security Officer, Senior Vice PresidentCurrent
      Apr 2024–Present
    • Group CISO Edelweiss
      Oct 2022–Apr 2024
    • Vice President, Information Security
      Jun 2022–Oct 2022
    • Deputy Vice President, Information Security
      Apr 2021–Jun 2022
    • Assistant Vice President, Information Security
      Dec 2017–Apr 2021
  • Oct 2016–Dec 2017· 1 yr 2 mos
    • Manager, Information Security
      Oct 2016–Dec 2017
  • Aug 2015–Oct 2016· 1 yr 2 mos
    • Manager, Information Security
      Aug 2015–Oct 2016
  • Apr 2013–Apr 2015· 2 yrs
    • Manager, Network
      Apr 2013–Apr 2015
  • Sep 2010–Apr 2013· 2 yrs 7 mos
    • Manager, Information Technology
      Sep 2010–Apr 2013
  • May 2008–Sep 2010· 2 yrs 4 mos
    • Manager, Network
      May 2008–Sep 2010
  • Apr 2007–May 2008· 1 yr 1 mo
    • Manager, Network
      Apr 2007–May 2008
  • Nov 2006–Apr 2007· 5 mos
    • Post : Executive- Technology
      Nov 2006–Apr 2007
  • Jul 2006–Nov 2006· 4 mos
    • Senior Network Engineer
      Jul 2006–Nov 2006
  • 2006–2007· 1 yr
    • Executive, Information Technology
      2006–2007

Education

H.S.C

Electronics

AISSMS' College of Engineering Pune.Pune

.B.E.

Electronics

AISSMS' College of Engg

S.S.C

Science

Alfred Gadney Jr. College Kolhapur

B.E

Electronics

Name Of InstituteUniversity

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Vice Chair & President
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Technology Officer
Chief Operating Officer

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Skills & Expertise

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Cisco TechnologiesWebsense content filtering2 Factor authenticationInformation SecuritySymantec - ATP (Advance Threat Protection)Virtual PatchingNext Gen FirewallsCybersecurity Solution ArchitectBarracuda Anti SpamArcsight SiemNetwork AuditingNetwork AdministrationCisco acsRoutersForescout NACVPN