Ninad Varadkar CISSP
CISO | Cybersecurity leader
Edelweiss Financial Services Limited
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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
- Dec 2017–Present· 8 yrs 9 mos
- Group Chief Information Security Officer, Senior Vice PresidentCurrentApr 2024–Present
- Group CISO EdelweissOct 2022–Apr 2024
- Vice President, Information SecurityJun 2022–Oct 2022
- Deputy Vice President, Information SecurityApr 2021–Jun 2022
- Assistant Vice President, Information SecurityDec 2017–Apr 2021
- Oct 2016–Dec 2017· 1 yr 2 mos
- Manager, Information SecurityOct 2016–Dec 2017
- Aug 2015–Oct 2016· 1 yr 2 mos
- Manager, Information SecurityAug 2015–Oct 2016
- Apr 2013–Apr 2015· 2 yrs
- Manager, NetworkApr 2013–Apr 2015
- Sep 2010–Apr 2013· 2 yrs 7 mos
- Manager, Information TechnologySep 2010–Apr 2013
- May 2008–Sep 2010· 2 yrs 4 mos
- Manager, NetworkMay 2008–Sep 2010
- Apr 2007–May 2008· 1 yr 1 mo
- Manager, NetworkApr 2007–May 2008
- Nov 2006–Apr 2007· 5 mos
- Post : Executive- TechnologyNov 2006–Apr 2007
- Jul 2006–Nov 2006· 4 mos
- Senior Network EngineerJul 2006–Nov 2006
- 2006–2007· 1 yr
- Executive, Information Technology2006–2007
Education
H.S.C
Electronics
AISSMS' College of Engineering Pune.Pune.B.E.
Electronics
AISSMS' College of EnggS.S.C
Science
Alfred Gadney Jr. College KolhapurB.E
Electronics
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