President at ISRA, Founder of c0c0n International Hacking & Information Security Conference
Information Security evangelist with more than 23 years of professional experience. CEO – HackIT Technology and Advisory Services (Singapore, India, UAE) - www.hackit.co. External Consultant to Kerala State IT Mission / Computer Emergency Response Team (Kerala) – CERT-K from Feb 2016 to Jul 2016. Awarded the prestigious Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - MVP award consecutively for four years (2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012) in Enterprise Security stream. Also honored with the prestigious Asia Pacific Information Security Leadership Achievements Award for 2010 from (ISC)² under Senior Information Security Professional Category. Awarded the Nullcon Black Shield Awards for 2014 under the Community Star category for contribution to community in terms of knowledge sharing, administration, communication, proliferation. Founder of c0c0n International Hacking & Information Security Conference and also Information Security Day Initiatives.
How do security communities help the information security industry and professionals? Why does the security industry need open security communities and forums? The relevance of such communities in standardizing Vulnerability disclosures Building frameworks and tools etc