Praveen VijayGopal

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India20 yrs 8 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in risk-based security strategizing and compliance.
Proven leadership in secure product development across multiple industries.
Extensive experience in cybersecurity and telecom domains.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cybersecurity expert with a strong focus on risk management and secure product development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product SecurityPrivacy, & ComplianceCyber Security RiskApplication SecurityIt Security Assessments

Other Skills

AWS SecurityAgile MethodologiesCloud SecurityCryptographyCybersecurityData Privacy and ProtectionFirewallsGDPRGeneral Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)HIPPA ComplianceIPSISO27001 - Information Security Management System (ISMS)Information Security EngineeringInformation Security ManagementInternet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP)

About

Information Security practitioner with a focus on risk-based security strategizing, understanding of regulations, requirements, and frameworks for Cybersecurity & Data Privacy. Experienced in: - leading risk modeling & security performance management, third-party risk assessment, security governance (adherence to the prescribed security policies & standards); - monitoring, controlling, and protecting organizations Intellectual Assets distributed across the globe; stakeholder engagement, compliance monitoring & leadership communication. - application security and Secure Development Lifecycle (Agile-Scrum) Additionally, have a broad spectrum of industry experience in the Cybersecurity and Telecom domain - worked as application/product development lead, 3rd party solution consultant, product technical escalation lead, engineering interface to customers.

Experience

Ge healthcare

Principal Product Security Leader

Jan 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

As Principal Product Security Leader, I:
Drive secure product development for multiple products across the entire lifecycle, from ideation to launch and design to decommissioning.
Lead and guide product teams through threat modeling, risk assessments, privacy impact analysis, and vulnerability management, ensuring safe/secure/privacy-by-design principles are being met while adhering to industry standards and regulations.
Bridge the gap between engineering and business stakeholders by translating complex security & privacy concepts.

Team Leadership & MentoringProduct SecurityPrivacy, & ComplianceThreat & Vulnerability ManagementPrivacy Impact AssessmentNIST 800-53+4

Cisco

4 roles

Information Security Risk Manager

Feb 2022 – Jan 2024 · 1 yr 11 mos

Cybersecurity risk & compliance management for Cisco's Customer & Partner Cloud and on-premise apps.

Cyber Security RiskApplication SecurityCloud SecurityCybersecurity

Information Security Lead

Promoted

Jan 2019 – Feb 2022 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Designed and lead the implementation of the framework for automated continuous monitoring of enterprise security performance/hygiene, application risk rating, and for presenting key risk indicators to senior/executive leadership.
Performing risk and security assessment for Third-party/vendors and enterprise applications (homegrown, COTS).
Securing Cisco's Information and Intellectual Assets. Providing security consulting and risk evaluation services to Cisco partners and internal clients.
Handling InfoSec operational matters related to Cisco’s internal infrastructure & enterprise along with security policy reviews & compliance enforcement.
Security and Risk posture compliance validation and UEBA based Security Analytics.
Involved in Penetration testing governance & coordination.

IT Security Assessments

Senior Security Escalation Engineer

Feb 2016 – Jan 2019 · 2 yrs 11 mos

Dealt with customer technical issue escalations for "Cisco AnyConnect - Identify Service Engine (ISE) Posture module" and "Cisco Cloud Web Security (CWS)".
Driven & coordinated (across customer, engineering, sales, accounts, and senior management) highly escalated CAP (Customer Assurance Program) and RRR (Regional Risk Register) cases to closure.

Software Development Engineer. Security Technology

Jul 2013 – Feb 2016 · 2 yrs 7 mos

Handled design & development of features in “Cisco Firepower Management Center” (FMC) and Cisco Security Manger (CSM).
Utilized: Core Java, Web Services: Soap (JAX-WS) & RESTful (JAX-RS), JPA, JAXB, Core Java Design Patterns.

Aricent

Technical Leader

Sep 2010 – Jul 2013 · 2 yrs 10 mos

Team Lead for ERICSSON ‘Next Generation Intelligent Network’ (NgIN) application development. Member of ‘Software Architect Team’ (SAT), delivered architectural proposal for several features. High Level and Low level design, coding, testing, performance tuning of application.
Customer Experience: Developing NgIN for major European (Vodafone, TIM) & African (MTN) operators, delivering solution proposals (RFP) for new projects.

Nokia siemens networks

2 roles

Senior Technical Member, R & D - Convergent Charging & Billing

Apr 2010 – Sep 2010 · 5 mos

- Handled development & delivery of 'Intelligent Network' applications viz. Pre-Paid, VAS(charging based) and converged (Pre-Paid & Post-Paid) solution thorough various charging and care products of Nokia Siemens Networks( erstwhile Siemens Communication Software).

Project Lead - Intelligent Networks Service Design & Development

Jul 2005 – Mar 2010 · 4 yrs 8 mos

- Led & Executed various Customer Projects (based on IP-Diameter & SS7) viz. BSNL-India, Vodafone-India, DiGi-Malaysia, MTC-Kuwait, MOBIS Telecom etc. from different global locations with multiethnic teams