Ganesh Kumar K — VP of Engineering

Seasoned Leader with 24 years of IT & Cyber Security experience leading large transformation projects for Billion $ Business Established Cyber Security Architecture Group that integrated with existing Architecture group to publish best practices, reference architectures, standards and provided direction & guidance for Initiatives under Enterprise Application & Cloud services, Network & Data Center transformation services for a 7B $ Business Acted as catalyst of change for setting up Cyber Defense Centers by consolidating & transforming existing command centers & security operations centers to drive maturity, effectiveness, operational efficiency and improve control efficacy Led the Security product Engineering function that was responsible for Network Security(FW,IPS,WAF,APT,ddos), Endpoint Security(Next Gen AV,EDR,DLP,HIDS,FIM), Email Security, Cloud Security, SOC Platforms comprising of Log & Packet/Flow platforms, SOAR and Vulnerability management solutions. Managed IT Security Budget including vendor relationship management, strategy, defining security product roadmap, deployment & life cycle management of products for a large IT Enterprise Experience with Cyber Frameworks like NIST, Kill Chain, Mitre Att&ck and other standards like ISO 27K, PCI, SOX, HIPAA, BCM including Risk Management Proven track record as People Leader with ability to positively influence the lives of team members, peers, stakeholders and those within community

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cybersecurity Leader with extensive experience in IT Security and Engineering.

Location: Greater Toronto Area, Canada

Experience: 22 yrs 9 mos

Skills

Security Engineering
Cybersecurity
Soc Management
It Security
Security Architecture

Career Highlights

24 years of IT & Cyber Security experience.
Established Cyber Security Architecture Group.
Led Security product Engineering function.

Work Experience

Cognizant

Senior Director - Global Security Engineering Platform Architecture & Operations (1 yr 8 mos)

Director - Global CyberSecurity Engineering & Architecture (1 yr 3 mos)

Director - Cybersecurity Engineering (1 yr 2 mos)

Director - Cybersecurity (4 yrs 9 mos)

HCL Technologies

General Manager - Head Information Technology Security (5 mos)

Deputy General Manager - Head of Security Architecture, Engineering & SOC (15 yrs 2 mos)

Education

Master of Science (M.Sc.) at Coimbature Institute of Technology

B.Sc Applied Sciences-Computer Technology at Coimbatore Institute of Technology

Ganesh Kumar K

VP of Engineering

Greater Toronto Area, Canada22 yrs 9 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

24 years of IT & Cyber Security experience.
Established Cyber Security Architecture Group.
Led Security product Engineering function.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cybersecurity Leader with extensive experience in IT Security and Engineering.

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Skills

Core Skills

Security EngineeringCybersecuritySoc ManagementIt SecuritySecurity Architecture

Other Skills

Budget PlanningCyber DefenseEngineering ManagementFirewallsIT Security Strategy DevelopmentIT Service ManagementITILInformation SecurityManaging Engineering TeamsManaging SOC/SIRTManaging Security Assurance FunctionNetwork SecurityNetworkingPlatform DeploymentPre-sales

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Experience

Cognizant

4 roles

Senior Director - Global Security Engineering Platform Architecture & Operations

Promoted

Jul 2024 – Present · 1 yr 8 mos

Director - Global CyberSecurity Engineering & Architecture

Mar 2023 – Jun 2024 · 1 yr 3 mos

Director - Cybersecurity Engineering

Jan 2022 – Mar 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos

Developing Security Engineering Strategy
Budget Planning for Cybersecurity Engineering
Security Product Consolidation & Standardization
Platform deployment alignment to Enterprise Architecture principles
Define Security Product Adoption Strategy to help in improving Security Posture
Managing Engineering & Platform Teams (Network Security - IPS, Adv Email Security etc, DLP, SIEM, Cisco Umbrella, CASB, CSPM etc.,)

Security Engineering StrategyBudget PlanningSecurity Product ConsolidationPlatform DeploymentSecurity Product Adoption StrategyManaging Engineering Teams+2

Director - Cybersecurity

Mar 2017 – Dec 2021 · 4 yrs 9 mos

Developing SOC Strategy
performing Budget Planning for SOC
Carrying-out Risk Assessments from SOC perspective
Identifies Security Products & Defines Security Product Adoption Strategy to improve Faster Detection & Response for the Organization
Managing SOC/SIRT
Managing Engineering & Platform Teams (IPS, DLP, QRadar, TI etc.,)

SOC Strategy DevelopmentBudget PlanningRisk AssessmentsSecurity Product IdentificationManaging SOC/SIRTSOC Management+1

Hcl technologies

2 roles

General Manager - Head Information Technology Security

Oct 2016 – Mar 2017 · 5 mos · Chennai Area, India

Developing IT Security Strategy
Performing Budget Planning for IT Security stream for Global Operations
Carrying-out Risk Assessment for Infrastructure Elements / Components / All Facets of IT
Identifies Security Products & Defines Security Product Adoption Strategy to improve Security Posture for the Organization
Managing SOC/SIRT for Global HCL Operations
Managing Security Assurance Function
Network and Security Design Architect for Enterprise requirements

IT Security Strategy DevelopmentBudget PlanningRisk AssessmentSecurity Product IdentificationManaging SOC/SIRTIT Security+1

Deputy General Manager - Head of Security Architecture, Engineering & SOC

Jul 2001 – Sep 2016 · 15 yrs 2 mos · Chennai Area, India

Heads the Security Architecture & Engineering Function for last 9 years
Established Engineering, SOC & SIRT function for HCL and successfully running it for 8 years
Developing IT Security Strategy
Performing Budget Planning for IT Security stream for Global Operations, Carrying-out Risk Assessment for Infrastructure Elements / Components / All Facets of IT
Identifies Security Products & Defines Security Product Adoption Strategy to improve Security Posture for the Organization
Managing Security Assurance Function for last 4 plus years
Network and Security Design Architect for Enterprise requirements
Handled Network and Security Operations for about 4 Large Sites for about 3 years+
Handled Security Operations for largest region - Chennai for five years plus
Lead Auditor for ISO 27001
Good Understanding of ISO 27001, PCI 2.0/3.0, SAE16 and HIPAA standards
Managing Vulnerability Management Program for all facets of IT
GRC Adoption and Creation of Framework to complete Threat Management Module & Incident Management
Hands-on for most of the commonly used Security and Network Systems
Played Test Manager role in couple of Testing Projects and during the tenure handled diff RDBMS and Web / Appl servers running on different OS platforms from Testing perspective
Handled IT Operations initially including server and desktop support for a year
Handled RFP/RFI response for Strategic and Large deals from IT standpoint
Established IR Tools Framework to deal and combat ever growing threats