Balakrishnan Visweswaran — CEO
Bala is a Cybersecurity Practitioner and Principal Security Architect at Brandsafway offering advisory on Cybersecurity solutions to CxO's, CISO, for building a robust security modernization program covering on-prem and Cloud . I do the following: + • Working as Enterprise security architect for a large organization • Well experienced in Enterprise security architecture review and implementing the solutions securely • Well experienced in following services Infrastructure & Application Security Architecture , CIS benchmarks & Hardening, Web and Mobile application security, Network Security, IoT Security, Endpoint Security, Security Monitoring, Identity and access management, PCI Compliance Services , Firewall review , Cloud Security etc.. • Well experienced Various Security Solutions, Data Security and security operation with End-to-end security architecture review and solutioning • Well experienced in Security Tool Implementation, Management & Support of Microsoft Sentinel, ArcSight, Qualys, BitSight, Checkmark, Fortify, Nessus, Netsparker, WAF, CyberArk, Okta, Azure Entra ID, AD, PAM etc.. • Responsible for Complete Cloud Management & Cloud Security Risk Management, Information Security & Process Standardization , IT Risk Management & Compliance, Requirement Analysis, Policy & Compliance. • Help clients in mitigating the vulnerabilities by giving suggestions according to the client’s application architecture. • Well experienced IT Risk Management, A focused & technical sophisticated professional having experience in various fields of IT Compliance through such as Cloud Security Risk Management, Information Security. • Working with Presalses and competency for Practice building. • Responsibility for building cyber security practice • Manage the team of 200+ experts, Help the team in executing projects by providing technical guidance + Manage USD $$$M security business portfolio globally + Maintain business leader communications across all industry vertical • Handled 100+ customers, Understand the customer expectations and explain the methodology to the customers. • Define project plan and roadmaps for short- and long-term projects. • Conduct Trainings to the customers with regards to secure development and mitigations. • Ensure timely delivery of the project deliverables with quality to the customers. • • Worked with Customers from multiple geographies in the US, UK, Europe, and Asia, an onshore-offshore delivery model.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cybersecurity Architect with extensive experience in enterprise security solutions.
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 19 yrs 10 mos
Skills
- Cybersecurity
- Cloud Security
Career Highlights
- Led a team of 200+ cybersecurity experts.
- Managed a multi-million dollar security business portfolio.
- Advised CxOs on robust security modernization programs.
Work Experience
BrandSafway
Principal Security Architect- Cyber Security (1 yr 1 mo)
YASH Technologies
Senior Technical Architect - Cyber Security (3 yrs 7 mos)
Marlabs Inc.
Senior Director - Cyber Security (7 mos)
Mindtree
Practice Manager- Cyber Security (1 yr 7 mos)
Paladion
Senior Project Manager - Cyber Security (5 yrs)
AXA
Senior Test Analyst (1 yr)
Wipro
Quality Assurance Lead (7 yrs)
Education
M.S at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
Bachelor's degree at VLB Janaki Ammal College of Arts and Science
Higher Secondary at N.S Iyah Memorial Higher Secondary School