Laxmi Dayanand Telang

Security Program & Risk Management:

• Spearheaded end-to-end cybersecurity delivery management, ensuring strategic alignment with business objectives while consistently meeting project milestones and deadlines
• Directed multiple cybersecurity initiatives across various industries, successfully executing over 20+ large-scale security projects
• Led Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) assessments, focusing on third-party vendor risk management, ensuring robust security controls for vendor onboarding services
• Developed risk management frameworks, minimizing project delays, security threats, and compliance gaps across critical assets

Exposure Management & Vulnerability Management:

• Led the Vulnerability Management team, leveraging Invicti for application DAST scanning and Qualys for infrastructure network scanning, ensuring proactive security threat detection
• Managed Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) using DivvyCloud, reinforcing cloud security compliance and risk posture
• Strengthened Cyber Asset Attack Surface Management (CAASM) with Axonius, ensuring a comprehensive cyber asset inventory and automated remediation processes
• Oversaw API security risk mitigation using Data Theorem, safeguarding application interfaces

Insider Threat & Data Loss Prevention (DLP):

• Led Insider Threat and Data Loss Prevention (DLP) programs, implementing Proofpoint DLP, Digital Guardian, and XSOAR to mitigate insider risk and prevent unauthorized data access
• Developed proactive strategies to identify, investigate, and mitigate data security risks, ensuring compliance with global data privacy regulations

GRC & Compliance Leadership:

• Managed ZenGRC for comprehensive audit, risk, and vendor management, enhancing regulatory compliance across global cybersecurity frameworks
• Led third-party risk assessments using Black Kite, identifying cyber risks across supply chain operations
• Strengthened data privacy compliance programs with OneTrust, ensuring alignment with GDPR, CCPA, and ISO 27001

Strategic Leadership & Stakeholder Management:

• Championed cybersecurity awareness initiatives using KnowBe4 and Immersive Labs, improving employee security training and risk awareness
• Managed a $10M+ annual budget, ensuring financial discipline while maintaining a strong on-time project delivery rate
• Cultivated strong stakeholder relationships, providing continuous engagement and strategic guidance to executive leadership
• Provided risk-based insights to security leadership, helping shape proactive security strategies to minimize threats and improve cyber resilience
• Led POSH (Prevention of Sexual Harassment) sessions across KGSI and MIBS entities, fostering a compliant and ethical workplace environment

• Led multiple cybersecurity delivery teams, ensuring timely execution of security programs within budget constraints
• Managed stakeholder relationships at all levels, providing regular updates on security project progress and financial health
• Ensured resource planning and team management were optimized to meet client expectations while fostering team growth and development
• Provided strategic insights into risk management, working with security experts to implement mitigation strategies against emerging cyber threats
• Strengthened client engagement through regular check-ins, issue resolution, and service-level reporting, improving customer satisfaction and retention