Nirav Pinakin Hiradhar
Kandivali East
Summary
Seasoned Chief Information Security Officer with a proven track record at Centrico Insurance Repository Limited, showcasing expertise in cybersecurity strategy development and risk management. Leveraged information security and incident response planning skills to enhance organizational resilience, achieving a significant reduction in security breaches. Demonstrates strong leadership and advanced technical acumen, ensuring compliance and safeguarding data integrity.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Chief Information Security Officer
Centrico Insurance Repository Limited
Mumbai
03.2024 - Current
- Coordinated security updates to avoid outages and downtime.
- Created detailed reports outlining findings from audits and reviews conducted by external auditors.
- Designed, implemented, and maintained security systems and controls as per best practices and IRDAI Guidelines
- Oversaw incident response teams in the event of a security breach or system failure.
- Learned about latest security threats from blogs and online publications.
- Reviewed access control logs to ensure only authorized personnel had access to sensitive data.
- Updated computer security policies and procedures upon learning of new risks.
- Made recommendations to improve security procedures and systems.
- Provided executive leadership team with updates on the status of IT security programs.
- Managed organizational security posture by monitoring networks for potential threats, cyber espionage, malware and internal sabotage.
- Established procedures for responding promptly to any suspected information security incidents.
- Ensured that all changes made to production environments are properly tested before implementation.
- Monitored compliance with data protection regulations and internal policies.
- Built firewalls and encrypted data to secure confidential information.
- Participated in industry forums and conferences related to information security best practices.
- Evaluated current technologies used by the organization for their ability to meet security requirements.
- Educated individuals on complex computer terms using easy-to-understand wording.
- Conducted regular vulnerability assessments to identify weaknesses in existing infrastructure.
- Implemented multi-factor authentication solutions across multiple platforms and applications.
- Audited networks and security systems to identify vulnerabilities.
- Designed and implemented plans to secure computer files against breach, destruction, or accidental modification.
- Performed regular penetration testing exercises to evaluate the effectiveness of existing controls.
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
UTI Retirement Solutions Ltd
- Current
- Manage all IT Infrastructure in the company and L3 level escalation for all the users and senior members
- Update the IT policy and Information security policy periodically and Co-ordinate with Regulator related to IT and Info sec guidelines
- Present the current state of affairs in IT and Future prospects to the Board of Director Members
- Procurement of Various IT devices and application licenses as and when required along with Creation of RFP for various IT infrastructure devices
- Quarterly review of various rules and logs, Incident Management, Vendor management(SLA And NDA)
- Setup AD and group policy, web filtering policy, backup policy, Mail policy etc
- Setup MS O365 along with Intune and MDM and Managing installation of XDR tool
- Firewall management, rule review, User id review and AD management
- Reporting the IT posture to the board of directors
- Manage the Statutory audits, system audits and internal audits of the company
Information Security Analyst
Indusind Bank Ltd
01.2019 - 09.2021
- Managing ARCON PAM and NAC application and leading a team of 4 onsite vendors(2 ARCON PAM+2 NAC)
- Review of Pending Issues and long term issues, Log review and Incident Management
- Participation in various bank level external and internal audits
- Maintaining and increasing compliance levels related to server passwords and server coverage under PAM
- Maintaining endpoint compliance using Forescout NAC and apply endpoint blocking mechanism when required
- Planning various patching and deployment activities along with various stakeholders and various upgrades related to Applications
- Co-ordination with various teams for resolving the issues in the given TAT
- Application and DB migration/maintenance activity
- Inventory management in ARCOS and NAC
- Providing timely reports and dashboards to Higher authority
- SOP Creation and maintenance
Manager (In house automation Support)
HDFC Bank
04.2018 - 01.2019
- Managing IT in-house automation support team with around 250 applications
- Review of Support portal-Service desk and timely ticket closure in the given TAT by Co-ordination with various teams for resolving the issues
- Support over phone and ticketing system
- Deployment of new applications over Production and UAT
- Activities streamlining and task assignment
Senior Application Support Engineer
ARCON Tech Solutions Pvt LTD
03.2015 - 04.2018
- To provide Application support technical and on the functional side to IndusInd Bank LTD IT Department onsite and Offsite
- To test the updates of the application on the UAT and provide feedback
- To create and provide servers access along with the privileged IDS to the users as per their requirements and approvals and maintain all for further reference
- To provide support if any issues arises while connecting any server through ARCOS
- Manage the Windows and Linux servers of ARCOS
- Update the ARCOS application at IndusInd end
- Redirect to proper teams for any issues or solve them if in scope
- Documentation of various SOPS for audit purpose
IT Manager/System Analyst
Mangaldeep
02.2013 - 03.2015
- To see to the CC cameras as well attendance maintenance software of the company
- Analyse the needs of the company and create development, test plans according to the need
- Maintenance and up gradation of ERP software
- Solve problems in the company database by writing SQL queries
- To troubleshoot SQL server problems and its installation
Technical Support Engineer
MVix USA
Surat
08.2012 - 02.2013
- To provide technical assistance to US clients regarding MVix Devices
- To test the whole device systems and its framework
- To test the devices and the CMS of the device client side as well as developer’ side
- To work on ticketing system provided by MVix
- To install Mvix Devices and provide demo to clients
- To prepare help manuals
SAP B1 Technical and Functional Consultant, System Administrator
Triveni Chemicals
Vapi
05.2012 - 08.2012
- To handle SAP Business One ERP Technical and functional module
- To configure SAP ERP Server and Database
- To provide technical assistance regarding SAP
- To provide technical assistance regarding punching and attendance device and software
- To work on SAP using SQL queries especially of JOINS
- To look after the database security and its backup
- To install the Client and server side software
Computer Faculty, System Administrator, IT Manager, QA Analyst
Saitech Information System
07.2009 - 05.2012
- Teaching programming languages C, C++, VB.net, Java, HTML, CSS, ASP.Net
- To provide technical assistance in government projects of Election and Bar Coded Ration Card
- To provide end reports and submission of data at the end of projects
- To implement the software and database provided by the government
Education
Bachelor of Computer Science - Computer Science
Shri Dolat Usha Institute of Applied Sciences
ValsadMasters of Computer Application -
Lovely Professional University
JalandharSkills
- Ethical hacking techniques
- Application security oversight
- Mobile device security
- Incident response planning
- Physical security integration
- Cybersecurity strategy development
- Vulnerability assessment
- Security policy creation
- Risk management expertise
- Data privacy compliance
- Social engineering prevention
- Business continuity planning
- Identity and Access management
- Penetration testing
- Regulatory compliance
- Network security implementation
Extracurricular Activities
- Winner of Inter Class Elocution Competition on the topic 'Can India Be a Superpower'
- Silver Medalist in the inter class quiz competition held by Dolat Usha Institute of Applied Sciences.
- A former President of the Youth Fellowship of CNI Church, Valsad.
Hobbies and Interests
- Music
- Sports
Languages
- English
- Hindi
- Gujarati
- Marathi
Personal Information
Date of Birth: 06/02/85
Accomplishments
- Cybersecurity Newcomer Award, Winner, 2024
- Security Leadership Award (SLA), Winner 2024
- Winner of the Top Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Award 2023-2024 by Cyber Express Magazine
- Panel Member on Ransomware Mitigation Techniques and Artificial Intelligence Versus Artificial Intelligence
Educational Background
Graduation:
Institution: Shri Dolat Usha Institute of Applied Sciences, Valsad.
University : Veer Narmad South Gujarat University.
Branch : Computer Science
Aggregate : 63.60% first class.
Type : Full Time
Post-Graduation :
Institution: Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar
University: Lovely Professional University
Degree : Masters of Computer Application
Aggregate: 58.5 % Second Class
Certification
- Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) with a concentration in the Impact of Digital Transformation and Cybersecurity(Reg number-U85307UP2024NPL197373)
- IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) v4.0 Foundation Certification, achieved 88% in January 2020 (Certificate No. GR671112652NH)
- ARCON PAM Administrator Certification, July 2020
- Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), EC-Council, December 2021 - Score: 84.8% (Certificate No: ECC0759138246)
- Completed ISO 27001:2013 Lead Implementer certification in Information Security Management System (Certificate No: ENR-01061305)
- Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), ISACA, June 2023 (Certificate No: 232208656)
Affiliations
Regular participant in Mauka Cricket Leagues and badminton tournaments
Work Availability
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Timeline
Chief Information Security Officer
Centrico Insurance Repository Limited
03.2024 - Current
Information Security Analyst
Indusind Bank Ltd
01.2019 - 09.2021
Manager (In house automation Support)
HDFC Bank
04.2018 - 01.2019
Senior Application Support Engineer
ARCON Tech Solutions Pvt LTD
03.2015 - 04.2018
IT Manager/System Analyst
Mangaldeep
02.2013 - 03.2015
Technical Support Engineer
MVix USA
08.2012 - 02.2013
SAP B1 Technical and Functional Consultant, System Administrator
Triveni Chemicals
05.2012 - 08.2012
Computer Faculty, System Administrator, IT Manager, QA Analyst
Saitech Information System
07.2009 - 05.2012
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
UTI Retirement Solutions Ltd
- Current
Bachelor of Computer Science - Computer Science
Shri Dolat Usha Institute of Applied Sciences
Masters of Computer Application -
Lovely Professional University