Venkatesh Sampath

· Head of Cyber defense center responsible for providing strategic security intelligence to manage incident response and forensic investigations.

• · Collaborated with other group managers to develop best practices for operational efficiency across departments.
• · Provide reports, trends, and initiatives to Board Council on the security performance
• · Develop strategic intelligence and directions to the committee and involve in decision making and provide guidance for implementation.
• · Drive organizational change initiatives that resulted in streamlined operations, improved employee morale, and increased efficiencies throughout group.
• · Enhance information security by implementing robust policies and procedures in alignment with industry best practices.
• · Recruit, interview, and hire employees and implement mentoring program to promote positive feedback and engagement.

• · Evaluate employee performance regularly, offering constructive feedback and creating tailored development plans for continuous improvement.
• · Define operational metrics to evaluate efficiency of processes and procedures.
• · Liaise with external partners, such as law enforcement agencies and industry organizations, to share threat intelligence and collaborate on joint initiatives focused on improving overall cybersecurity posture.
• · Implemented change management strategies to facilitate successful adoption of new technologies and processes within organization.
• Recruit, interview, and hire employees and implement mentoring program to promote positive feedback and engagement.

• · Establish effective communication channels with stakeholders to ensure transparency in addressing information security concerns.
• · Conducted regular audits to assess compliance with regulatory requirements and internal standards, identifying areas for improvement where necessary.
• · Evaluate vendor offerings for alignment with organizational needs, selecting most appropriate tools for bolstering security infrastructure.
• · Implement cutting-edge technology solutions to enhance network defense capabilities.
• · Streamline vulnerability management processes to identify potential weaknesses and prioritize remediation efforts.
• Conduct disaster recovery planning efforts, ensuring seamless continuity of business operations in event of unforeseen incident.

• · Create Correlation Rules between different devices to identify Real Positives
• · Validated results and performed quality assurance to assess accuracy of data.
• · Produce detailed investigation/forensic report and technical briefs for reported incidents
• · Improved internal knowledge sharing by developing comprehensive documentation outlining standard operating procedures for various tasks.
• Identified trends and patterns in large datasets and create various hunts hypothesis leading to actionable insights for better control implementation.

• · Member of Infosys Global Security Operation Center and Incident Management Team, responsible for log monitoring through dedicated central monitoring
• Create reports to review outliers and provide feedback to identify Real Positives and recommending fixes.

• · Build, Own, Operate & Transfer (BOOT) the Tamil Nadu Statewide Area Network (TNSWAN) a project to provide backbone connectivity, linking State Headquarters with all District, Divisional, Taluk and Block Headquarters.
• · Preparing IP SCHEME for all location and keep updating the IP SCHEME based on the changes
• Monitored network capacity and performance to diagnose and resolve network problems. Reduce downtime with proactive monitoring of network devices and rapid troubleshooting.