Vijayakumar Radhakrishnan

Diligent CISO / Head Cyber Security with strong background in information security leadership. Successfully implemented cybersecurity strategies and risk management protocols for large-scale organizations. Demonstrated expertise in threat analysis and incident response.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

Cybersecurity & Risk Management

Ø Architected security governance frameworks for Indian Bank, Mahindra Finance, CRISIL, and CAMS, aligning with business risk appetites.

Ø Implemented risk assessment models and enhanced the security posture of Indian Bank, Mahindra Financial Services, CAMS, CRISIL, and clients of Satyam, SISA, and E-Security audit.

Ø Creating a risk assessment framework based on the risk appetite of the organization Risk-based approach for application adoption as applied to off-the-shelf applications and in-house developed applications for Indian Bank, Mahindra Finance, and the clients of Satyam and CRISIL.

Ø Designed secure IT infrastructure and architecture for banking and financial services, ensuring seamless regulatory compliance.

Ø Efficiently devised information strategies, governance, risk, and security architecture & portfolio management for the entire Mahindra Finance Service Sector, CRISIL, CAMS, and partly for the Indian Bank.

Leadership & Strategic Impact

Ø Functioned as CIO during the CIO’s absence at Mahindra Finance, leading digital security transformations.

Ø Spearheaded risk-based application security adoption for in-house and off-the-shelf applications.

Ø Established robust security policies and technology adoption frameworks, managing 60+ cybersecurity technologies.

Ø Been the voice to the board on Cyber Security matters and advised the board at Mahindra Financial Services, CAMS, and Indian Bank.

Regulatory Compliance & Audits

Ø Led security audits & compliance assessments for global financial organizations, ensuring adherence to PCI DSS, RBI, SEBI, and IRDA standards.

Ø Reviewed and optimized data center (DC), disaster recovery (DR), network, ATM, and SWIFT architectures for the Indian Bank.

Ø Led PCI DSS & patch management projects for GE Capital & Money, ensuring secure transactions.

Technology Innovation & Implementation

Ø Revamped the entire network architecture & design for the Mahindra Financial Services Sector.

Ø Core strength in technology has aided my progress as a fast-changing, disruptive technological innovator and adopter of the latest and disruptive technologies, be it on-prem or the cloud, with ML & AI being the latest traction. I adopted close to sixty technologies in the Cybersecurity and network arena for the Mahindra Financial Services Sector.

Ø Architected the Application Security life cycle and IT Risk, security strategy consulting for various clients in Petrochem, Retail, and financial services domains across the globe for Satyam.

Ø Reviewed the DC, DR, Network, ATM, and Swift architectures that connected to external agencies, government, and cooperative banks for the Indian Bank

Technologies adopted

Ø Data Loss Prevention, End-user system Protection, Zero-Trust Architecture

Ø Network Access Control, Privileged Access Management, TACACS+

Ø Web Proxy

Ø Network Monitoring

Ø Nextgen Firewalls, Web Application Firewalls

Ø EDR, UEBA

Ø SIEM, SOAR, and NBAD

Ø Anti-APT

Ø AI & ML Deep learning-based Network Threat Analytics, Deception technology

Technology Innovation & Implementation

Ø Led enterprise-wide cloud security implementations, integrating AI-driven threat intelligence.

Ø Implemented HSM (Hardware Security Module) in 2006, one of the earliest deployments in banking.

Ø Designed Geographical Visibility & Control Architecture, presented at the IT Sec Conference, LV, USA.

Process

Ø Consulted ISMS, BCP\DRP for the clients of Satyam, SISA, and E-Security Audit, which included RFP assessment, proposal writing, and defense.

Ø Actively implemented ISMS/OCTAVE, penetration testing, vulnerability assessment, Firewalls, IDS/IPS assessment, and Business development end-to-end for clients of SISA & E-Security Audit.

Ø Performed software License compliance review/audit on behalf of BSA/NASSCOM, system integration, security management, and assessment of IT infrastructure and network components for clients of SISA & E-Security Audit.

• TOGAF | CSSLP | CISA | CISM | CEH | CDPSE | FiP under process (CIPP/E | CIPM) | CCNP (Cyber operations) | Microsoft-Cybersecurity Architect Expert | CSTM | CSQP | ITIL | ISMS-LA | Artificial Intelligence MS-LA