SHRINIVAS SWAMI

Address: Flat No. 502, Opal House, Al Nahyan Camp, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Mobile: +971 55 55 17864, Email: shrinivas.swami@outlook.com

Profile: Trusted Security Advisor and Experience of over 15 in Enterprise Security Governance, Risks,
Protection & Controls. A master’s in information technology helping organization in their Digital Resiliency
and Transformation journey.

VALUE ADDITION
• Insightful professional with notable success in directing broad range of cybersecurity project
initiatives. Excels in Insider Threat Management, Vendor Cyber Risk Management, Cloud technologies,
Data Classification, Information Rights management, Compliance and Controls Web Security, Firewall
Security, Network Access Control, Information Security Policies and Procedures, Security consulting
etc.

• Proven excellence in assessing and mapping security requirements and translating these requirements
into techno functional specifications, custom designing solutions and troubleshooting & managing
complex information systems. Leading vendor neutral industry certifications – CISSP. Skilled in
technical pre-sales and post-sales of IT Security Solutions.

• Goal-oriented individual with expertise in rapidly identifying business problems, formulating tactical
plans, building operations from scratch, initiating change and implementing effective business
strategies in challenging environments to run business unit operations effectively.
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• Exceptional organization skills, excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills,

capable of resolving multiple and complex issues and motivating staff to peak performance.

ACADEMICS CREDENTIALS
• Master of Business Administration in Information Technology (MBA).
• Diploma in Computer Programming Language

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION
• Certified Information Systems Security
Professional (CISSP). (ISC)2, 2020
• Fortinet Certified Network Security
Professional (NSE7)
• Palo Alto Networks - CNSE
• Forcepoint Partner Data Protection Pre-
Sales Engineer - Level 2
• Microsoft Azure Fundamentals –
SimpliLearn
• Cloud Fundamentals - DDU
• Symantec Enterprise Firewall and Symantec
VPN (SPS)
• StoneGate Firewall Architect (SGFWA)
• StoneGate Administrator (SGSMCA)
• Cisco Web Security for Field Engineers &
Email Security Field Engineer Specialist
• Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
• BlueCoat Certified ProxySG (BCCPA)
• Blue Coat Certified Partner SE – Cache Flow
PGP Certified Technician (PGP)
VENDOR PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS
• Claroty – Continuous Threat Detection & Secure Remote Access
• Microsoft Cloud Server Migration
• DUO – Multifactor authentication
• Riverbed – WAN optimization
• F5 – LTM, ASM & APM,
• Cisco – AMP, NGFW, SDWAN
• Fortinet – NGFW, SIEM, Web Security
• Identity and Access Management Solution
• Imperva – Web and Database Security
• Symantec – DRM, Web and Email Security, CASB
• McAfee – Endpoint security, IPS

DOMAIN SKILLS

Information Security – Governance, Risks, Compliance, Protection & Controls

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• Executive Advisory (customer business oriented) and technical consulting on “Advanced Cyber
Defense” services, products and strategies; business case definition and calculation of the viability of
implementing security.

• Management consulting for GDPR, CIS and NIST Frameworks. Technical Lead for Complex Cyber
Security solutions.

• Lead task force for creation of service design documents – SOP, Proposals, SOW, POC templates and
managed services (Security Maturity Assessments, IS Strategy and architecture, cyber threat
awareness, residual risk, cloud security).

• Definition of services and products for international Cyber Security Solution Sales. Providing thought
leadership and direction for Security Service Strategy and content development to make cybersecurity
engagements more effective and efficient.

• Facilitating information system audits with emphasis on information security, disaster recovery,
application controls, security development and maintenance of projects.

• Championing delivery of the highest quality services to clients and actively managing and mentoring
junior team members to do the same while managing the risks to the firm in the areas of :

▪ Next Generation Firewall, Next Generation Network Access Controls, Insider Threat Management
technologies.
▪ Information Classification and Labeling, Device Controls, Information Rights Management,
Automated tools for Risk Assessment and Analysis.
▪ Managed Security Services, SIEM, Enterprise Virtualization Security and Mobile Device
Management.

• Analyzing Project security requirements, evaluating end-user requirements, risk assessment, custom
designing security solutions and troubleshooting for complex security & network management in
multinational environment.
 • Planning the entire Project security operations along with short / long term budgets for the
preparation of IT security blueprint for the organization; implementing IT security project plans and
designing security infrastructure.
• Overseeing Project processes including service level management, issues management, configuration
management, risk management, scope change management, release level management, etc.
• Designing and applying solutions/policies that would meet or exceed functional, operational,
performance, analytical and security requirements while minimizing technical risks in
implementation.

Product Management

• Define a strategy for the product’s evolution to support business and customer needs.
• Manage the process of making the product available to customers.
• Act as the subject matter expert for the product’s capabilities in pre and post-sales discussions.
• Empathize with risk-sensitive customers concerned about issues such as online threats, data
safeguards, information security regulations, security incident handling, etc.
• Work closely with sales and marketing teams, channel and partnership groups, understand company’s
strengths and weaknesses related to the market and stay abreast of the competitive landscape.
• Be accountable for top/bottom line growth.

CAREER HISTORY

Dimension Data Middle East LLC (NTT Group), Abu Dhabi – UAE
Sr. Engineer Security Service Dec-2008 - Present

SevenSeas Computer, Dubai, UAE

Pre-Sales Consultant Security July-2007 – Nov-2008

Paramount Computes, Dubai, UAE

Security Engineer Feb-2006 – June-2007

Apara, Chennai, India

Specialist Security Solutions June 2005 – Jan 2006

SecureSynergy, Delhi, India

Technical Consultant Dec 2002 – May 2005

Computer Technologies, Pune, India

Support Engineer Oct 1999 – Nov 2002

PERSONAL DETAILS

• Date of birth: 8th Jan 1976

• Fluent in English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi
• Driving License: Valid UAE
• Nationality: Indian