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Cybersecurity & Technology leader| AI Security, AI Governance Advisor| Speaker | Mentor | Top Voice| Best Selling Author | Top 10 Global Women in Cybersecurity| Certified Board Member| | ISB | Wharton | Harvard | SANS

About

With over two decades of experience in IT, cybersecurity and GRC, I am a passionate and proven cybersecurity, GRC & AI leader, speaker, mentor, author, and board member. I currently lead the Global Security Products Operations at Haleon. In past as a CISO, I have advised clients on how to leverage AI and ML for enhancing their cybersecurity posture and capabilities at Deeplearncyber.ai, a company that provides AI-based cybersecurity solutions and consulting services. I have managed team size of over 400+ cybersecurity & GRC professionals globally. My core competencies include securing digital transformation, cloud security, application security, IT GRC, IT risk management, identity and access management, and security by design, 24*7 SOC Operations. I have also acquired multiple certifications and credentials in DevSecOps, GDPR, Blockchain, AWS, Archer, ISO 27001, ISO 31000, CEH, and CISM, among others. I am passionate about empowering and inspiring women in cybersecurity and technology, and I am an active member of Chief, a women in leadership community, and a board of mentors at ISSA. My mission is to make the cyber world a safer and smarter place for everyone. Specialities & Certification: CISSP C|CISO Securing Digital Transformation DevSecOps certified GDPR FAS certified GDPR DPO certified GDPR certified expert practitioner Blockchain certified Expert AI & ML certified AWS certified Solution Architect Archer GRC certified professional CSA STAR certified Cloud Security expert ISO 27001 Lead Implementer Certified ISO 31000 certified in Risk Management Cybersecurity certified Cloud computing & Cloud security certified Application security Certified APT- Defender Security by Design IT GRC IT Risk Management Identity & Access Management Information Security Cloud Security- IaaS, PaaS, SaaS Internal Controls SOX Compliance Internal Audits OS/DB Migration ITIL V 3.0 Certified PRINCE 2 Certified Project Management Professional CAPM Certified Project Management Professional Archer Certified Professional BCP Certified COBIT Certified Professional Six Sigma White & Yellow Belt Certified Oracle security certified CEH certified PCI DSS Certified Credit card data security professional SAP GRC Access control 10.0 Certified Associate SAP Security Certified PCI-DSS Certified

Location

Karnataka

AI stack

replit

Work experience

Global Head Cybersecurity Technology at Haleon, Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 10 mos, Bengaluru, Heading the cybersecurity Technology products operations Platform security Product security AI security Automation using SOAR Infrastructure security Data protection Forensics Cyber Defense

Member of the Board of Advisors at World Wide Women in Cyber Security (w3-cs), Jan 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 10 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Advisory mentor

Board of Mentors W-CS, ISSA at ISSA India, Mar 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 8 mos, Bangalore, Board of Mentor for W-CS, ISSA

Member & Mentor at Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS), Jan 2016 - Present · 10 yrs 10 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, WiCyS Member & Mentor to spread awareness for women in cybersecurity

Chief Information Security Officer, Chief AI Governance & Risk Advisor & DPO at DeepLearnCyber.AI, Jun 2023 - Jan 2025 · 1 yr 8 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, CISO, Cybersecurity & AI Governance Risk Officer & DPO at Deeplearncyber.ai -Leading a team of AI and ML engineers, Cybersecurity professionals, software developers. -Understand business needs and develop AI specific cybersecurity solutions as per requirement -Ensure that cyber security solution deliveries are on time, within budget, and meet the requirements. -Manage the cybersecurity controls and risks associated with the project and program. -Work with cross functional teams within the company to ensure that solutions are aligned with the company's overall business objectives - Ensure Audit and compliance requirements are met and managed with zero non-confirmities. - Manage security engineering and operations - Lead & Managed 24*7 SOC operations - GRC tool implementation & operations in Service Now -XDR tool implementation & operations - DevSecOps implementation with shift left approach with security champions across the organisation

Education

Cybersecurity: Managing risks in the digital age, Cyber security & Risk Management, Harvard University

Operations & Information Management, Information management, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School

Public links

github: https://github.com/mrao911