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Roles available for:
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Fractional
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Consulting
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Contract
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Interim
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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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https://tawcks.com.au/
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Country experience:
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Netherlands
Western Europe -
India
Southern Asia -
United States of America
Northern America -
Australia
Australia and New Zealand
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Languages:
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English
EnglishLevel: Fluent
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English
Achievements
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Expertise
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Services
- Fractional vCISO; Ideal for Startups & growth-stage companies - Embedded vCISO; Ideal for Enterprises in Transformation - Program-based vCISO; Focused initiatives and audit compliance
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Employees
overseen
36 employees
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Budget overseen
$ 1,100,000
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Sapann Harish Talwar
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Roles available for:
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Fractional
-
Consulting
-
Contract
-
Interim
-
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
-
https://tawcks.com.au/
-
Country experience:
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Netherlands
Western Europe -
India
Southern Asia -
United States of America
Northern America -
Australia
Australia and New Zealand
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-
Languages:
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English
EnglishLevel: Fluent
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English
Achievements
Why hire me in a fractional role
Experience
Fractional role
Strengths in this role: - Delivered cybersecurity outcomes within a lean €1M annual budget. - Ensured secure integration and data governance during the global M&A process. - Delivered global projects involving selection and POV, including a new MSSP, Threat Intelligence solution, and Network Detection & Response platform. - Led a global security transformation, involving migration of core ERP platform to the Cloud, while aligning with data security, data privacy, and business continuity goals.
Industry Group: Finance
Industry: Capital Markets
Years of experience: 10 years
Industry Group: Manufacturing
Industry: Food Production
Years of experience: 3 years
Industry Group: High Tech
Industry: Computer & Network Security
Years of experience: 5 years
Company name: Perfetti Van Melle
Company size: 17,000 employees
Role in this company: One of the world's largest manufacturers and distributors of confectionery and chewing gum, with its HQ in the Netherlands, is owned by an Italian family. Globally spread with 35 factories and 26 offices, 17,000+ users, My role was Global CISO, including both IT and OT Security management. The core pillars of my organization included security architecture, threat and vulnerability management, Security testing & verification, Governance, Risk, and Compliance, as well as Digital Transformation.
Company name: Tower Research Capital
Company size: 1,100 employees
Role in this company: TRC is a leader in Quantitative trading, HFT, and Crypto with its HQ in NY, US. My Role as SVP and Global CISO encompassed Security Engineering, Security Operations, and threat management for fintech platforms.
Company name: Adobe
Company size: 24,000 employees
Role in this company: Adobe is a SaaS-based IT products company, HQ in San Jose, US. In my role as Head of Global Enterprise Security, I ran and managed Network security, Endpoint Security (Servers, systems, Mobiles), PAM services, and Incident management & forensics services globally. I led large-scale delivery functions to ensure operational integrity, service reliability, and security posture across global enterprise environments on the cloud. Also, orchestrated a seamless global incident response operation
Company name: AON
Company size: 20,000 employees
Role in this company: AON is a Global leader in Risk and Human Capital, HQ in London, UK. In the role of APAC CISO, spanning more than 5 years, I conceptualized and established a Global Center of Excellence (CoE) for Application & Infrastructure security testing, saved $300K+ while enhancing third-party risk management and compliance, and led APAC-wide control assessments and regulatory alignment, basis clients' security needs.
Company name: Aricent Group
Company size: 900 employees
Role in this company: Aricent Group (later acquired by Cap Gemini), is a software development company, focusing on the 'Communication' sector. In the role of 'Head of Global Tech & Security', I was responsible for building & running the Data Center operations, DR frameworks, and security governance across global production and engineering dev environments.
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Board membership
Company: Aristi Ninja
Position: Advisor to the Board
From: 06/01/2017
To: Present
Company: ISACA New Delhi Chapter
Position: Member & Board of Directors
From: 04/15/2024
To: Present
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Degrees & accreditations
Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics & Telecom) – Jawaharlal Nehru Engineering College, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India.
- MBA / PGDM (Marketing) – SCDL, Pune, India.
- Pursuing ‘Chief Digital & AI Officer’ studies from India School of Business, Hyderaba
Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC, ISACA)
Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer (CDPSE, ISACA)
Certified in Cyber Incident Planning & Response (GCHQ, UK)
Cyber Security Transformation Program (Cyber Leadership Institute, AUS)
ISO 27001 Lead Auditor & Implementer (BSI)
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Membership & affiliations
Member CyberEdBoard (Information security Media Group)
Member - Cyber Advisors Network (CyAN)
Member - Australia Information Security association (AISA)
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Success story
Developed strategy and roadmap, delivering cybersecurity outcomes within a lean €1M annual budget and team, for a Global Food & Beverages group, based in Europe, including strengthening of IT and OT Security, with a process-driven and technology-enhancement approach, ensuring 'zero' Security breach incidents during 3 years. Also, have handled real-time security incidents (s) in more than one organisation I have been part of, while ensuring Business alignment and supporting customer retention.
