Biography
Lead Cybersecurity and AI Security Consultant at HCLTech, with over 20 years of enterprise security experience spanning AI/ML security, cloud architecture, identity and access management, and zero-trust frameworks. Currently managing a team of eleven security professionals serving Fortune 500 clients.
IEEE Senior Member and designated Cloud Security Alliance expert representative. Creator of ContextGuard, an open-source zero-trust supply chain security framework for AI agent ecosystems, and the GSH Framework for agentic AI threat hunting, aligned to MITRE ATLAS and NIST CSF 2.0.
Published across Dark Reading, SC World, SecurityWeek, Infosecurity Magazine, and Cloud Security Alliance on topics including LLM security, prompt injection defense, MCP governance, and post-quantum cryptography. Submitted peer-reviewed papers to IEEE and ISACA on AI governance and identity security in higher education contexts.
Bronze Award recipient, 2026 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards. Shortlisted, 2026 Cyber Security Influencer of the Year. Active peer reviewer for IEEE conferences and the Computing Security Excellence Awards 2026.
Interested in collaborating on AI security governance, zero-trust architecture, and cybersecurity workforce development in higher education environments.
