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Samir Kumar Mishra

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Managing Director - Enterprise at Cisco India & SAARC at Cisco
📍 Greater Bengaluru Area, India

Samir Kumar Mishra is a seasoned business leader with over two decades of experience, currently serving as the Managing Director of Enterprise at Cisco India & SAARC. His expertise spans sales, strategy, and channels, with a proven record of scaling Ciscos cybersecurity business. People who have worked with him describe him as proactive, agile, and collaborative.

There is no publicly available information regarding Samirs personal life or hobbies.

He recently transitioned from leading Ciscos security business to overseeing the entire enterprise segment for the India and SAARC region.

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Experience
22 Years
Current Role
Managing Director - Enterprise at Cisco India & SAARC
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Greater Bengaluru Area, India
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Priorities

Topics Samir cares about

AI in Cybersecurity
He frequently discusses leveraging AI for robust security platforms and warns against the risks of unmonitored AI tools, or "shadow AI, " within enterprises.
Cybersecurity Resilience
He advocates for building a 'digital immune system, ' emphasizing that organizations must focus on rapid recovery and remediation, as breaches are a matter of 'when, ' not 'if'.
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Career

Work history

7-2025
Managing Director - Enterprise at Cisco India & SAARC
Cisco
10-2022 - 8-2025
Director & Head of Security Business, India & SAARC
Cisco
8-2022 - 10-2022
Director Alliances & Channels (India & SAARC)
Zscaler
8-2021 - 7-2022
Head of Channels & Alliances, India & SAARC
Zscaler
12-2020 - 7-2021
Regional Alliances Manager, India & SAARC
Zscaler
In the press

Media appearances

Samir Kumar Mishra to Lead Enterprise Business at Cisco India. Featured in VAR India
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Samir Kumar Mishra, Cisco India & SAARC | ET CISO. Featured in Economic Times – ET CISO
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Education
PGDBM
Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
B.E
Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
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