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📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Syed Mohamed is a seasoned cybersecurity executive with over two decades of experience in risk management and application security. With an entrepreneurial background, he has a history of building businesses through disruptive products. He holds a Master of Computer Applications from Bharathidasan University and has co-authored security standards like the OWASP guide.

Syeds passion lies in building new ventures and high-performance teams, driven by a strong belief that everything ultimately revolves around the quality of the product or platform. He is deeply engaged with early-stage ideas and the process of bringing innovative concepts to life through technology.

He has discovered and published multiple zero-day vulnerabilities in products from major tech companies like Microsoft and Google.

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Experience
25 Years
Current Role
Confidential
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Cybersecurity as Business-Risk
He emphasizes the importance of treating cybersecurity risks as fundamental business risks, not just IT issues, as seen in his public posts.
Generative AI
He follows discussions on the transformative role of Generative AI, particularly its potential to drive innovation in various sectors.
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Career

Work history

2-2023
Confidential
Confidential
12-2021 - 2-2023
Associate Partner & Delivery Head:India & South Asia - Security Services
IBM
10-2020 - 11-2021
Global Head - Security Services Practice & CISO
SmarTek21
9-2018 - 10-2020
Global Head - Cybersecurity Services
Microland Limited
8-2016 - 7-2018
Director - Enterprise Risk and Security Solutions
Cognizant
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Education
Master of Computer Applications
Bharathidasan University
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