Vishnu Das

Background

About Vishnu Das

Strategic, data-driven and result oriented security leader with a business aligned mindset, enthusiastic to solve complex and mundane security challenges to manage business risk and deliver measurable results. Proven record of leading incident response and SOC, executive communication, enhancing decision-making and process optimization. Adept at driving stakeholder engagement and strategic alignment, managing large budgets and coordinating with legal teams- Restructured the Security Operations (SOC) org from engaging primarily in Incident Response function to prioritizing threat management, security automation, and ML- Championed focusing on Quantitative risk assessment for defining the Risk Matrix, utilizing the Risk Register, and bringing a sense of urgency to mitigate key business risks- Prioritized conducting rigorous Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for all incidents & remediation- Transformed the Network Security team from focusing on maintaining a large set of on-site Next-Gen firewalls to pivoting towards capitalizing on the trove of network log data and feeding into the Security Information Event Management (SIEM) to improve detections- Led the migration of workforce secure connectivity from VPN to ZTNA (Zero-Trust)- Skillfully negotiated several multi-million contracts and established enduring mutually beneficial vendor relationships, diligently managing an overall budget of over $10M- Successfully delivered availability SLA while managing the Enterprise Security (Cloud/AWS, Access/SSO, Protective DNS, VPN, Directory Services) DevOps team- Implemented innovative engineering and automation initiatives to improve the productivity of the workforce, operations, and service desk teams- Grounded on an engineering mindset towards solving problems, attributed to starting my career as a Software Developer and embracing DevOps & DevSecOps culture.