Vivekanandan Thilagaraj

Vivekanandan Thilagaraj CISM has extensive work experience in the field of cybersecurity. Vivekanandan currently holds the position of Head of Cyber Defense at Airtel Africa. In this role, they are responsible for managing a team of security experts across Africa and India, overseeing functions such as SOC, Threat Intelligence, and more.

Prior to their current role, Vivekanandan worked at Amazon as a Senior Security Engineering and Technical Program Manager. Vivekanandan also held the position of Head of Information Security at Amazon Payment Services MENA.

Their previous experience includes roles at Network International as a Senior Manager for Information Security Governance & Controls, Noor Bank as a Manager for Information Security & Governance, Ahli Bank QSC as an Information System Security Officer, RAKBANK as an Information Systems Security Officer, Verizon as a Senior IT Security Analyst, Sify as a Consultant for Information Security, and Intellesecure as a Senior Executive for Information Security.

Overall, Vivekanandan Thilagaraj CISM has a diverse background in various aspects of information security and has held leadership positions in renowned organizations.

Vivekanandan Thilagaraj CISM holds a Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Computer Science from the University of Madras, earned between 1999 and 2003. Vivekanandan also completed a Master of Science (MS) in Information Security and Digital Forensics from Bharathiar University between 2018 and 2021. In terms of additional certifications, Vivekanandan has obtained the AWS Technical Professional certification from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in 2020 and is also a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) from ISACA. The specific months for obtaining these certifications were not provided.