Dhiren Pankhania

Dhiren Pankhania has extensive experience in the field of security and architecture. Dhiren currently holds a role at CLS Group as an Enterprise Secure Architecture, Design, and Engineering professional. Dhiren has been with the company since 2020.

Prior to their current position, Pankhania worked at G-Research from 2017 to 2019 as an Enterprise Secure Architecture, Design, and Engineering professional. Their responsibilities included developing hybrid cloud security requirements, designing secure CI/CD release pipelines, and providing technical security solutions through hands-on threat modeling.

From 2015 to 2017, Pankhania worked for GE Capital as a Senior Security Leader/Director. In this role, they engaged in global functional leadership, providing governance, risk and compliance services, and supporting regulatory compliance and divesture plans.

Before GE Capital, Pankhania worked at Sopra Steria from 2005 to 2015, holding several positions such as Interim Head of Information Security, Information Security Manager, Enterprise Advisory, Enterprise Security Architect, and Lead Security Architect. Their responsibilities included providing security management and architecture services, scoping and executing red team assessments, and conducting product security assessments.

From 2003 to 2005, Pankhania worked at Betrusted as a Design Authority, specializing in directory services and managing PKI services. Prior to that, they worked at NTL: Home as an Architect/Team Leader and at Jacobs Rimell as a Lead Solutions Architect.

Pankhania began their career in 1994 at Control Data and Syncordia, where they worked as a Principle Solutions Architect specializing in directory services, integration of e-Mail systems, and PKI. Before that, they worked at Siemens Consultancy as a Senior Consultant, where they developed infrastructure services based on industry standards.

Overall, Pankhania has a wealth of experience in security, architecture, and risk management, having held various leadership roles throughout their career.

Dhiren Pankhania has a Master of Science (MSc) in Information Security from Royal Holloway, University of London. In addition to their degree, they have obtained several certifications throughout their career. These certifications include SABSA from The SABSA Institute in November 2017, Certified Ethical Hacker V9 from EC-Council in May 2017, Leadership Foundation - Institute for Personal Leadership - GE Leadership Education from Columbia Business School in September 2016, Introduction to Negotiation - Professor David Johnson - GE Leadership Education from Stanford Law School in May 2016, Certified Information Security Manager from ISACA in March 2014, CCP SIRA from the Institute of Information Security Professionals (IISP) in January 2013, ITPC Government Practitioner from the Cabinet Office in April 2009, CISSP from (ISC)² in October 2007, and CLAS from the Communication Electronic Security Group (GCHQ) in October 2007. Dhiren Pankhania also has additional certifications such as 27001 Lead Auditor, Chartered Engineer (CEng), Chartered IT Professional (CITP), Founder Member of Institute of Information Security Professionals, and TOGAF 8, but the specific details of when and where they obtained these certifications are not provided.