Enterprise Security Leadership

Naveen Kumar

Lead - Enterprise Security Assurance & AI Automation

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I partner with executive management to turn security into a business advantage - setting strategy and running operations across both offensive and defensive, and modernizing enterprise assurance with AI-driven automation.

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8+Years in cybersecurity

1,500+Professionals trained

6Industry certifications

Executive Profile

From hands-on defender to security strategist.

Over 8+ years I have built and led security across the full spectrum - Security Operations, offensive testing, incident response, and forensics - for enterprises and managed security providers spanning India, Europe and the Middle East.

As Lead, Enterprise Security Assurance & AI Automation at Avrioc Technologies, I work directly with management to set the security agenda: shaping strategy and running operations across offensive and defensive, leading Digital Forensics & Incident Response, owning AI governance & security, and championing AI-driven automation to make assurance faster, measurable and continuous.

My focus is translating technical risk into business decisions - the kind leaders can act on - while keeping delivery sharp on the ground.

“The more you hack, the more you secure.”

Strategy → Operations

Bridging the boardroom and the SOC - turning strategy into measurable execution.

Offensive + Defensive

Full-spectrum command of red and blue at enterprise scale.

AI & Automation

Modernizing assurance with automation that scales human expertise.

Assurance & Governance

Risk expressed in business language, backed by evidence and controls.

What I Lead

Strategic focus areas

Where I create leverage for the organization - from board-level assurance to hands-on offensive and defensive operations.

Enterprise Security Assurance

Continuous validation of controls, posture and risk across every product and business line - evidence leaders can trust.

AI Governance & Security

Governing and securing AI systems - responsible-AI policy, model risk and safe adoption across the business.

AI-Driven Security Automation

Automating detection, response and assurance workflows so the team scales impact instead of effort.

Offensive Security Strategy

Directing VAPT, red-team and responsible-disclosure programs that find risk before adversaries do.

Digital Forensics & Incident Response

Leading DFIR end to end - investigation, containment, eradication and root-cause analysis when it counts.

Defensive Operations

SOC leadership, threat hunting and detection engineering - spotting and stopping what matters, fast.

Program & Team Leadership

Building security functions, processes and analysts from the ground up into high-performing teams.

Executive Advisory & Risk

Board-ready reporting and stakeholder alignment that turns security posture into business decisions.

Track Record

Experience

8+ years across enterprises and managed security providers - India, Europe and the Middle East.

Lead - Enterprise Security Assurance & AI Automation

· Avrioc Technologies Current

Apr 2025 - Present Abu Dhabi, UAE

Partner with executive management to drive security strategy and operations across both offensive and defensive.
Lead enterprise security assurance - posture, risk and control validation across all products.
Lead Digital Forensics & Incident Response (DFIR) - investigation, containment and root-cause analysis end to end.
Own AI governance & security - securing AI systems and setting responsible-AI policy across the business.
Champion AI-driven automation to modernize detection, response and continuous assurance.

Cyber Security Engineer

· Avrioc Technologies

Sep 2024 - Mar 2025 Abu Dhabi, UAE

Owned business-landscape monitoring and incident response across all products.
Ran end-to-end POC, onboarding and integration of security tooling.

Technical Account Manager - Senior SOC Analyst (L2)

· Presidio

Jun 2023 - Aug 2024 Chennai, India

Single point of contact for multi-client SOC operations, incident management and continuous improvement.
Led L1 analysts on threat hunting; owned SIEM reporting and executive review calls.

L2 SOC Engineer

· FST Information Technology (Fujisoft)

Jan 2022 - May 2023 Chennai, India

Built a Security Operations Center from scratch for a European MSSP.
Led analysts on threat hunting and IR; owned onboarding, integrations, upgrades and escalations.

Incident Response Lead → Security Analyst (SOC)

· SISA Information Security

May 2019 - Dec 2021 Bangalore & Chennai, India

Led threat hunting and incident response for a major client; record holder for true-positive detections.
Reported multiple responsible disclosures for critical web-app vulnerabilities in an in-house SIEM.

Information Security Analyst

· Tevel Cyber Corps

Nov 2018 - Apr 2019 Chennai, India

Trained on network and web-application security; built deliberately vulnerable apps for training.
Performed static and dynamic application security testing (SAST/DAST).

Capabilities

Leadership meets technical command

Fluent from the boardroom to the terminal - strategy and governance backed by deep hands-on depth.

Leadership & Strategy

Security Strategy & Governance AI Governance & Responsible AI Program & Team Leadership Enterprise Risk & Assurance AI & Security Automation Executive & Stakeholder Advisory Incident Command Vendor & POC Management Continuous Improvement

Technical Command

SIEM EDR / XDR NDR DLP VAPT - Web & Network Threat Hunting Digital Forensics & IR (DFIR) Email Security Deep & Dark-Web Monitoring Application Control Vulnerability Management

95%

Security Operations

90%

Offensive & Defensive

92%

Leadership & Strategy

Credentials

Certifications & education

Completed

Certified Web Forensics ExpertRicta Technologies Srl

Sophos Central EDR - Certified Engineer v4.0Sophos

RSA NetWitness SuiteRSA Security

In Progress

CISSPCertified Information Systems Security Professional

OSCPOffensive Security Certified Professional

Education

M.Sc - Cyber Forensics & Information Security

University of Madras 2020 - 2021 85%

B.Tech - Information Technology

Meenakshi College of Engineering 2014 - 2018

Speaking & Enablement

Building the next line of defenders

Beyond operations, I invest in people - training, mentoring and speaking on security.

1,500+ Professionals trained & mentored

Security Operations Center Web App Pentesting Network Security Certified Ethical Hacking Cyber Forensics Security Fundamentals

Seminar - International Data Privacy Day Cyber Security & Ethical Hacking · CTTE College for Women · 28 Jan 2020

Naveen Kumar

From hands-on defender to security strategist.

Strategy → Operations

Offensive + Defensive

AI & Automation

Assurance & Governance

Strategic focus areas

Enterprise Security Assurance

AI Governance & Security

AI-Driven Security Automation

Offensive Security Strategy

Digital Forensics & Incident Response

Defensive Operations

Program & Team Leadership

Executive Advisory & Risk

Experience

Lead - Enterprise Security Assurance & AI Automation

Cyber Security Engineer

Technical Account Manager - Senior SOC Analyst (L2)

L2 SOC Engineer

Incident Response Lead → Security Analyst (SOC)

Information Security Analyst

Leadership meets technical command

Leadership & Strategy

Technical Command

Certifications & education

Completed

In Progress

Education

M.Sc - Cyber Forensics & Information Security

B.Tech - Information Technology

Insights

Hacking Windows 7 / 8 / 10

Insider Threat - Human Vulnerabilities

Building the next line of defenders

Let's build resilient, future-ready security.