Professional Background

I am an engineering manager for a team of security engineers at Splunk. As an engineer manager of an internal tooling and automation function, I spend a lot of time playing the role of Product Manager as well. Some of the areas that I am currently very interested in are:

• scaling information security as a function and growing security teams
• improving my mental model of different sub-areas within information security by
  • creating a mind-map of different areas within information security and the general problems statements within each
  • studying different security companies, their technology and how they are solving some of the problems in the space
  • studying standards, frameworks, and maturity models
• understanding how the security problem space is evolving in different technology contexts

Prior to my transition to management I was a Principal Security Engineer working on securing products, and scaling security functions at companies of different sizes.

This Blog

As an introvert who is bad at keeping up with social media, this blog is my attempt to record my thoughts and engage in conversation. Opinions expressed here are my own.

Consulting

Here are a few areas where I can assist:

• Building and scaling different security functions
• Build a security strategy to achieve operational efficiency and compliance certifications
• Build vs buy decisions for specific problem statements

Contact

Here’s my email address: myfirstname dot mylastname at gmail dot com

I cannot promise that I will respond, but I will do my best.

Good Reasons to contact me:

• You want to chat about one of my blog posts or a mutual interest
• You would like career advice: If this is your reason to contact me, please know that I prefer conversations with people who know what they are seeking, and have put in some work. The onus of proving this to me, and grabbing my attention, is on you.
• Partner with me on a fun project based on my blog posts