Sudhanshu P.

About

Sudhanshu P. is an Enterprise Security Architect and Managed Security Operations Leader with over 18 years of experience designing, building, and running enterprise security programs across banking and financial services in the UAE, GCC, and India. He has served twice as a banking CISO, demonstrating hands-on delivery authority in cloud migration security, data migration security design, and digital banking initiative security architecture. He has successfully built two greenfield 24x7 SOCs and governed a $7M security transformation program, achieving the highest cybersecurity maturity rating in the regional assessment cohort. Certified CISM, CEH, and ISO 27001 Lead Auditor, with CISSP in progress and an MBA in IT Project Management.

Skills

• Enterprise Security Architecture
• Security Architecture Design and Review
• Zero-Trust Architecture
• Network Segmentation and Zoning
• Reference Architecture Development
• Architecture Risk Assessment
• Data Security Architecture and Governance
• Data Inventory and Flow Mapping
• Encryption Architecture (At Rest and In Transit)
• Secure Data Handling and Retention Policies

136 skills in total

Experience

• Head of Cybersecurity and Project Support (Security Architect and CISO)

  Sohar International Bank

  Feb 2023 — Present

  Muscat, Oman

• National Bank of Oman

  • Head of Cybersecurity (CISO)

    Nov 2021 — Feb 2023

    Muscat, Oman

  • Head of IT Security

    Nov 2018 — Nov 2021

    Muscat, Oman

7 experiences in total

Education

• Welingkar Institute of Management

  MBA, IT Project Management

  Jan 2018 — Jan 2020

• Cochin University of Science and Technology

  B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering

  Jan 2003 — Jan 2007