Abhijith Pillai, Senior Manager - Information Security

Abhijith Pillai

Senior Manager - Information Security

Genpact India Pvt Ltd.

Location
India - Kalyan
Education
Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering
Experience
8 years, 7 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :8 years, 7 Months

Senior Manager - Information Security at Genpact India Pvt Ltd.
  • India - Gurgaon
  • My current job since October 2018

Spearheading evaluation, Proof of Concept (POC) and implementation of security tools such as AvePoint, DSPM - Wiz.io, CASB - Microsoft CASB (MDCA), Broadcom CloudSOC, Netskope, and DLP - ZScaler, Netskope, Proofpoint. Establishing governance for successful administration and compliance with industry standards such as GDPR, PCIDSS, and HIPAA.
Administration of DRM solution - Blackberry Workspace, managing user permissions and access for external collaboration along with tenant and license management. Conducting audits monitoring and reviewing application activities, ensuring compliance with security policies and integrity standards.
Planning and executing data discovery initiatives across data repositories including endpoint systems, servers, shared storages and cloud storages (O365, AWS, Salesforce, etc.). Ensuring adherence to compliance requirements like GDPR, PCIDSS, and DSR requests. Identify and explore solutions, plan and implement data discovery capabilities to meet organizational standards and follow data privacy regulations and standards.
Leading incident analysis team through escalation and investigations, managing violations with effective mitigation strategies while ensuring compliance with organization and industry standards. Conduct table top exercises, incident investigations for informed decision-making, user awareness, training and validation of implemented security measures. Also participating in internal and client data protection audits.
Collaboration within the Information Protection teams to monitor, secure, and regulate data usage across organization and externally. Received Gold Award from organization for active contribution to security initiatives and was also part of the team nominated for prestigious ISE East Summit and Awards in 2023 for addressing Microsoft 365 challenges while maintaining compliance.

Associate Consultant at Aujas Networks Pvt. Ltd.
  • India - Mumbai
  • April 2017 to October 2018

Lead the incident response team to successfully deal with investigation and escalation process following playbook, along with reviewing and periodic update. Conducted Data Flow Analysis (DFA) and policy governance in collaboration with IT Security teams and different departments to identify critical information and potential data leakage points.
Symantec and Forcepoint DLP administration - Identified and implemented technical solutions creating/modifying DLP policies. Was responsible to perform optimization and improving performance of DLP by configuring to align with different requirements, following industry best practices. Developing customized policies, creation and installation of DLP endpoint agent packages, minimizing false positives with continuous analysis and fine tuning, improving agent performance and various required troubleshooting.
Web Traffic assessment using Forcepoint DLP and proxy solutions like Blue Coat and ZScaler was also part of the overall data protection responsibilities. Administered these tools, generating daily and monthly trend analysis reports, delivering feedback and insights to the team and higher management through dashboard reporting, progress updates, trend analysis, and incident reports actively contributing to data leakage prevention efforts.
Handling periodic tasks and other admin activities related to emails and mail flow on Messaging Gateway solution like Symantec Messaging Gateway (SMG). Ensuring system maintenance and troubleshooting, proactively managing application upgrades, etc. to keep the system running and updated.

Technical Support Engineer at Jainam Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
  • India - Mumbai
  • October 2015 to April 2017

Led the deployment, and administration of Symantec security products, including Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Symantec Messaging Gateway and Microsoft Exchange. Identified company-specific needs and executed technical implementations, crafting policies for Symantec DLP.
Performed root cause analysis of reported issues, facilitating timely corrections.
Collaborated with sales engineers during customer site visits to address technical inquiries.
Worked directly with clients in rollout and post-rollout stages, offering training and support for applications and systems.
Advised on software and hardware modifications to enhance performance and reduce latency.
Successfully integrated Symantec DLP with various security products, including Symantec Messaging Gateway, Proxy, and PGP Encryption.
Managed integration with email security products like Symantec Messaging Gateway (SMG) and Bluecoat proxy for comprehensive security.
Conducted daily activities in Active Directory (AD) in alignment with user requirements.
Completed training on Blackberry Watchdox, performing test implementations, and integrating Symantec DLP with Blackberry Watchdox.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering
  • at Mumbai University
  • May 2015

Specialties & Skills

Personal Data Protection
Cyber Security
Information Protection
DRM - BLACKBERRY Watchdox
MICROSOFT 365 Governance
Risk MITIGATION
SECURITY POLICIES
Governance, risk management, and compliance
INCIDENT INVESTIGATION
COLLABORATION
Incident analysis and remediation
Data Discovery
Leadership, Critical thinking and Problem solving
Stakeholder Management and Vendor Relations.
Information Protection
Data Loss Prevention

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Native Speaker
Marathi
Expert
Malayalam
Native Speaker

Training and Certifications

CISM - Certified Information Security Manager (Certificate)
CompTIA Security + (Certificate)
Symantec Sales Expert (Certificate)