With more than 23+ years of experience in Cyber Security, IT Governance, Risk & Compliance and IT Infrastructure, Narayan is an entrepreneur & an innovative thought leader responsible for strategizing, implementing and maturing Risk Management & Cyber Security.

Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, he was the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of National Stock Exchange (NSE).

During his role at NSE, he built robust & successful organization wide security programs, including “Governance, Risk and Compliance” and Security Operations Center (SOC) by leveraging his strong Risk acumen and deep technical background in IT infrastructure.

He has been a visionary and driving force in building NSE’s IT Risk Management strategic plan, roadmap, methodology, policies, organizational model, staffing, governance, and reporting from the ground up.

He conceptualized a strategic program to build a state-of-the-art system to strengthen the organization’s Situational Awareness & Response capabilities against advanced threats.

Narayan is a well-known speaker at various national and international conferences where he shares his passion, views & concerns on Cyber Security. He also publishes articles related to Cyber Security. He has been featured on national newspapers.

He is on the advisory board of the Cyber Security Research Institute (UK) and member of several security forums.

He has many certifications to his credit such as CISA, ISO 27001 LA, SANS – GSEC, GCIH & GWEB