Abhishek K. Gupta

About Abhishek K. Gupta

Seasoned Global Digital Business and IT Leader with a proven track record in spearheading enterprise-wide cybersecurity strategies and driving transformative digital initiatives. A highly certified professional (C|CISO, CISM, CEH, CGEIT, PMP), I excel in establishing robust risk management frameworks, leading high-performing multicultural teams, and ensuring stringent compliance with global standards including ISO 27001, NIST, and GDPR. My expertise spans designing and implementing advanced security solutions, optimizing IT operations, and building cyber resilience across diverse organizational landscapes. I am adept at advising C-suite executives on critical cybersecurity investments and strategic priorities, consistently safeguarding organizational assets and fostering business growth through secure technological innovation.

Experience

1. Associate Director

   Kyndryl

   Oct 2023 — Present · Gurugram, IN

   SOC Establishment: Designed and deployed a 24/7 Security Operations Center for India operations, reducing threat detection time by 60%.• Cyber Offerings: Launched 5+ new cybersecurity services, driving $2M+ revenue growth and expanding market share.• Risk Mitigation: Led vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, and incident response, resolving 100+ critical vulnerabilities annually.• Closed 100% of audit findings (NIST CSF, PCI DSS) within 90 days, avoiding $500K in potential fines.• Disaster Recovery: Spearheaded BCP/DR plans, ensuring 99.99% uptime during critical incidents.• Scaled SOC operations to 24/7 coverage, improving threat detection rate from 60% to 95% via AI-driven SIEM (Qradar/FortiSiem).• Reduced incident response time from 4 hours to 30 minutes through playbook automation.

Education

• NIMS University

  Bachelor of Computer Applicaitons, Computer Science

• Swami Vivekananda Subharti University, Meerut

  Master of Business Administration (MBA), Information Technology

  2014 — 2016

• IIT JODHPUR

  Advance Programme in Cyber Security and Cyber Defence

• Indian Institute of Management Nagpur

  PG in Cyber Security Management & Data Science, Cyber Security

Skills

• Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
• IT Operations
• Business Intelligence
• Ssrs
• Retail Business Process
• Management
• Retail
• Databases
• Firewalls
• Network Administration
• Business Analysis
• Vendor Management
• Windows Server
• Cisco Technologies
• Goldengate
• Operating Systems
• Networking
• Ssis
• Windows
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Network Design
• Team Leadership
• Erp
• Network Security
• Data Center
• Enterprise Resource Planning (Erp)
• Integration
• Business Process
• Project Management Office (Pmo)
• Security
• Software Project Management
• Cisco
• Servers
• Crm