Balaji Kannan

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ABOUT BALAJI KANNAN

Balaji is a seasoned cybersecurity leader with over 18 years of experience, currently serving as a Senior Manager in PwC’s Cyber, Data and Tech Risk practice. He has successfully led the development and execution of cybersecurity strategies, roadmap development and implementation plan aligned with business objectives and frameworks such as NIST. Balaji has extensive experience managing cyber programs, threat detection technology assessments and incident response functions, while providing strategic oversight for Threat Detection and Response, security operations (SOC, CSOC, CFC, CDC. Next-Gen SOC etc), Threat Intelligence and Threat Hunting across enterprise environments.His work includes driving cybersecurity maturity initiatives, managing budgets and cross-functional teams, and implementing cloud and on-premise security solutions using technologies like Azure Sentinel, Splunk, Exabeam, ArcSight, and Qualys. Balaji brings deep sectoral experience in Financial Services, Insurance, and Energy, and is skilled at leading stakeholder engagement, reporting, and management. His strength lies in translating complex security risks into business-aligned decisions, enabling organizations to build resilient and scalable cyber defense programs.#DetectionEngineering #Threat Intelligence #Threat Response,#Threat Hunting,#SOC Strategy #TDR Strategy #EDR #VulnerabilityManagement,#OWASP,#NIST,#CBEST,#CSIRT