Kiran Kumar

About Kiran Kumar

Seasoned technologist with over 25+ years of experience in the field of data protection and cyber resilience. Based in Bangalore I drove global product innovations at Dell Technologies, focussing on cutting-edge data protection technologies. As the Global Chief Architect for the Cyber Resilience Stack, I led the development of advanced solutions to safe guard data against evolving cyber threats. My expertise spans a wide range of areas including - Cyber Recovery Vault - Data Protection - Machine Learning, GenAI and Agentic AI - Storage-based Ransomware detection - Data Replication - Object Storage - Network Security Protocols - Intrusion Detection Systems - Encrypted File Systems My leadership and vision were instrumental in driving Dell Technologies advancements in cyber resilience and data protection. I also led Dell Technologies Cyber Security engagements with industry bodies such as AMCHAM, KDEM and University connections. Specialties: Cyber Recovery, Ransomware Detection, Data Protection, Data Replication, Object Storage, AWS S3, HP Express Query, HPE 3PAR File Persona (Architect for Configuration Backup and Restore), Kerberos, Host Intrusion Detection Systems, Packet filter, Pluggable Authentication Modules, Encrypted File Systems, Audit, Security Compartments, Trusted Platform Modules, Cluster File Systems, Clustering, Security, Scale-out file systems, Cloud Storage, High Availability, Threads, gdb. Python, C, C++, Java, Shell Scripting, LLM, LangChain, AgenticAI, Anomaly detection

Experience

1. Distinguished Engineer

   Dell Technologies

   Dec 2022 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

Education

• University of Mysore

  Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering

  1994 — 1998