Vinoth Kumar
Principal Cybersecurity Officer CSO @Innomotics
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WORK HISTORY
Principal Cybersecurity Officer CSO @Innomotics
Responsible for defining and implementing industrial cybersecurity strategy for the company covering products, portfolio and manufacturing sites, driving a global industrial cybersecurity community, and manage a team of awesome Product & Solution Security professionals.Established global governance for product and solution security, reducing risk and critical vulnerabilities across products and portfolios.Ensured product security alignment with market standards, achieving full compliance with key customer cybersecurity benchmarks and minimizing risk acceptance and exceptions.Managed project financials, including ordering, forecasting, budgeting, and capacity management, while providing executive summaries in alignment with project roadmaps.Led the cross-departmental implementation of the Cyber Resilience Act, guiding teams and product owners in regulatory readiness assessments across global product lines.Advised Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) owners on integrating cybersecurity milestones, resulting in increased maturity levels on an internal scale. Optimized cybersecurity processes to streamline policy enforcement and enhance productivity.Directed a cross-functional task force to address cybersecurity audit backlogs, expediting the closure of findings and reducing remediation times.Implemented bi-weekly synchronization meetings and shared dashboards to improve project transparency and minimize misalignment errors.Developed and delivered cybersecurity awareness training programs, significantly raising internal cybersecurity awareness among 200+employeesCrafted and executed security domain improvement roadmaps, ensuring alignment with CRA/ISO 27001/NIS2 standards and enhancing product security.
EDUCATION
Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering and Technology
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electrical and Electronics Engineering
C.V.Raman College of Engineering
Master of Computer Applications - MCA, Computer Science
ABOUT VINOTH KUMAR
As the Global Head of Holistic Security at Innomotics, I lead a team of exceptional cybersecurity professionals, shaping the corporate strategy for industrial cybersecurity. My role involves providing strategic support to business units and offering guidance on the implementation of security across our products, portfolio and manufacturing sites.My management experience is complemented by a strong technical background with cutting-edge curriculum designed in IT and Software domain with cross functional knowledge in Minerals, Oil & Gas and other industries that aligns to globally-recognized standards, global trends and best practices. Learned the very latest frame work that transforms the traditional approach to Agile.In addition to my management roles, I have headed industrial cybersecurity in various business units, demonstrating my ability to balance leadership with technical expertise. My technical competencies extend to industrial control system architecture and design, control system programming and commissioning, project execution, industrial network and infrastructure, secure design, and secure operations.I take pride in being a self-proclaimed nerd with a keen interest in technical challenges, particularly within the security domain. I am experienced in working with best practices for security verification in industrial solutions, utilizing kali tools such as Nessus, Burp, Nmap, Metasploit, and more. My passion for technology and management skills allows me to effectively lead and contribute to the field of industrial cybersecurity.
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