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I’ve spent 25 years protecting companies from threats they couldn’t see.

Now AI is changing who the attackers are, and how fast they move.

Twice CISO at Altera. Led security through Intel's $16.7 billion acquisition.

CISO at Altera. President of Claracon AI. Founder of AstorX.

What I work on

Cybersecurity & National Security

I build security programs and explain risk to boards. Most of my career has been in semiconductors, where the hardware and the supply chain matter as much as the network.

AI & the Future of Security

How companies should govern the AI they adopt, how attackers are already using it, and what that means for the people defending against them.

Mentoring the Next Generation

I spend time with schools, universities and young security professionals in India, talking about the work and how to get into it.

More about my work

Published or quoted in India Today CIO Now Dark Reading SC Media

Latest writing

AI JULY 2026

AI agents are non-human identities. Govern them like privileged users.

AI agents now get credentials, tool access and the freedom to act on their own. We spent twenty years learning how to manage accounts like that, and most companies aren’t using any of it.

Receipt: wrote the tool-gating layer, ran the IAM program

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All my writing

Speaking and media requests

I speak at conferences, board meetings, schools and universities, and I’m happy to take media calls on cybersecurity and AI.

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