status: up · India
role: principal architect
Principal Architect, Zero Trust Cloud at Zscaler
I design Zero Trust architectures for banks across AWS and Azure, and I'm taking that discipline into securing AI.
[Your role at Cisco]
Where the networking foundation was built — routing, switching and the CCIE. [Add one or two lines on what you worked on.]
[Your role at VMware]
[What you worked on — e.g. virtual networking, NSX, data-centre design.]
[Your role at Palo Alto Networks]
[What you worked on — e.g. next-gen firewalls, cloud security.]
Principal Architect, Zero Trust Cloud
Designing Zero Trust architectures for BFSI customers across AWS and Azure with ZIA, ZPA, Cloud Connector and Zero Trust Gateway — translating CCIE-era constructs like VRFs and MPLS into VPCs and Transit Gateways.
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| Credential | Status | Description |
|---|---|---|
| CCIE | up/up | Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert [add track and number if you like] |
| Cisco DevNet | up/up | India's first Cisco DevNet certification |
| OWASP | up/up | [Your OWASP role or project involvement] |
| DBA, Golden Gate University | init | Emerging Technologies, Generative AI specialisation |
A structured path from networking foundations to Zero Trust and AI security, taught by someone who designs these architectures for banks every day.
Explore trainingWhy posture management for AI, cloud and identity is really one problem — and how a Zero Trust view ties them together.
Taking Zero Trust principles into AI systems: securing LLM applications, agents and the data they touch.
Red-teaming and defending LLM applications — prompt injection, data leakage, agent permissions — with the same rigour as network security.
Pursuing a DBA in Emerging Technologies with a Generative AI specialisation at Golden Gate University.
Publishing what I learn about cloud and AI security, here and in a book. [Edit or remove.]
Happy to talk about Zero Trust, cloud networking, or securing AI systems.