Illyas Kooliyankal Idc,Cnme, Isaca, Ec Council, Mesa Ciso Awards Email & Phone Number

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

East Of Naseem, Kw

Cybersecurity Industrial Advisory Board Member

FREE CISO Mentorship Program for First Time CISOs, and those who are in the path to become a CISO with the right guidance!Handhold Guidance and a focused sessions, content and dedicated training for those who dream to be a successful CISO and protect organizations!Those CISO who still misses the edge or tricks in the job, our group will fill the gap and refine your skills in the right places and in the right practical ways through a well planned holistic approach! We help to produce some of the best future CISOs with the help of most influential and practical, hands on CISOs and security leaders! The products come out of “The CISO Factory” will be of top quality! All of this as a community service and as part of CyberShelter CSR Activities!

Dubai, Ae

Cybershelter was founded by Illyas Kooliyankal, the Former Group CISO of Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, who has been working in the Cybersecurity field for the past 28+ years, with solid experience in setting up the full Cybersecurity capability for Etisalat, ADX and Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank. In his last stint, He successfully managed US$ 40 Million, 35+ initiatives Cybersecurity Transformation Program as the first CISO of the bank to improve the maturity from 1 to 3.5 (On a scale of 5) within three years. Some of the major initiatives in the transformation program covered the building of a Cutting Edge Cyber Defense Center (SOC), Executive Dash Board, Data Security enhancement with Data classification and Data Leakage prevention, Access security revamping, Continuous penetration testing, vulnerability lifecycle, and a threat intelligence program. 🌟 Establishing and Operating Next Generation Cybersecurity group of companies🌟 Ensure the best customer experience at all stages of cybersecurity service and solution delivery and support🌟 Developing Business Strategy, covering Marketing, HR, Financial and Risk Management Plans🌟 Build a resilient and scalable operating model for the group🌟 Support the team of experts in designing and developing effective and customized solutions and services to the targeted industry and customers🌟 Engage with Partners, Customers and other stakeholders for the successful growth of the business🌟 Bring Innovative and creative solutions and services to the industry to address customer pain points🌟 Ensure professional and customer friendly approaches and services 🌟 Expand the company at a global level through merger, acquisition and joint ventures on top of the solo presence establishment 🌟 Build subsidiaries and group companies to focus on various cybersecurity stream of business including in-house development of innovative, pathbreaking products and solutions for the industry

Writer in English and MalayalamPublished many cybersecurity Articles in magazinesPublished Malayalam Book - Poem - Akakazcha

Non-Profit Group for career development, Guidance, mentoring and Job opportunities in Information Security, Cybersecurity and related domains! We exchange knowledge, information, support, guidance, encouragement, mentorship, training and workshops! Bi Weekly, Practical oriented workshops and training son very relevant topics is one of the great attractions!No politics, no posts about sensitive subjects including anything related to any organizations or countries. No religious posts, no good morning/goodnight messages, no birthday wishes, avoid festival wishes, no marketing/ads, no posting of organization internal/confidential/secret information, no misuse of contacts, no direct messaging to members if you don’t know them before. No product/vendor comparison, promotion or degrading in the group. Queries about solutions or vendors can be posted for one-to-one discussions outside the group, if both parties are agreeing. You can share your or other members achievements, awards, special talents related to infosec, books, articles written, and any other credentials (reasonable and sensible occasions - can’t be a continuous self promotion platform also) . You can post job opportunities, job enquiries, mentorship enquiries, trainee opportunities requests etc.###Any Cybersecurity professional wants to be a member of the group, please message me or send email to info@cybershelter.com####

Reading, England, Gb

Elected Membership to the World leader in Business Continuity, based on experience and academic success. BS 25999/ISO 22301 Standard is mostly based on Good Practice Guidelines from BCI.Non Profitable Organization.

Well received and communicative professional speaker on a wide variety of subjects, including Information Security, National Security, and IT Governance etc.✨ 4th Annual SecureAsia Conference -Marcus Evans, Malaysia "Data Leakage Prevention"✨ E- Crime Congress 2009, - AKJ Associates, London "Data Leakage Prevention"✨ E-Crime Congress 2010, - AKJ Associates, London "E- Crime Prevention and Preparedness"✨ IT GRC Forum 2010, - Liquid Nexus, London "Information Classification and Protection"✨ 3rd Annual Development & Infrastructure summit, organized by IQPC "Security of National Critical Infrastructure and SCADA Systems"✨ Data Management Conference 2010 -Marcus Evans Topic: Data Leakage Prevention✨ 4th Annual National Security Summit, - IQPC at Abu Dhabi Topic: Cyber Security for National Security✨ IT for Government -Fleming Gulf Topic: Information Security for Government✨ Counter Terror Arabia -Clarion Event"Cyber Security for National Security"✨ Best Practice Sessions for Abu Dhabi Government entities 1. Data Leakage Prevention 2.ADSIC Information Security Standard(Abu Dhabi Government) & ISO 27001✨ Cloud Confex - GITEX, Dubai ✨ CIO Event, Celtic Manor, NSW, UK✨ CIO Show, Singapore✨ Co Chair and speaker at EC COUNCIL's CISO EXECUTIVE SUMMIT 2011 Las Vegas, USA✨ CISO Summit, Abu Dhabi✨ SecureDubai, by ISC2 Topic: Digital Forensics✨ Digital Security Summit, RiyadhChairman - Cloud Security✨ Gulf International Cyber Security Symposium , by Dubai E- Government, Abu Dhabi Chamber etc.✨ GITEX 2014✨ Global CISO Forum, USA 2014✨ Demystifying Cyber Warfare - c0c0n, Kerala Police, India - August 2016✨ Threat Intelligence & Threat Hunting - c0c0n, Kerala Police, India - August 2017

Newport Beach, California, Us

Cybersecurity Advisor to the SaaS security company

Bangalore, Karnataka, In

Strategic Advisor - Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity Lectures

Abu Dhabi, Ae

Key Executive Member of UAE Bank Federation’s (UBF) Cyber & Information Security Committee. Spearheading the Information Security transformation in UAE Financial Sector in alignment with the able leadership of the UBF and UAE Central Bank

Riyadh, Central, Sa

Cybersecurity Advisory Strategic RoadmapOversight and Review of Cybersecurity posture

Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, Ae

🌟 Successfully Defended targeted cyber-attacks and many other attempts through proactive controls, effective threat intelligence, monitoring & response. 🌟 From a position of no visibility or controls, eliminated the business impacting data leakage incidents and associated frauds in the bank.🌟 Rolled out a five year, dynamic cybersecurity strategy with people, process and technology, aligned with the business objectives and information security risks. 🌟 Successfully executed a robust 3 year cybersecurity transformation program with 35 key initiatives🌟 Established the Group Information Security Department with 45+ resources in alignment with strategic objectives and industry benchmarks.🌟 Formulated a business-friendly, security assuring, risk appetite for the bank, to support the digital transformation in the bank🌟 Established new Information security key functions for the bank - Strategy & Risk Management, Information Security Engineering, Information Security Services & assurance, Cyber Defense Center and IS Program Management.🌟 Established 4 High-Level Key Risk Indicators with tactical and operational indicators to measure, monitor and communicate the information security risks and posture to various stakeholders including the Board of Directors.🌟 Created a very popular and effective cybersecurity awareness brand by the name “HIMAYA” (Protection)🌟 Successfully complied with PCI DSS, Central Bank-NESA (27% in 2017 to 97% in 2019), SWIFT CSP, ATM Security, Digital Channel security, and GDPR.🌟 Established DevSecOps with the related process, technology to ensure dynamic and agile security controls as part of the digital transformation initiatives. 🌟 Regularly and effectively engaged with the Board of Directors on Cyber Security strategy, policies, budget approvals, headcount, risks, incidents and updates.

Stamford, Ct, Us

Advisor to Gartner on the Security & Risk Summit Agenda, topics, theme, tracks, key messages and trends

Dubai, Dubai, Ae

Abu Dhabi, Ae

In addition to CISO role, On an interim basis, globally heading the IT Infrastructure, Network, Systems, Support functions of the firm. The role helped me to ensure that the right security are built-into the IT infrastructure and team, by enforcing security policies as part of the processes and systems.Some of the key achievements in this role areCompletely revamped the IT Department and services, with IT Governance and Service Management, by designing, adopting, and implementing ITIL framework & COBITSpearhead the design and successful implementation of more than 10 global sites/data centers to support the aggressive global expansion of the investment bankDesigned and implemented web presence for the firm, that facilitates online trading, funding, and marketing activities. More than 10 web portals has been supported with highly reliable, fast, secure infrastructure and servicesLead the team to plan, design, and implement web scalar solution with software data centre technologies for server and desktop infrastructureSpearhead the desktop virtualisation project, with thin clients and thin PCs, on Nutanix web scalar architectureLead the team to design and implement high speed, low latency, highly secure online financial trading platforms for the global brokerage and trading activities. Locations of the platforms include, London, New York and Tokyo.Lead the automation of ITIL processes, and IT service provisioning through centralized service desk function.Managing a team compromises of more than 12 talented IT professionals, on a global, multinational, multicultural domain. The team size is increasing now to be more than 16 soon.Spearhead the team to build backup, DR, and IT service continuity services/solutions to handle disaster scenarios.Spearhead the planning, selection, designing of global MPLS network between 14 sites of the company which includes, US, UK, Hong Kong, Singapore, Abu Dhabi etc. The implementation is now ongoing.

Abu Dhabi, Ae

Successfully designed and executed Information Security Transformation Program for the Global Financial entity, its parent holding company and other associated critical initiatives.• Spearhead the Global Initiatives in Information Security, Infrastructure and IT Governance for the fastest growing financial entity in the world to move to “Operational Excellence” Phase in record time from a “Blissful Ignorance” Stage.• Develop and Implement Information Security Strategy in alignment with business vision and goals and advise the executive management accordingly.• Demonstrated and reinvented security to be a business enabler instead of a road blocker. Delivered operational and business friendly solutions for the company and its employees by ensuring security of systems and information• ISO 27001 & PCI DSS in the shortest possible time frame (<1 year) with out any external assistance • Produced Highly effective and practically successful data classification and data leakage prevention processes and technology• Designed and implemented well received and successful information security awareness consists of technology, process, and people• Revamped the IT Service/Governance to bring it up to be at the best maturity level (CMMI 4-5)• Successfully enhanced the information security posture of the organization to top tier financial organization in the world in record time.• Revamped and Standardized the IT services across d(New York, Paris, London, Singapore and Hong Kong) based on best practices, including ITIL, COBIT etc.• Ensuring Security of Online based trading, other business activities, Cloud-based Services.• Responsible for timely identification, collection, correlation, and dissemination of Cyber Threat Intelligence • Designed and Developed Information Security Policy Framework, information security risk management• Oversee the investigation of security breaches and assist with follow-up requirements where necessary.

Albuquerque, New Mexico, Us

The board is formed by EC Council to drive Information Assurance function across the worldEC Council carefully selected Industry leaders with indepth knowledge and experience in developing and executing organizational information security management policy and strategy As part of developing the profession and defining the skills and expertise, CISO Summits are being conducted, which will be driven by the inputs/advice of the board members.

Ae

In the role of Chief Information Security Officer, Managed Information Security and Business Continuity Key Specialities:1. Implemented cutting edge technology for Information Classification and control with Data Leakage Prevention solution2. Built a comprehensive Business Continuity Plan for the organization3. Spearhead the alignment of Information Security with ISO 27001 requirement which helped to meet Government's mandatory requirements 4. Well coordinated Information Security Awraeness Program is rolled out to improve the effectiveness of people element in security5. Able to implement a Successul and Practically efficient ITIL process for IT Service Management.6. Integrated ISO 27001, ITIL , and COBIT to make IT and Information Security a business enablerExperience/Responsbilities:• Develop, Implement & Maintain the Information Security Management System (ISMS) and • Develop, Implement & Maintain the Business Continuity Management System (BCMS)• Aligning Information Security activities with Government standard/requirements• Identifies protection goals and objectives in alignment with corporate strategic plan• Develop and maintain information security & IT strategy• Overseas and guide Security Operations.• Risk Management• ITIL and COBIT Implementation• Global security policy and policy framework, guidelines, and procedures • Security Metrics to monitor the effectiveness and to improve productivity• Deals with law enforcement and other government agencies on information security• Investigation of security breaches and assists with disciplinary and legal matters. • Information Security Awareness Program• Reviews, recommends, implements and test security plans, products and practices.• Incident Management • Identifies, tests, and monitors key security controls within business and technical processes • Internal & External Auditing and Penetration tests

Abu Dhabi, Ae

Worked in different roles including the role of CISO & Head of IT Infrastructure & Governance• Manage Network, Systems & Information Security Team• ISO 27001 project management and Certification• IT & Information Security Risk Management• IT and Security Auditing and Pen Test.• Security strategy, policies and procedures • Planning /Designing Network & Security Infrastructure • Systems Security - Windows & UNIX (Sun Solaris). Manage the design, deployment, maintenance of IT Infrastructure • Investigation, Monitoring, and Review • Security Awareness Program• Security products and solutions - RFP, evaluation• IT & Security Project Management• BCP & DRP• Leadership, direction and support to the team in planning and implementing new devices and systems, upgrades and enhancements to existing hardware devices (Cisco Routers, IDS Sensors, PIX Firewalls, Symantec Firewalls, Net Cache, Nortel VPN Concentrators, Servers (HP, IBM, DELL, SUN) and application systems like Anti Virus (Trend Micro), Mail sweeper, Secure IIS, ISS Security suite, Web Washer, Legato Backup Solution etc.• Technical Documentation

Abu Dhabi, Ae

Spearheaded the establishment and operation of Internet support activities of the ISP, during the early stage of the Internet revolution.

GIS System administration

The Entrepreneurial Edge, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies

B-Tech, Electronics & Communication Engineering

B Tech, Electronics & Communication Engineering

Pre-Degree (+2), Maths & Science

Sslc

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Financial Management