Shivanath Somanathan Email Address

Head Product Security

Freshworks creates solutions for support and sales, to engage with and delight both customers and employees.

Shivanath has about 14 years of proven experience in evangelizing, implementing and managing imperatives around - # Technology GRC (Governance, Risk & Compliance) framework institution # Hardening heterogeneous info-structure including virtualised ecosystems (client and server), mobile and cloud computing security process # Securing ADM (application development and maintenance) life cycle. # Streamlining DLC (Data Life-cycle) through optimal storage solutioning. # Incident response planning and follow through # Disaster recovery and service continuity # Statuary and regulatory compliance upkeep # Supplier/vendor/business partners due-diligence and governance Mission - Striving to integrate techno-functional expertise and value-based leadership skills to drive organizational performance to world-class levels. Key specialties include: # Info-sec expert & evangelist # IT process optimization and streamlining # Audit & assurance # Business continuity & disaster recovery planning # Cybercrime expert and trainer # IT Governance professional and incubation expert of ITRM/ERM frameworks - COSO, CoBIT, ISF, BITS-SSAP, NIST-800-37, ISO31000, OCTAVE, FAIR, TARA # Expert in strategising alignments to ISO27001, BS25999/ISO22301, ISO20000, , PCI-DSS, HIPAA-HiTrust Principles, AT01/SSAE16, various Data Privacy Laws etc