About

Background.

Sriram Tarikere is a Senior Director with Alvarez & Marsal’s Global Cyber Risk Services in New York. He focuses on leading multi-disciplinary teams to provide cyber risk, cloud and blockchain security advisory, application and network security, incident response and forensic investigation services to clients globally.Mr. Tarikere has 20+ years of experience in executing cybersecurity and privacy risk assessments, ranging from very detailed ISO 27001/NIST, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and Risk Quantification, to technical cloud and blockchain secure design and architecture reviews, application and network security, red teaming, threat hunting and social engineering exercises. He leads breach response engagements and acts as a trusted security adviser to organizations, C-suite and board members.

Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Tarikere served as the Associate Director of Security and Privacy at Protiviti Inc, where he was responsible for leading projects at several major financial institutions and other prominent companies within the media, entertainment, retail, healthcare, energy, manufacturing, and construction sectors. He also managed the Penetration Testing and DFIR (Digital Forensics & Incident Response) labs for Protiviti’s New York office. Mr. Tarikere is actively involved in several industry organizations like OWASP, Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), ISC2 and FAIR Institute. He is also on the cybersecurity advisory board at Rutgers University.Mr. Tarikere earned a master's degree in computer sciences/cybersecurity from New York University. He holds the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) certificate from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a CISSP, PCIP, GWAPT, GCIH, and ISO 27001 Lead Auditor.

Specialties Technical Security Assessments Cloud Security Blockchain Security Incident Response Policy Development Privacy/Compliance Gap Assessments IT Risk Assessments Business Risk Industry best practices Red Teaming PCI-DSS (QSA) HIPAA ISO 27001 and NIST assessments Penetration Testing Web Application Security Vulnerability and Remediation Management.

Experience

Work History.

Alvarez & Marsal

Senior Director - Global Cybersecurity and Incident Response

Aug 2019 – Present · New York City Metropolitan Area

Sriram Tarikere is a Senior Director with Alvarez & Marsal’s Global Cyber Risk Services in New York.

EC-Council

CISO Advisory Board Member

Sep 2021 – Present

IEEE

IEEE Senior Member

Sep 2022 – Jan 2024 · New York City Metropolitan Area

Forbes Technology Council

Forbes Technology Council Member

Dec 2021 – Dec 2023 · New York, United States

Rutgers University

CyberSecurity Advisory Board Member

2018 – Apr 2020 · New Jersey

http://cybersecurity.rutgers.edu/sriram-tarikere.html

Protiviti

Associate Director - CyberSecurity, Incident Response and Forensics Investigations

Jan 2018 – Aug 2019 · Greater New York City Area

Provide Strategic Guidance and Leadership during the execution of enterprise-wide CyberSecurity, Forensics, and Privacy initiatives.

Protiviti

Senior Manager - CyberSecurity, Incident Response and Forensics Investigations

Jan 2016 – Dec 2017 · Greater New York City Area

Manage and execute enterprise-wide CyberSecurity, Forensics and Privacy initiatives.

Protiviti

Manager - CyberSecurity, Incident Response and Forensics Investigations

Jul 2014 – Dec 2015 · New York

Responsible for understanding the client’s business problem and demonstrating technical expertise in their product group and industry.

Protiviti

Senior Consultant - CyberSecurity, Incident Response and Forensics Investigations

Nov 2011 – Jun 2014 · Greater New York City Area

Sriram has the primary responsibility for direct supervision of Junior Consultants in developing and executing Information Security project work plans.

Advanced Business Group, Inc.

Software & Information Security Engineer

Jun 2010 – Oct 2011

• Assist with the development and implementation of security policies and standards and process authorizations and exceptions from such polices.

Poytechnic Institute of NYU

Team Lead - Technology and Security

Aug 2008 – May 2010

• Participating in the evaluation, development, and implementation of security standards, procedures, and guidelines.

Logica

IT Consultant

Jun 2005 – May 2008

• Developed batch and online processing scripts using PERL and BASH for administering the servers and automating tasks.


Education

Academic Background.

Carnegie Mellon University - Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Certificate Program

New York University

M.S

Executive board member and Webmaster of GISA (Graduate Indian Student Association)

Visvesvaraya Technological University

Bachelor's of Engineering


Credentials

Certifications & Awards.

Aug 2016

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP®)

(ISC)²

License: 508678

Jun 2013

Web App Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking (GWAPT)

SANS Institute

License: 4013

Sep 2015

Hacker Techniques, Exploits & Incident Handling (GCIH)

SANS Institute

License: 26096

Aug 2013 – Nov 2024

PCI - Qualified Security Assessor (QSA)

PCI Security Standards Council

Jan 2011

Oracle Sun Java SE 6 Programmer

Oracle

Sep 2019

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor - Information Security Certification

IT Governance Ltd