About
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.
Experience
Senior Director - Global Cybersecurity and Incident Response
Aug 2019 – Present · New York City Metropolitan AreaSriram Tarikere is a Senior Director with Alvarez & Marsal’s Global Cyber Risk Services in New York.
CISO Advisory Board Member
Sep 2021 – PresentIEEE Senior Member
Sep 2022 – Jan 2024 · New York City Metropolitan AreaForbes Technology Council Member
Dec 2021 – Dec 2023 · New York, United StatesCyberSecurity Advisory Board Member
2018 – Apr 2020 · New Jerseyhttp://cybersecurity.rutgers.edu/sriram-tarikere.html
Associate Director - CyberSecurity, Incident Response and Forensics Investigations
Jan 2018 – Aug 2019 · Greater New York City AreaProvide Strategic Guidance and Leadership during the execution of enterprise-wide CyberSecurity, Forensics, and Privacy initiatives.
Senior Manager - CyberSecurity, Incident Response and Forensics Investigations
Jan 2016 – Dec 2017 · Greater New York City AreaManage and execute enterprise-wide CyberSecurity, Forensics and Privacy initiatives.
Manager - CyberSecurity, Incident Response and Forensics Investigations
Jul 2014 – Dec 2015 · New YorkResponsible for understanding the client’s business problem and demonstrating technical expertise in their product group and industry.
Senior Consultant - CyberSecurity, Incident Response and Forensics Investigations
Nov 2011 – Jun 2014 · Greater New York City AreaSriram has the primary responsibility for direct supervision of Junior Consultants in developing and executing Information Security project work plans.
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.
Team Lead - Technology and Security
Aug 2008 – May 2010• Participating in the evaluation, development, and implementation of security standards, procedures, and guidelines.
IT Consultant
Jun 2005 – May 2008• Developed batch and online processing scripts using PERL and BASH for administering the servers and automating tasks.
Education
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Certificate Program
M.S
Executive board member and Webmaster of GISA (Graduate Indian Student Association)
Bachelor's of Engineering
Credentials
(ISC)²
License: 508678
SANS Institute
License: 4013
SANS Institute
License: 26096
PCI Security Standards Council
Oracle
IT Governance Ltd