At Threat.Technology we track over 100,000 infosec, cyber security, military and cyber startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top India based CTO’ operating in the Cyber Security space. If you think a CTO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Akshat Jain
Founder & CTO of Cyware
Akshat is the pioneer behind Cyware’s revolutionary technology based product platforms. A thought leader and a creative thinker, Akshat has immense expertise in bringing business strategy, operations and technology together. At Cyware, he has greatly influenced teams in bringing innovative products to reality. His success mantra: sustainability & feasibility in the long-term. Before Cyware, Akshat served as the Director of Programs at Oracle and was key to facilitating cloud ventures for Oracle Enterprise Manager. His earlier role at Adobe also shaped the company’s core products grow to a substantial scale.
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About Cyware: Cyware Labs provides cyber fusion solutions to help businesses detect and stop cyberattacks.
Raviraj Doshi
CTO & Founder of Smokescreen Technologies
As a digital forensics professional, Raviraj has investigated some of the nation’s most high-profile cyber-security incidents. He has also previously developed patent-pending technologies in the field of stealth malware detection.
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About Smokescreen Technologies: Smokescreen Technologies are create the next generation of cyber-security detection and response systems.
Sunil Varkey
Chief Technology Officer, Regional : EMEA & APJ of ForeScout Technologies
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About ForeScout Technologies: ForeScout Technologies provides enterprises and government agencies with agentless visibility and control of devices.
Abhijit Tannu
Founder and CTO of Seclore
Abhijit Tannu is Founder and CTO, building innovative products and applications for enterprise security. A technology architect at heart and an entrepreneur by his calling, he was also the Founder, Director & CTO at Herald Logic, the company he set up along with Vishal Gupta and others. In the past decade, Herald Logic has become a leading name in optimizing Sales Force and Channel effectiveness for Financial and Pharmaceutical companies. In his 15-year experience, of which 8 have been as Head of Technology and Product Management, Abhijit has managed large turnkey projects, design & development and quality assurance, besides driving technology and innovations. In earlier positions, at Patni Computer Systems, Abhijit managed some of the largest projects and was involved in all aspects of delivery. He has also worked at Larsen & Toubro handling large turnkey projects. Abhijit is an inventor of a technology product – IntelliPush – which is a rule-based engine which collects data from various sources, analyses it and performs actions as previously defined by the user. Abhijit holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from IIT, Kharagpur.
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About Seclore: Seclore provides enterprise digital rights management solution that enables organizations to control the usage of files wherever they go.
Sandeep Singh
Co-Founder & CTO of ProjectDiscovery
Sandeep Singh IS THE Co-Founder and CTO at ProjectDiscovery.
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About ProjectDiscovery: ProjectDiscovery is a remote-first open-source software company simplifying security operations for hackers and developers.
Gagan Jain
CTO and Co-Founder of Ontic
Gagan Jain is working as CTO and Co-Founder at Ontic.
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About Ontic: We believe businesses around the world can be safer by serving intelligence to those who protect.
Akhil Reni
Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Strobes
Akhil Reni is the Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at STROBES.
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About Strobes, We Secure App: SaaS based vulnerability management platform
Bhaskar Sayyaparaju
CTO of Axxera
Bhaskar R. Sayyaparaju joined Axxera in November, 2011. As Chief Technology Officer. He brings in several years of experience in Information Technology and has experience working at publicly traded companies. Previously Bhaskar was President – International Business of Sify Technologies Ltd. Bhaskar joined Sify in August 2006 as Chief Technology Officer. He brings with him many years of experience, including leadership in technology roles with companies such as Cidco and Handspring in the US. His last position was General Manager of ServerEngines (India) Private Ltd after being the Director of Information Systems at Nvidia Corporation at Santa Clara, California, USA. Bhaskar is an M.S in Computer Science with a track record of IT leadership in the United States, with broad experience across infrastructure operations, network management, process development, application development/deployment, database management, website operations, desktop support operations and data center management. Mr. Bhaskar has an M.S in Computer Science from Alabama A&M University.
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About Axxera, IndiKrew: Axxera’s proprietary technology platform provides a fully scalable and extensible monitoring and protection solution.
Anoop Prabhu
Co-Founder & CTO of Vehant Technologies
In his current role as Chief Technology Officer and a member of the Company’s Board of Directors, Mr. Anoop G Prabhu is responsible for aligning company’s technical competence with the emerging trends and futuristic technologies, Mr. Anoop founded Vehant after the successful stint at Mobileye Vision Technologies Ltd (a technology startup in Israel) and IBM India Research Lab He holds the Masters & a Bachelors degree in Technology from Indian Institute of technology (IIT) Delhi
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About Vehant Technologies: Vehant Technologies pioneer in indigenously developed Physical Security, Surveillance and Traffic Monitoring Systems.
Praveen Gupta
Co-Founder & CTO of WiJungle
Co-Founder at HttpCart Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
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About JustPlan, WiJungle: WiJungle is a Unified Network Security Gateway that enables organizations to manage and secure their entire network through a single window.
Sashank Dara
Co-Founder & CTO of Seconize
Sashank Dara is the co-founder and CTO of Seconize.
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About Seconize: Seconize is a continuous and contextual cyber risk and compliance management platform.
Dinson David Kurian
CTO & Co-Founder of Technisanct
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About Technisanct: Big Data and Cyber Security Startup
Vikram Salwan
CTO of Xeliumtech Solutions
Vikram Salwan is the CTO of Xeliumtech Solutions.
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About Xeliumtech Solutions: Xeliumtech Solutions is an IT Company, delivering Web Development, Mobile App Development & Software Development Services across the globe.
Kumaran Balan
Co-Founder and CTO of Securden
Kumaran Balan is the Co-Founder and CTO at Securden.
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About Securden: Securden is a Windows Privilege Management Software.