About

Arnab Chattopadhayay is a highly experienced Techno-strategist with over 23 years of experience in the field of IT security. He has developed expertise in providing solutions to complex problems in this area, and has worked in both structured and unstructured environments, including large organizations and dynamic start-ups. Arnab has accrued credentials in identity and access management, cloud security, security platform, and big data products. He has also led the transformation of these technologies for very large projects, and has developed a keen interest in emerging areas like machine learning and intelligence, as well as the use of big data technologies in security, especially with new challenges like IoT. Arnab is a strong advocate of technical leadership and is excited about leading large-scale information security solutions, which are mostly strategic in nature. He brings major value to the table as he is hands-on in technology and comfortable with both larger organizations and start-ups. He has developed expertise in transformation to create a lean and fast-paced set-up for larger organizations. Arnab is currently the Vice President of Engineering at FireCompass, a SaaS platform for Continuous Automated Red Teaming (CART) and Attack Surface Management (ASM). The platform continuously indexes and monitors the deep, dark, and surface web to map out an organization's digital attack surface, including Shadow IT blind spots. Arnab has previously worked at IBM as an Associate Director in Data Science and AI, and at Capgemini as a Senior Director leading the Cyber Security Centre of Excellence for Capgemini Product & Engineering Services. He has also explored, researched, and applied machine learning in the areas of cybersecurity. Arnab holds a Masters in Telecommunication Engineering from University College London, where he studied from 2005 to 2007. He also completed his high school education from Vivekananda Institution in 1987. Arnab's tech stack includes Big Data, Machine Learning, Web, AI, and Data Scientist. He has relevant experience of 29.55 years and is a strong advocate of mentoring teams and building high-performance teams with the qualities of long-term sustenance. Arnab is a creative person and loves the creative aspect of building products and solutions. He carries a thought process for long-term vision and breaking them into short-term execution plans. He is confident in his articulation, has a structured thinking style, and is able to discover patterns quickly to fix problems.