About

Rajat Kothari is an Assistant Manager for the Cyber Risk Services practice of Deloitte, based in Bengaluru, with over 7 years of experience in the field. He has worked on Cyber Security engagements for renowned multinational companies across various industries, including manufacturing and purpose-led technology companies. Rajat has been involved in various projects, including EU GDPR Framework, ISO 27001:2013 (ISMS), IT Audits, SOX Controls design, Business Continuity Plan and Disaster Recovery Planning, and Mobile Device Management. Rajat has also been involved in multiple security solutions deployment, including Data Leakage Prevention, Intrusion Prevention System, Designing Corporate VLAN architecture, SIEM Implementation, and Enterprise Firewall Configuration. He has pursued a Post Graduate Diploma in Cybersecurity from the University of Birmingham, UK, and is an engineering graduate with specialization in Computer Science and Engineering from Amity University Rajasthan. Rajat's areas of expertise include Firewalls (Juniper SSG and SSM, Fortinet, Cisco ASA, Palo Alto), Proxy Technologies, IDS/IPS, McAfee and Fortinet DLP, Load Balancers, Network Monitoring tools (Solar winds), SIEM (HP ArcSight), Network Security, Threat Intelligence, Process and Audits (ISO 27001, EU GDPR, PCI DSS, Internal audits, VAPT, Cybersecurity, ITGC, Functional audits, SOX audits, GRC control), Policy changes, review and writing new processes, Virtualization (VMware and HyperV), Access Management, and Wireless management (Ruckus Wireless). Apart from his current role at Deloitte, Rajat has also worked as a General Member Board (Events and Marketing) for the National Indian Students and Alumni Union UK, where he was primarily responsible for making policies for the organization and managing stakeholder relationships. He has also worked as a Security Engineer for Personal Blackbox Company, PBC, where he implemented the EU GDPR framework and performed Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) for all the servers and business applications. Rajat's educational background includes a Masters's degree in Cybersecurity from the University of Birmingham and a Bachelor of Technology (BTech) in Computer Science and Engineering from Amity University. He is also proficient in Mobile technology. With 8.86 years of relevant experience, Rajat is a seasoned cybersecurity professional with a diverse skill set and a proven track record of delivering successful projects.