Gopan Sivasankaran
Senior Solutions Manager-MEA, Secureworks
Mr. Gopan has over sixteen years of information security experience on various roles ranging from security analyst, implementer, consultant, architect and people leader.
Being the first employee of Secureworks Middle East, Gopan is onto his 7th Year in Secureworks leading the solutioning team.
He holds Bachelor of Technology in IT and also he is an ISO 27001 Lead Auditor and Certified Information Security Manager.
He is currently working with Secureworks managing the security Architects in the region specialized on presales, architecting, scoping and designing solutions.
He has worked for several multinationals in his career with the likes of CSC, HCL, Wipro etc. On his information security journey, he has supported clients across verticals – Financial, Military, Govt, Manufacturing, Energy etc in different geographies such as India, Middle East, Europe and US.
He has spoken in several forums on information security and other relevant subjects. He has done information security awareness sessions at the corporate level and at universities.
As a pastime hobby, he writes self-help blogs, gives motivational talks and is passionate about being a life coach.