I write & speak on cloud security, AI security, and security operations. This page collects the highlights in one place. For ongoing writing, see the blog, and for the book, see the book page.

The Book

Cyber Security Kill Chain - Tactics and Strategies (Packt, 2025) Co-authored with Shreyas Kumar, with a foreword by Rohit Ghai, CEO of RSA. A practitioner's guide to breaking down the cyberattack process and building detection and response around each stage of the kill chain. Adopted as a course resource at Texas A&M University and available through the O'Reilly learning platform.

Get it: Amazon · Packt · O'Reilly · Apple Books · Barnes & Noble

Media & Press

• CIOL · Upwind Brings Runtime Cloud Security Play to India · April 2026
• TechNadu · Humans in Cyber: Finding Security in Visibility and Ownership, Not More and More Tools · February 2026
• Economic Times: Upwind: A US cybersecurity co shares what's in demand now as wars move to the cloud
• Deccan Chronicle · Feature coverage of my work in cybersecurity
• Tech Talks: Modernizing incident response in the era of cloud and AI
• Help Net Security: Modernizing incident response in the AI era
• Dark Reading: Tips on Managing Diverse Security Teams
• RSA Conference: Harnessing AI for Active Cyber Defense—Expert Best Practices
• Security Boulevard: Exploring the Transformative Potential of AI in Cybersecurity
• Hackers of India · Community archive profile cataloging my talks and the book

Podcasts & Video

• CXO Junction · Guest episode on security leadership
• Prophet Security · AI SOC Analyst Case Study: AI-Driven SOC Automation at Upwind · January 2026
• Prophet Security webinar · AI SOC In Practice: A Security Leader's View · with Jon Hencinski

Events & Speaking

• RSAC 2025 · "It's Always Risky in IT: Frontline Stories and Strategic Insights" · San Francisco
• SANS Kubernetes & CNAPP Forum 2026 · "Defending Kubernetes at Runtime: Where Configuration Ends and Reality Begins" · January 2026
• Purple Book Community, PBC Connect RSAC 2025 · Cyber Authors Spotlight · featured book signing
• Black Hat Insider Briefing · Las Vegas
• Bay Area Cyber Leadership Summit · January 2025
• Tejas Leadership Summit 2025
• Red Canary Defenders Discussion
• IDG Korea webinar · Cyber Threat Intelligence for the Remote Workplace · Seoul (virtual)
• Mindfluence · Cyber Resilience panel
• Cyber Back to School · Red Meets Blue

Advisory Boards & Industry Roles

• Black Hat USA 2025 · Financial Services Summit Advisory Board
• Black Hat Asia 2026 · AI Security Summit Advisory Board
• SANS · Cloud Security Exchange Advisory Board
• RSA Conference · RSAC Expert

Industry writing

• Dark Reading · contributed articles
• Security Boulevard · contributed articles
• Upwind blog · thought leadership on agentic AI security, supply chain threats, and runtime security
• This site · essays on AI security and CISO leadership