Hey👋, I'm Rakesh!

Rakesh Sharma

Bitten by the computer bug in childhood, I found my first mentors in an army signalman and an amazing book -The Next World War by James Adams.That early spark led me straight to the world of cybersecurity. A pure technocrat at heart, I immersed myself in hacking, mastering the art of defense and offense in the digital realm. Over the years, I’ve worked with top cybersecurity firms and global financial institutions, securing critical systems and shaping security strategies. Today, I navigate the evolving digital battlefield, securing systems, shaping strategies, and driving the future of AI and cybersecurity.

Currently leading strategic direction as Chief Advisor at CYAIFI shaping the future of AI education, research and responsible adoption.

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Professional Endeavors

Few highlighted accomplishments where i became part of a cohort of industry leaders and visonaries while discussing improvement of cyber security ecosystem.

RSA CISO Bootcamp

Nov 2024

Cyber Leadership Program

Mar 2025

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Media Coverage

Global Talent Visa Australia

The Global Talent Visa-Independent Program (GTI) is designed to provide a streamlined and priority visa pathway for highly skilled and talented individuals to migrate to Australia permanently.

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The Protectors

Co-founder of National Anti-Hack Group (www.nag.co.in) from year 2006-2007. Started in college, this initiative was to defend the country against cyber adversaries.

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Talent Recognition - Singapore Fintech Association

Recognized as a Talent in Fintech space by Singapore Fintech Association in 2017

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Indian migrant obtains Australian GTI visa

Indian migrant gets fast-track permanent residency through Australia's Global Talent visa program

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Testimonials

  • Beenu Arora

    CEO of Cyble

    Rakesh is a seasoned Cybersecurity professional with effective leadership and technical skills. I have known him professionally for years, and he has been active in discussing cyberspace issues. He has sound knowledge in various cybersecurity domains, including cloud security. He is a valuable asset for the cyber community and a good fit for cyber technical and leadership roles in the industry.

  • Vivek Srivatava

    Vivek Srivastava · 1stFirst degree connection Software Engineering Manager at HP

    Rakesh has been one of the most imaginative and enterprising QA members that I have worked with. He added a new dimension to exploit testing by going beyond just running the stock tools. Not afraid to use the command line, he would keep a watch for new exploits and test them even before they were widely available. He wrote a framework to automate exploit testing that took significant load off the QA team. A very good person to have in the team.

  • Sunit Jodhawat

    Senior enterprise Sales Engineer

    Rakesh is really a wonderful person to work with. He always maintains a good blend of interpersonal and technical skills. I am really impressed by the way he always seeks for more knowledge about security domain. He possesses great technical understanding in internet/web security domain.

  • Beenu Arora

    CEO of Cyble

    Rakesh is a seasoned Cybersecurity professional with effective leadership and technical skills. I have known him professionally for years, and he has been active in discussing cyberspace issues. He has sound knowledge in various cybersecurity domains, including cloud security. He is a valuable asset for the cyber community and a good fit for cyber technical and leadership roles in the industry.

  • Vivek Srivatava

    Vivek Srivastava · 1stFirst degree connection Software Engineering Manager at HP

    Rakesh has been one of the most imaginative and enterprising QA members that I have worked with. He added a new dimension to exploit testing by going beyond just running the stock tools. Not afraid to use the command line, he would keep a watch for new exploits and test them even before they were widely available. He wrote a framework to automate exploit testing that took significant load off the QA team. A very good person to have in the team.

  • Sunit Jodhawat

    Senior enterprise Sales Engineer

    Rakesh is really a wonderful person to work with. He always maintains a good blend of interpersonal and technical skills. I am really impressed by the way he always seeks for more knowledge about security domain. He possesses great technical understanding in internet/web security domain.

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