Meet Our Team
Bikash Barai
Founder & CEO
Bikash is credited for several innovations in the domain of Network Security and Anti-Spam Technologies and has multiple patents in USPTO. Fortune recognized Bikash among India’s Top 40 Business Leaders under the age of 40 (Fortune 40-under-40). Bikash is also an active speaker and has spoken at various forums like TiE, RSA Conference USA, TEDx, etc.
Earlier he founded iViZ an IDG Ventures-backed company that was later acquired by Cigital and now Synopsys. iViZ was the first company in the world to take Ethical Hacking (or Penetration Testing) to the cloud.
Erik Laird
VP of Sales, Americas
Erik Laird brings significant cyber experience to our Executive Leadership Team. He’s led high-performance North America and International high-performance GTM teams for organizations including HP – Enterprise Security Products (ArcSight, Fortify, Tipping Point), RiskIQ, and Tanium.
Starting his career at Parametric Technology Corporation, Erik later managed a team of 50 at HP Software, selling end-to-end security solutions that supported the establishment of key Security Intelligence Operations Centers in some of the largest organizations in the US. At RiskIQ, he led the growth of more than 3X in just 2 years. Most recently, he led the efforts in leading his team at Tanium from worst to first in the world. His reputation as a GTM leader and true builder precedes him. Erik lives in the Atlanta area with his wife, and their two dogs, and enjoys time with his extended family and community.
Bruce Schneier
Advisor Security Technologist
Bruce Schneier is an internationally renowned security technologist, called a “security guru” by The Economist. He is the author of over one dozen books—including his latest, A Hacker’s Mind—as well as hundreds of articles, essays, and academic papers. His influential newsletter “Crypto-Gram” and his blog “Schneier on Security” are read by over 250,000 people.
Arnab Chattopadhayay
Co-founder & VP of Emerging Research
Arnab’s expertise lies in providing solutions to complex problems in the area of IT Security. He has 23+ years of experience in leadership roles at large organizations like British Telecom, Tech Mahindra, iViZ (part of Synopsys), Metric Stream, Capgemini, IBM & more.
Arnab was one of the key members to have worked in the BT21CN, one of the largest transformation projects in the telecom world aimed at the complete transformation of BT’s telecom network to Next Generation Network (NGN).
Priyanka Aash
Co-founder & VP of Marketing
Priyanka Aash is credited with building global communities for cybersecurity leaders and shaping enterprise marketing strategies for over a decade.
She has been nominated for the Cybersecurity Excellence Award for her leadership & AI innovations in cybersecurity and honored with the NetApp Excellerate HER award. She is also the author of “The AI Divide,” which explores how artificial intelligence is quietly rewiring human minds and influencing decisions.
Earlier, she co-founded CISO Platform, the world’s first online platform for collaboration and knowledge sharing among senior information security executives. Through this, she worked with the marketing teams of IBM, VMware, F5 Networks, Barracuda Networks, Check Point, and others, driving inbound marketing and enterprise growth.
Priyanka is passionate about entrepreneurship, enterprise marketing strategy, and building communities that empower CISOs worldwide.
Prakash Bell
COO
Prakash brings nearly three decades of experience in leadership roles covering Consulting, System Engineering, Services Delivery, Global Support, Business Strategy & Operations with organizations such as Check Point, Gartner, VMware, IBM, and a few technology startups.
His various roles covering technology functions, strategy, and business operations – have enabled him to assist organizations to grow and deliver at scale. Besides Indian experience, he has extensive experience in regional roles covering APAC, North America, and Europe.
