Issue 25  October 2nd 2022

Brian Barnier, co-founder of Think.Design.Cyber

Brian Barnier is the co-founder of Think.Design.Cyber and the think-tank, CyberTheory Institute that bridges the gap between boards, business leaders, cybersecurity leaders and compliance. He is an avid sailor with a distinctive career spanning: cybersecurity, technology, risk management, new product innovation and financial services regulation.

Brian has pioneered critical, systems and industrial design thinking in the cybersecurity discipline and the use of life-like scenario analysis to address critical issues of evolving threats/attacks, eliminate bad methods that cause breaches, waste money and resources and burnout cyber pros, affecting culture and retention.

He is the author of The Operational Risk Handbook (Harriman House, Great Britain, 2011) used as a textbook by the London Institute of Banking & Finance. In 2020, Brian’s paper with expert Prachee Kale, “Cybersecurity: The Endgame -- Part 1” was honored as the 2020 Article of the Year in the Taylor and Francis EDPACs journal.

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Prachee Kale, co-founder of Think.Design.Cyber

Prachee Kale is the co-founder of Think.Design.Cyber, a Founding Executive Fellow of CyberTheory Institute and a multi-disciplinary professional with a 17 year, "4D" career spanning: Cybersecurity & Tech, Business Strategy, Diversity & Inclusion and Executive Coaching.

Prachee’s current work is focused on 1) coaching introverted cyber professionals (who account for 60%+ of cyber workforce) to build their brand and become strong leaders without changing their personalities and, 2) bringing critical, systems and design thinking to cybersecurity organizations so they can accelerate Zero Trust implementation, drive demonstrable business outcomes and cost savings, improve culture and reduce burnout.

She is the creator of “Design Thinking for Cybersecurity” online course, soon to be launched on ISMG’s CyberEd.io education platform.

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Nehal Mehta, co-founder of Rainbow Secure

Nehal Mehta, is a mathematician, statistician, astute software engineer, and security researcher skilled in strategic planning, cyber defense, multi-layer authentication, Identity & Zero-trust security. She’s also an accomplished entrepreneur.

As President of Rainbow Secure, she designs security solutions that help businesses keep secure from hackers. Throughout her career, Nehal has secured patents worldwide on innovative technologies & solutions that help businesses & customers enjoy the benefits of digital transformation.

Her approach to cybersecurity is unique in that it breaks the chain of complex cyber problem-solving down to a one style+color driven security solution. She has successfully partnered with Microsoft, Google, IBM, and other prestigious platforms.

Nehal is interested in sharing her expertise by being a mentor to someone who is starting their own business or want to do business online but concerned about security, she can help navigate government processes and getting security compliance.

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Dhaval Shah, co-founder of Rainbow Secure

Dhaval Shah is an industry veteran with over two decades making business and government entities successful with digital transformation and special focus projects. He leads partnership team and provides technical leadership at rainbow secure, a company he co-founded with visionary Nehal Mehta. He graduated with master's degree in Computer Applications. He did undergrad in Computer Science. He is passionate and curious about technology, how it works and how it makes human life better and easier. He likes to study human problem very closely. He has around 22 years of experience working in industry verticals like Software product company, Pharma, Utility, Retail, Fianacial services, government and healthcare, where he was solving complex business challenges and learnt best practices.

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