CS/TC02

Ashok Sharma

Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, PurpleSynapz™ Private Limited

20 years, Cyber Security Expert & Trainer, Corporate Courses Specialist, Developed Cyber Range, SOC Creations & Operations, COE Architecture Design

Ashok is Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of  PurpleSynapz™  Private Limited. He completed his B.Tech in Computer Science from Mysore University in 2000. He has more than 19 years of experience in the Cyber Security domain. His company QOS Technology is headquartered in Bengaluru and works in cutting-edge technology in the field of Cyber Security. Before starting QOS Technology in 2010 he was part of the Research and Development team of Check Point Software in Boston, USA. He is also the Program Director of PurpleSynapz, a research and training wing of QOS Technology responsible for developing next-generation Cyber Warriors. He is extremely passionate about building successful teams.


    CS/TC02


Educational Qualification

Technical / Management /
Specialised degree
Institution Branch / Program CGPA / Scores /
Grades
Year
BE PES College of Engineering PES College of Engineering 7.9 2000

Domain Expertise

Core Competency

Cyber Range, Next-Generation Firewalls, IPS, VPN, Security Analytics, Security Response Automation, Cyber Security Incident Response Training

Complimentary Competency

Team Building, Product Development, Quality Testing

Professional Certifications

CCNA, CCNP, CCSA, CCSE, Splunk Certified, Alien Vault Certified.


Unique Expertise

  1. Cyber security Course architecture design.
  2. Cyber security Lab architecture design.
  3. Setting up a Cyber security skill assessment platform.

Consultancy/Execution Area

Cyber Security, COE Creation, Cyber Range


Professional Experience

Proficiency in Software/ product/ tools

Check Point, Alien Vault, Splunk, Palo Alto, Cisco, Python, ArcSight


Domain Experience
(Total years / Details - last 5 years)
Key Areas of Expertise Contribution/ Role Remarks

He is core architect of indigenously developed following products.

  1. Purple Range Lab™ an Open Architecture based Cyber Training Simulation Lab.
  2. SOP (Security Orchestration Platform) A large scale Security Tools Automation
  3. MIR (Managed Incident & Response Platform) An open and flexible SOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation and Response)
  4. India's top rated Cyber Security program - Cyber Pro where students pay the turion fee after getting job else the training is free.

Co-Founder and CTO - QOS Technology Private Limited, Program Direction - PurpleSynapz

Cyber Security, Software Development, Quality Assurance, Security Automation, Training

Core Architect of Indigenously developed following Cyber Security Products & Services.

  1. Cyber Range
  2. Managed Incident and Response Platform
  3. Security Orchestration Platform
  4. India's First Cyber Security - Success based Training Course names Cyber Pro
  5. Setup CCSP Check Point TAC (Technical Assistance Center) for India region from zero to 25 employee strong team.
  6. Winner of Splunk Innovation Award - 2015.

Proficiency in Software/ product/ tools


Domain Experience Areas of Expertise Contribution/ Role Remarks

Team Building, Product Development, Quality Testing

10

Product Design.

Product Architecture.

Developing prototypes.

  1. Product Features qualification
  2. Product Design and Development
  3. Product Management

Educational Qualification

Technical / Management /
Specialised degree
Institution Branch / Program CGPA / Scores /
Grades
Year
BE PES College of Engineering PES College of Engineering 7.9 2000

Domain Expertise

Core Competency

Cyber Range, Next-Generation Firewalls, IPS, VPN, Security Analytics, Security Response Automation, Cyber Security Incident Response Training

Complimentary Competency

Team Building, Product Development, Quality Testing

Professional Certifications

CCNA, CCNP, CCSA, CCSE, Splunk Certified, Alien Vault Certified.


Unique Expertise

  1. Cyber security Course architecture design.
  2. Cyber security Lab architecture design.
  3. Setting up a Cyber security skill assessment platform.

Consultancy/Execution Area

Cyber Security, COE Creation, Cyber Range


Professional Experience

Proficiency in Software/ product/ tools

Check Point, Alien Vault, Splunk, Palo Alto, Cisco, Python, ArcSight


Domain Experience
(Total years / Details - last 5 years)
Key Areas of Expertise Contribution/ Role Remarks

He is core architect of indigenously developed following products.

  1. Purple Range Lab™ an Open Architecture based Cyber Training Simulation Lab.
  2. SOP (Security Orchestration Platform) A large scale Security Tools Automation
  3. MIR (Managed Incident & Response Platform) An open and flexible SOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation and Response)
  4. India's top rated Cyber Security program - Cyber Pro where students pay the turion fee after getting job else the training is free.

Co-Founder and CTO - QOS Technology Private Limited, Program Direction - PurpleSynapz

Cyber Security, Software Development, Quality Assurance, Security Automation, Training

Core Architect of Indigenously developed following Cyber Security Products & Services.

  1. Cyber Range
  2. Managed Incident and Response Platform
  3. Security Orchestration Platform
  4. India's First Cyber Security - Success based Training Course names Cyber Pro
  5. Setup CCSP Check Point TAC (Technical Assistance Center) for India region from zero to 25 employee strong team.
  6. Winner of Splunk Innovation Award - 2015.

Proficiency in Software/ product/ tools


Domain Experience Areas of Expertise Contribution/ Role Remarks

Team Building, Product Development, Quality Testing

10

Product Design.

Product Architecture.

Developing prototypes.

  1. Product Features qualification
  2. Product Design and Development
  3. Product Management

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