Kishore Kumar Boddula

Experienced and proactive security professional with a strong background in Security Operations Center (SOC) management. With 18 years of hands-on expertise, I have successfully led and optimized SOC operations to detect, investigate, and respond to cybersecurity incidents effectively. Proficient in utilizing advanced security tools and technologies, I am skilled at monitoring and analysing security events to maintain a robust defence posture.

Information Security Role: 

• A single point of contact for customer for entire project. Deliver SOC services, manage project P&L and act as a SME for onboarding new clients on the cloud platform and provide guidance for cloud security monitoring.
• Give recommendation to the organization with regards to current scenario and updates about information security technologies and related regulatory issues. 
• Maintaining relationship with business partners and Clients on technology security and sharing the best practices. 
• Develop and implement the overall SOC strategy aligned with the organization's and client’s security objectives, risk appetite, and industry best practices.
• Oversee the response to cybersecurity incidents, ensuring incidents are appropriately categorized, escalated, and resolved in a timely manner.
• Support Service Delivery Manager in providing the feedback and intelligence for improving the overall operations. 
• Provide technical suggestions to customer on the threat detection & management to effectively manage the threats.
• Assess, select, and implement security tools and technologies to enhance the SOC's capabilities for threat detection, incident handling, and reporting.
• Execute security operations processes, define key performance indicators (KPIs) for the SOC's performance and produce regular reports to demonstrate the effectiveness of security measures.
• Plan, lead and execute the security build projects (installation and configuration of security equipment’s/Tools) by utilizing local and global technical teams.
• Monitor information security intelligence theatres and keep abreast of events, research, and developments. Ensure a Success story for SOC.
• Identify resource requirements to manage operations by keeping abreast with the latest local and global business information.
• Provide technical suggestions to customer on the threat detection & management to effectively manage the threats.
• Provide technical assistance to customer on integrated approach of managing VM, SOC & consulting functions to better yield the results.
• Leading, mentoring & monitoring the performance of team members to ensure efficiency in operations and meeting of individual & group targets. 
• Conduct sessions to team members on customer domain/business applications/advanced analysis.
• Regularly review the deliverables from backend team to ensure the quality is as per the customer expectations.
• Collaborate with other IT and security teams, as well as external stakeholders, to ensure seamless incident coordination and response.
• Identify areas for improvement within the SOC's processes, technologies, and personnel skill sets, and implement appropriate enhancements.

Highlights: 

• Project title: TASMU (Ooredoo) | Company: ATOS | Scope: Provide SOC services to TASMU – Smart City – Azure cloud infrastructure.
• As a Project Director - manage project end-to-end; including Project finance, Delivery, Client escalations, new deployments and onboardings and tool proposals.
• Participate in technical architectural discussions for new deployments and onboarding of Smart City vendors.
• Assist client in understand the SOC monitoring scope of the Azure platform and continuously review and operationalize new Azure capabilities enhancing overall visibility of SOC.
• Spearheaded the successful implementation and configuration of Azure Sentinel for multiple clients, ensuring seamless integration with their existing Azure environments.
• Collaborated with client IT teams to onboard and normalize diverse security logs into Azure Sentinel, enhancing the platform's ability to detect and respond to security threats effectively.
• Developed and fine-tuned custom Azure Sentinel queries, workbooks, and playbooks, streamlining incident investigation processes and reducing response times by 30%.
• Led incident response efforts, utilizing Azure Sentinel's automation capabilities to orchestrate swift and accurate remediation actions.
• Conducted regular security assessments and audits, utilizing Azure Sentinel's analytics and reporting capabilities to identify and address security gaps.
• Provided training and guidance to junior analysts on Azure Sentinel best practices and advanced threat detection techniques.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to assess existing Azure infrastructures, identifying and remediating security vulnerabilities and misconfigurations to meet industry compliance standards.
• Led incident response efforts for Azure-related security incidents, utilizing Azure Sentinel for advanced threat detection, investigation, and remediation actions.
• Provided training and mentorship to junior cloud security analysts, fostering a skilled and knowledgeable team adept at handling cloud security challenges.

• MBA (Marketing & Human Resources) from Osmania University, Hyderabad, India, in 2004
• BCA from Osmania University, Hyderabad, India, in 2002