Sunil Varkey is now the Chief Technology Officer for the EMEA and APJ regions at Forescout Technologies Inc. The software firm, which was established in 2000, works with global enterprises and government agencies and specialises in cybersecurity and compliance services.
Before joining Forescout Technologies, Varkey was working with HSBC, where he led the global cybersecurity assessment and testing vertical. He worked as the Global Head-Cyber security assessment & testing. He led many initiatives at HSBC as the Global Head of Cyber Security Assessment & Testing; and handled projects including life-cycle ecosystem of penetration testing, threat modeling, vulnerability management, and third-party security risk assessments in pre & post-production environments.
Varkey is a seasoned IT specialist and has over 25 years of leadership experience specialising in Information Cyber Security. He has worked with major corporates in banking, telecom, ITES, software, and manufacturing firms around the world.
He has held leadership positions at organisations such as Symantec, where he worked as Chief Technology Officer and Security Strategist; at Wipro, he spent six years as Global CISO; and at Idea, he headed the the cybersecurity and privacy teams.