Ankur Agarwal
About Ankur Agarwal
Ankur Agarwal is a Project Manager at Protiviti in Dubai, with a background in cybersecurity and business analysis from Accenture, Tata Consultancy Services, and Wipro Limited.
Current Title and Role
Ankur Agarwal is currently a Project Manager at Protiviti, based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He has been with the company since 2021. In this role, he has established and led the Identity and Access Management (IAM) practice in the GCC region, advising CISOs and the IAM community on mitigating cyber threats through strategic discussions and standard security practices.
Previous Work Experience
Before joining Protiviti, Ankur Agarwal accumulated significant experience in various roles and companies. He worked as a Cyber Security Consultant at Accenture in Gurgaon, India, from 2017 to 2021. Prior to that, he served as a Business Analyst at Tata Consultancy Services in the Bengaluru Area, India, from 2014 to 2017. His early career included a role as a Software Engineer at Wipro Limited in Bangalore from 2011 to 2014.
Educational Background
Ankur Agarwal holds a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) degree in Biotechnology from Amity University, where he studied from 2007 to 2011. Before that, he completed his ISC in Science at St. Basils School from 2005 to 2006.
Skills and Expertise
Throughout his career, Ankur Agarwal has developed expertise in various aspects of cybersecurity and digital identity. He has led transitions from security solution design to deployment and handover to operations. Ankur also collaborated with marketing teams to develop go-to-market strategies for Information Security, Data Privacy, IT Compliance, IT Risk, and Data Governance. In addition, he has trained and developed resources in Digital Identity technologies such as Sailpoint IIQ, MIM 2016, FIM 2010, Okta, BeyondTrust, CyberArk, and Ping Identity.
Team Building and Talent Management
Ankur Agarwal has also contributed significantly to talent management and team building in his roles. He has been responsible for identifying talent to build a team of security professionals and develop new capabilities in digital identity and other security domains. His efforts have ensured that the teams he has led are equipped with the skills and knowledge necessary to address the evolving challenges in cybersecurity.