Ezhilan Rajendran

About

Cybersecurity leader and SOC operations expert with 10+ years of experience building and scaling enterprise security programs for organizations in financial services and healthcare. Directed global 24×7 SOC operations with 30+ analysts across 5 countries, leading detection engineering, incident response, and compliance programs that achieved 100% audit compliance with NIST CSF, ISO 27001, and SOC 2 frameworks. Currently serving as an independent cybersecurity consultant based in Dallas, TX. Former Team Lead at HCL Technologies. Specializes in MITRE ATT&CK operationalization, SOAR automation, SIEM optimization (Splunk, QRadar, Azure Sentinel), and enterprise threat hunting. Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) — ISACA. Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) — EC-Council. Available to comment on: Ransomware trends, SOC best practices, incident response strategy, HIPAA/SOX/ISO 27001 compliance, insider threat detection, detection engineering, and enterprise cybersecurity for regulated industries.