Available for select consulting engagements

Muhammed Aslam CBCybersecurity Architect & Zero Trust Consultant

15+ years securing enterprise cloud, AI, and infrastructure — from architecture to boardroom.

TOGAF Certified Enterprise Architect · CISSP · CISM · CCZT

15+
Years Experience
100+
Enterprise Apps Secured
$500K+
Security Investment Influenced
Zero
Incidents Across Cloud Migrations
About

Enterprise security, translated to the boardroom.

Strategic cybersecurity architect with 15+ years designing Zero Trust frameworks, securing 100+ cloud-native applications, and advising C-suite leadership on multi-cloud (AWS, Azure) security strategy.

My architecture practice is grounded in TOGAF — in which I'm certified — for enterprise architecture and ADM-driven governance, and I apply SABSA's risk-driven, business-attribute-led methodology for security architecture — so security decisions trace cleanly from board-level strategy down to controls and engineering guardrails.

Deep expertise across regulated healthcare, banking, insurance, and SaaS environments spanning US, Europe, Australia, and Asia-Pacific — from control design to incident response, and from engineering review to board reporting. Current focus areas include AI Agentic Security (agent identity, tool-use risk, MCP governance) and Zero Trust across multi-cloud estates.

I partner with security and executive teams that need clarity, speed, and a defensible architecture — not another framework deck.

Core Competencies
Zero Trust ArchitectureTOGAF Enterprise ArchitectureSABSA Security ArchitectureAI Agentic SecurityMulti-Cloud Security (AWS/Azure)DevSecOps & CI/CD SecuritySOC 2 / ISO 27001 / GDPR / HIPAAC-Suite AdvisoryIdentity & Access Management
Services

What I help you ship.

Focused engagements for security-critical teams — architecture, advisory, and program leadership.

Security Architecture & Zero Trust Consulting

Design Zero Trust frameworks, secure network and cloud architectures, and multi-year security roadmaps aligned to business outcomes.

Who it's for
CISOs & CTOs modernising legacy perimeters or scaling cloud-native platforms.
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Enterprise Security Architecture (TOGAF & SABSA)

Design security architecture using TOGAF ADM phases and SABSA's business-attribute-driven risk methodology — connecting security controls to business capability, governance gates, and enterprise architecture roadmaps.

Who it's for
Organizations needing security architecture that's traceable to business strategy, not just technical controls.
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AI Security & AI Agentic Security Consulting

Named specialty in AI Agentic Security — securing autonomous AI agents and LLM deployments across agent identity & permissions, tool-use risk, prompt injection defence, MCP and agent governance, data lineage for AI, and model access controls.

Who it's for
Product and platform teams shipping GenAI, autonomous agents, and MCP-based systems into production.
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Cloud Security (AWS & Azure)

Multi-cloud reference architectures, migration security, workload hardening, and cloud-native application protection.

Who it's for
Engineering leaders running regulated workloads across AWS and Azure.
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Compliance & Risk Advisory

SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR, and HIPAA readiness, control design, gap remediation, and audit support.

Who it's for
Growth-stage SaaS, healthcare, and fintech teams preparing for audit.
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Security Training & Awareness

Executive briefings, board-level threat narratives, and role-based upskilling that build durable security culture.

Who it's for
Leadership teams and engineering orgs raising the security waterline.
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Virtual CISO / Fractional Security Advisory

Ongoing strategic advisory — program leadership, vendor selection, and board reporting without a full-time CISO hire.

Who it's for
Series A–C companies scaling security without the fixed cost.
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Experience

15+ years across regulated industries.

Roles, industries, and outcomes — company names withheld for confidentiality.

Security Architect

Global Multi-Opco Retail, Real Estate & Entertainment Conglomerate · UAE (Remote)
2026 — Present
  • Act as security architecture design authority across a multi-Opco, parent–subsidiary group spanning retail, real estate, and entertainment, partnering with a dedicated Business Information Security Officer in each operating company under a federated governance model.
  • Architect and approve security designs for major cloud transformation programs on Azure and AWS landing zones, including a hyperconverged-infrastructure migration and group-wide data center network modernization.
  • Own application security architecture governance across the SDLC — SAST/DAST/SCA and vulnerability-management platforms as mandatory design and pre-production gates, backed by VAPT sign-off.
  • Maintain a defense-in-depth control library spanning identity, API, data, network, endpoint, mobile, AI, and third-party-risk domains — the reference standard for every architecture review board submission.
  • Design identity and access architecture (SSO/MFA/Conditional Access, privileged access management) and network/application-edge defenses (WAF/DDoS, API gateway) across cloud and on-premise estates.
  • Lead security architecture reviews for GenAI and agentic-AI adoption — enterprise LLM agents and an AI-agent-to-ERP integration proof of concept — applying zero trust and least privilege to novel architectures.
  • Apply TOGAF and SABSA to build reusable “standard architecture” patterns for repeat project types, reducing bespoke security review cycles across the group.

Cybersecurity Architect

Global Telecommunications & Financial Services Technology Provider
2022 — 2026
  • Served as security design authority providing group-level security architecture leadership across infrastructure, platforms, and multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) for global telecommunications and financial-services clients.
  • Defined and maintained security architecture standards, reusable patterns, and blueprints — cloud landing zones, identity architecture, centralized logging, and encryption strategies — across 100+ enterprise applications.
  • Operated a risk-based, iterative security architecture review model integrated into agile delivery; defined, tracked, and reported architecture KPIs including review cycle time, exception trends, and pattern adoption.
  • Translated regulatory requirements (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI-DSS) into technical architecture standards; influenced CIO/CISO stakeholders through architecture review board presentations, and mentored security architects and application security engineers.

Cloud Solution Architect

Global IT Services & Consulting Firm · Healthcare Client Engagement, Australia
2019 — 2022
  • Architected enterprise-wide infrastructure and application security for a major healthcare organization supporting 17,400+ users in a highly regulated environment, achieving zero security incidents across the full cloud migration program.
  • Owned security architecture approval for EMR, patient engagement, and clinical application modernization; designed secure Azure landing zones and defined the shared-responsibility model across provider, platform, and application teams.
  • Established application security frameworks covering OWASP Top 10 mitigations, secure coding standards, and authentication/authorization patterns, integrated with agile sprint cycles.
  • Designed secure integration patterns for healthcare data exchange, ensuring controlled data flows, encryption, audit trails, and regulatory compliance (SOC 2, ISO 27001).

Senior Infrastructure Consultant & Technical Lead

Pan-UK Education Technology & Managed Services Provider · 100+ Institutions
2010 — 2019
  • Provided security architecture leadership for 100+ UK educational institutions under strict GDPR compliance, establishing reference designs for network security, endpoint security, and data protection.
  • Designed secure hybrid-cloud architecture integrating on-premise Active Directory with Azure AD, and applied Zero Trust principles — device compliance, conditional access, identity-based controls — across a large, distributed multi-tenant estate.
  • Implemented data classification frameworks and encryption strategies for sensitive student and staff information; led security architecture reviews for cloud migration and data center consolidation initiatives.
  • Recognized with the “Outstanding Achiever of the Year” award (2017) for leadership in delivering secure infrastructure architecture across a distributed, multi-site environment.

IT Infrastructure Engineer

Multi-Site Business Process Outsourcing Provider · Australia & India
2009 — 2010
  • Designed security architecture for multi-site BPO infrastructure spanning Australia and India, including cross-border connectivity, zone-based network segmentation, and encryption for data in transit and at rest.
  • Designed access-control architecture using Active Directory (role-based access, privileged access controls) and conducted security architecture assessments for infrastructure projects.
Certifications

Credentialed across the security stack.

CISSP
ISC2
CISM
ISACA
TOGAF 9/10 Certified — Enterprise Architect
The Open Group
CCZT — Certificate of Competence in Zero Trust
Cloud Security Alliance
Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert
SC-100
Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer
AZ-500
Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
Microsoft
AWS Certified Solutions Architect — Associate
Amazon Web Services
Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
Red Hat
ITIL v3 Foundation
AXELOS
Technical Expertise

Tooling and frameworks used in production.

Cloud Security
  • AWS IAM, GuardDuty, Security Hub, KMS
  • Azure Sentinel, Key Vault, Defender, Azure AD
SIEM / SOAR
  • Splunk
  • IBM QRadar
  • Microsoft Sentinel
EDR / XDR
  • CrowdStrike Falcon
  • Microsoft Defender
  • SentinelOne
Application Security
  • Checkmarx
  • Burp Suite
  • OWASP ZAP
  • Snyk
Identity & Access
  • Okta
  • Ping Identity
  • CyberArk
  • HashiCorp Vault
Frameworks & Standards
  • TOGAF ADM (Enterprise Architecture)
  • SABSA (Risk-Driven Security Architecture)
  • NIST CSF
  • NIST 800-53
  • MITRE ATT&CK
  • OWASP Top 10
Contact

Let's talk about securing what you're building.

Share a few details and I'll be in touch within 1–2 business days.

Direct
Email
aslamcb@gmail.com
LinkedIn
linkedin.com/in/aslamcb
Based in Kerala, India — available for remote consulting engagements globally.
Ideal engagements
  • Zero Trust and cloud security architecture reviews
  • SOC 2 / ISO 27001 / HIPAA readiness programs
  • AI & agentic system security assessments
  • Fractional CISO / vCISO retainers

Typical response within 1–2 business days.