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Krishna is a senior operational technology cybersecurity leader at IBM who helps US organizations within critical infrastructure industries secure their networks by minimizing cybersecurity threat vectors and hardening their networks. Krishna’s clients are typically US public and critical infrastructure organizations providing essential services such as mass transit, power generation and critical manufacturing. Krishna is a well-known subject-matter-expert for best practices in OT cybersecurity, cybersecurity architecture, design, and engineering solutions for clients in the critical infrastructure space through his innovative contributions. He leads as a subject-matter-expert (SME) and architect for design and implementation of network segmentation, airgapping, uni-directional gateways, secure remote access, device hardening solutions for critical infrastructure client leveraging operational technology (OT) tools. As a practice leader for OT security at IBM, Krishna is leading global teams in charge of business development and delivery excellence. Since early 2015, he has been engaged in devising OT cybersecurity strategies for his clients and building cutting-edge cybersecurity product modules for IBM, including award winning ones such as IBM QRADAR SOAR and QRADAR SIEM.