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• Educate Employees: Regular training on phishing and secure practices is essential to building
a resilient workforce.
• Patch Vulnerabilities Quickly: Outdated systems are soft targets. Automated patching can
drastically reduce exploitability.

The Bottom Line

The dark web isn't science fiction—it's the backroom of the internet where your identity, passwords, and
personal history can be sold in minutes if not seconds. In this high-stakes black market, data is currency
and ignorance is costly. The best defense is staying ahead of cybercriminals through awareness,
proactive protection, and a culture of cybersecurity at every level.

About the Author

Ankit Sharma, Senior Director and Head - Solutions Engineering, Cyble, is a
Seasoned Techno-commercial professional, having refined skill set & relevant
experience in driving both Topline & Bottomline growth. Domain expertise in the
field of Program Delivery Management, Technical Sales & Key Account
Management. Highly skilled Data security & Privacy professional, specializes in
Data Privacy (Global Privacy law/regulations/standards & Privacy Information
management Systems), Data Governance, Compliance Management & Cloud
Security. Currently Heading Solution Engineering for Cyble Inc., managing the
global team of some brilliant solutions engineers and architects, which also act
as a bridge between the Clients and back-end teams. Responsible to drive
business growth across the globe & support Cyble Sales.

He previously worked as a Lead- Global Service delivery & Lead Consultant- Data Governance & Privacy
at Provise Consulting (Baker Tilly GCE).

• Delivered 100+ big ticket projects for diverse businesses ranging from Telecom to Real Estate,
predominantly in Middle East, India, South East Asia & Europe region

Before joining Provise, he was associated with Aditya Birla Group (ABG), where he was Leading- Risk &
Data Privacy function for BMCSL HR Shared Service. He also worked in the Corporate Information
Security team of ABG as an IS & Privacy Project Manager, where he was involved in - Information
Security, Data Privacy, Business Continuity, Risk Management & Compliance for the entire ABG
conglomerate at the central level with help of the team of 140 ABG CISOs. This includes the challenging
task of defining the information security and privacy requirements for a global and sector diverse
businesses (such as manufacturing, telecom, finance and retail)

Ankit Sharma can be reached at [email protected] and our company website
https://cyble.com/

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