Cybersecurity Advisory

Securing Enterprises
Across Every Layer

Yezdi Rabadi  |  CISSP · CCSK · CSLM · CCIO

25+ years translating complex business risks and regulatory demands into measurable security outcomes. Regional Director at Protiviti Middle East. Trusted advisor to boards, regulators, and C-suites across GCC, APAC, and UK markets.

CISSP CCSK ISO 27032 CSLM CCIO NSD Cadet GMP — IIM
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Yezdi Rabadi
Yezdi Rabadi  ·  Dubai, UAE
25+
Years in Cybersecurity
30+
Countries & Engagements
35+
Team — Hybrid Practice
6
Key Industry Verticals
About

A Career Built on
Outcomes, Not Reports

Cybersecurity practitioner and program delivery executive with 25+ years across Banking & Financial Services, Telecom, Government, Oil & Gas, Energy & Utilities, and Manufacturing. The career spans India, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom, and the GCC — with deep regional familiarity across UAE, KSA, Qatar, Kuwait, and Bahrain.

As Regional Director at Protiviti Middle East, built and scaled the GRC Technology, Digital Identity, and Managed Security practices from inception — contributing to Protiviti's recognition as an IDC MarketScape GRC Market Leader in 2025, within three years of practice launch.

Empaneled Cybercrime Intervention Officer. NSD Cadet under NCIIPC, PMO, Government of India. Committed to information sharing and capacity development for national and regional cybersecurity.

Yezdi Rabadi — Regional Director, Protiviti Middle East
Regional Director  ·  Protiviti Middle East
CISSP  ·  CCSK  ·  ISO 27032 CSLM  ·  CCIO  ·  NSD Cadet
Competencies
GRC Automation & Platform Delivery
Multi-module Archer implementations, control library engineering, workflow-driven SLAs, KPI/KRI frameworks, and executive risk dashboards across Telecom, BFSI, and Government.
Digital Identity Security
IAM, PAM, SSO, JML, role engineering, identity risk metrics. End-to-end implementations for government, free zones, BFSI, and critical infrastructure including air navigation systems.
OT/ICS Security & SOC Operations
Designed the UAE utility sector's first 24×7 OT SOC. Plant-to-enterprise security frameworks, anomaly detection, safety-aligned SOC models, and SCADA security across energy, oil & gas, and railways.
Zero Trust & Cloud Security
Strategy, roadmap, and maturity assessments. ZTMM development and deployment, identity-centric segmentation, cloud security architecture across multi-cloud and sovereign cloud environments.
Advisory Services

What I Bring
to Your Engagement

Each engagement is scoped to deliver measurable outcomes — not just documentation. Programs span strategy through solution delivery and into managed operations.

01
GRC Transformation
Enterprise risk and compliance platform implementations, maturity assessments, control library design, automated workflows, and executive risk dashboards. Delivered across Archer and integrated platforms.
Archer GRCERMComplianceRisk Metrics
02
Digital Identity Security
IAM/PAM architecture and implementation, SSO strategy, joiners/movers/leavers process engineering, privileged access governance, and identity risk assurance programs.
IAMPAMSailPointCyberArkOkta
03
SOC Design & Operations
IT and OT Security Operations Center builds from architecture through operational readiness. Use-case catalog authoring, SIEM/UEBA tuning, IR playbook development, and MSS model design.
OT/ICS SOCQRadarSIEMIR Playbooks
04
Zero Trust Strategy
Zero Trust roadmaps, maturity model builds and assessments, policy design, micro-segmentation strategy, and identity-centric access frameworks aligned to NIST ZTA and organizational risk posture.
NIST ZTASegmentationIdentityRoadmap
05
OT/ICS Security
Plant-to-enterprise security architecture, ICS/SCADA assessments, anomaly detection implementation, safety-reliability aligned SOC models, and OT-specific threat intelligence programs.
SCADANozomiTenable OTSentryo
06
Security Architecture & Advisory
Enterprise security architecture governance, Architecture Review Board leadership, cloud security design, secure-by-design frameworks, regulatory alignment, and executive-level risk advisory.
ARBCloud SecurityISO 27001NIST
Industry Coverage

Sectors Served Across
GCC, APAC & UK

🏦
Banking & Financial Services
📡
Telecom
🏛
Government & Public Sector
⚡
Energy & Utilities
🛢
Oil & Gas
⚙️
Manufacturing
Signature Achievements

Delivered. Recognized.
Repeatable.

Market Recognition · 2025
IDC MarketScape GRC Market Leader
Contributed to Protiviti's recognition as a Market Leader in the IDC MarketScape for GRC — achieved within three years of targeted practice inception in the GCC.
Industry First · UAE
UAE Utility Sector's First 24×7 OT SOC
Designed, architected, and established the first 24×7 Operational Technology Security Operations Center for the UAE's largest utility organization — integrating diverse control and monitoring technologies with a 150+ ICS/OT/IT delivery team.
Commercial Performance
Multi-Million-Dollar GCC/APAC Programs
Led complex, multi-country cyber transformation and SOC build programs across GCC, APAC, and UK markets — consistently delivered on time, within budget, with measurable security posture improvement.
Individual Recognition
Consistent High-Performance Awards
GBM Hundred Percent Club (2017, 2018, 2020). High Performance Achiever (2017, 2019, 2020). Exceeds All Expectations at TechMahindra ANZ (2015). Professional of the Year — Worldwide Who's Who (2014). Frost & Sullivan Customer Service Leadership Award (2005, 2006).
Keynote & Speaking

Perspectives Shared
at Global Forums

2024
Leveraging AI to Empower Your Compliance Team
Archer User Group
2023
Overarching Visibility on Governance, Risk & Compliance
Archer User Group
2020
Governing Threat in the New Millennium through Managed CSOC
Cyber Security Summit — Panellist
2019
Predictive Security & Cyber Analysis
Ajman SmartLife, UAE — Keynote Speaker
2019
Cloud Adoption Readiness in GCC
Future IT Summit — Panellist
2015
Endpoint Security Roundtable
La Grillade, Sydney, Australia
Defence
Advances in Quantum Cryptography — Emerging Technologies
National Seminar, Indian Defence Sector
Enquiries

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Whether you need a strategic advisory engagement, a platform implementation, a maturity assessment, or a speaking engagement — reach out with the details and I will respond personally.

Email cyber@yezdi.org
Location Dubai, UAE — GCC
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