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KOUSHIK ANAND

IAM · PAM · GRC

Securing Identities Protecting Access Enabling Trust

Award winning Senior Cybersecurity Engineer SME with expertise in PAM, IAM administration, GRC compliance, and security analysis. Skilled in protecting systems and reducing risks with strategic security solutions.

Driving IAM excellence with ForgeRock solutions across global enterprises
Tenant hygiene, identity stores, and lifecycle automation.
Risk‑based auth & adaptive policies.

About

Senior Cybersecurity Engineer focused on IAM & PAM at enterprise scale. I design and run identity programs that cut standing privilege, harden high‑value systems, and keep developer/user experience smooth. Hands‑on with CyberArk, ForgeRock, Okta, Azure Entra, and PingFederate; experienced with legacy‑to‑modern migrations.

Media Feature

CyberDefense Magazine — Expert Spotlight

Pragmatic approaches to IAM/PAM excellence at enterprise scale, published by Gary Miliefsky.

Media

Video Interview (CyberDefense TV)

Full-length video interview featuring KOUSHIK ANAND discussing IAM/PAM insights and enterprise-scale practices.

Audio Streaming

Listen on-the-go — the full audio from the CyberDefense Magazine interview.

Awards

Publications

(Coming Soon) Just-in-Time Privilege by Design

JIT · PIM/PAM · Auditing

Scoped elevation, impersonation, and monitored break-glass patterns.

(Coming Soon) SAML → OIDC Migration: Hidden Gotchas

AuthN · PKCE · Rollout

Identifiers, audience/issuer drift, and migration strategies that don't break users.

Research Projects

Project IDEAL

Role: Research Assistant

Explores how a humanoid robot mediates young children’s collaboration as they adapt to school, generating insights for future embodied learning technologies.

Identity Threat Hunter (ITH)

Role:Project Head

AI-powered identity threat hunting platform on Google Cloud Run + Vertex AI + Elastic, with honey-identity traps, risk scoring, and real-time detections.Check Github for project details

Contact

Judging · Speaking · Consulting
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