Mumbai: Mandiant Inc, a global player in dynamic cyber defense and response, on Monday announced the appointment of Balaji Rao as its new country manager for India and SAARC markets. In this role, Rao will be responsible for revenue generation, strategic business development and operations at the company.

An industry veteran with over 25 years of experience working with large MNCs and enterprises in leadership roles, Rao will be spearheading the team to help organisations in India gain their cyber security advantage with Mandiant’s innovative portfolio of solutions and services, said the company in a statement.

“No organisation in the world is immune to breaches. We are committed to scaling our business in India by empowering our Indian customers and partners to take decisive action, minimise risk, regardless of their size or security controls," stated Mandiant Asia Pacific and Japan president Eric Hoh. "With Balaji joining our dynamic team, I am confident that we will sharpen our focus to enable more organisations to deploy our controls-agnostics security solutions and services while expanding our growing presence in the Indian subcontinent.”

Rao brings with him deep experience in building successful teams and a demonstrated track record of bringing business back to profitability and enabling the adoption of new technologies by customers and partners.

"There is no better time than now for organisations in India to take a proactive stance to defend against cyberattacks in this changing threat landscape," said Balaji Rao on his new role. "Powered by unmatched intelligence and response expertise, Mandiant Advantage SaaS platform provides organisations with the tools they need to build an effective cyber security program and I look forward to helping them gain their cyber security advantage with Mandiant."