Prasad Talekar is a highly experienced and certified security professional with a focus on application security and incident response in enterprise products. With 15 years of industry experience, Prasad possesses a broad range of expertise ranging from authentication and authorization to policy management and product configuration. Prasad has been a technical subject matter expert in Symantec Data Loss Prevention (DLP) and Encryption (PGP) products, including cryptography, key management, digital certificates, and endpoint security. Prasad has collaborated with high-profile clients and delivered security training to product teams on topics such as "Security Awareness," "Secure Coding in C/C++," and "Threat Modelling." He has excellent communication skills to translate security and risk management terminology into business terms and recommend optimal solutions.

Prasad has a Bachelor's degree in Electronics Engineering from the University of Mumbai. He is currently a Security & Training Consultant at Freelance Assignments, formerly having worked as a Senior Software Engineer at Symantec, Tech Lead at Wipro Technologies, Senior Software Engineer at Staccato Communications, and Software Engineer at Toshiba India Pvt. Ltd (Cisc).