Abhishek Singh

Research & Engineering Senior Technical Leader at Cisco

Abhishek Singh is the Founder and Chief Technical Officer (CTO) of Inception Cyber, where he also serves as a Board Member. He has a robust background in cybersecurity and artificial intelligence, with over a decade of experience in the field.

Professional Background

Before founding Inception Cyber, Singh held significant positions in various organizations:

Cisco: As a Senior Technical Leader, he led a geographically distributed R&D team focused on developing preventive features for email security. His work included creating innovative algorithms for detecting email impersonation and account compromise.
Acalvio Technologies: As a Senior Director of Research and Architecture, he was instrumental in developing deception-based advanced threat detection technologies.
FireEye: Singh led threat research and detection R&D, contributing to the filing of numerous patents related to detection algorithms and analytics.
Microsoft: He was involved in vulnerability analysis and developing anti-evasion features, leading a team that created multiple protocol decoders.

Achievements and Contributions

Singh has authored and co-authored numerous patents and research papers, focusing on detection algorithms and cybersecurity technologies. His work has been recognized in various cybersecurity conferences, and he has received awards such as the 2019 Reboot Leadership Award in the Innovators Category from SC Media.

Education

Abhishek Singh graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) BHU, which laid the foundation for his career in technology and engineering.

Current Focus

At Inception Cyber, Singh is dedicated to advancing cybersecurity measures, particularly in the realm of email security and AI-driven detection capabilities, reflecting his commitment to combating evolving cyber threats.1 2 3 4

Experience

Research & Engineering Senior Technical Leader at Cisco (January 2021 - Present)

Chief Scientist at Prismo Systems (July 2018 - December 2020), Senior Director Research and Architecture at Acalvio Technologies (January 2016 - June 2018), Senior Manager & Architect Research & Security Engineering at FireEye, Inc. (March 2012 - December 2015), Senior Member of Research Technical Staff at Alert Logic (October 2010 - February 2012), Security Researcher II at Microsoft (October 2008 - October 2010), Senior Security Researcher at Third Brigade (January 2006 - July 2008)

Education

Master of Engineering Leadership (ELPP PLUS +) from UC Berkeley College of Engineering (2021 - 2022), Master of Science in Information Security from College of Computing at Georgia Tech, Master of Science in Computer Science from College of Computing at Georgia Tech, B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, Post Graduate Certificate in Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning from Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (2022 - 2023)