Alvin Rodrigues

Alvin Rodrigues is a seasoned business security strategist who provides cybersecurity strategy counsel to CIOs and CISOs of mid and large enterprises and government agencies across the Asia Pacific region. He is well versed in articulating the business value of various cybersecurity solutions, with an emphasis on the importance of contextualising and aligning cybersecurity with the company’s business direction, structure and workflow.

Alvin has worked in several leading cybersecurity and IT multinational companies including Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks, Forcepoint, IBM, and Oracle across the Asia Pacific region where he donned many hats starting from marketing, strategy development, business consulting to sales support roles. During these years, he earned recognition as both a trusted advisor and creative thinker while working on several pioneering projects.
Rodrigues is an accomplished public speaker, facilitator and content creator. He has co-authored a white paper with IDC on “Building a business-aligned security framework” that influenced C-level customers’ viewpoint on their cybersecurity strategy. He has also created the content for and delivered a ten-session course on cybersecurity at ESSEC, International Business School, for their ebusiness Master’s program.

Rodrigues holds a postgraduate diploma in International Marketing from the University of Strathclyde and an honours degree in economics and management science from the University of London.