Mandiant appoints Balaji Rao as country manager to head India operations

American cybersecurity firm Mandiant has announced the appointment of Balaji Rao as its new country manager for India and SAARC markets, responsible for revenue generation, strategic business development and operations.

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

“No organisation in the world is immune to breaches. Mandiant responds to more than 1,000 cyber security breaches each year. We are committed to scaling our business in India by empowering our Indian customers and partners to take decisive action, minimize risk, regardless of their size or security controls. 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,” said Eric Hoh, President, Asia Pacific & Japan, Mandiant.


Balaji Rao, Country Manager, India & SAARC, Mandiant said, “I am thrilled to be a part of the Mandiant team. There is no better time than now for organisations in India to take a proactive stance to defend against cyber attacks in this changing threat landscape.”