Visionary Leadership
We're led by the best, and operate in rarified air.
"We are very pleased to see Paramount Defenses, a valued Microsoft partner, offer an innovative security solution (in Gold Finger) that helps enhance security and compliance in Active Directory environments."
Charles Coates, Senior Product Manager
Identity and Security Business Group
Founder and CEO
Paramount Defenses is led by Sanjay Tandon, formerly, Program Manager for Active Directory Security at Microsoft.
From the United States Government to the Fortune 1000, at the foundation of cyber security and privileged access at 85% of all organizations worldwide lies Microsoft Active Directory (AD).
Tandon was Program Manager for Active Directory Security on Microsoft's Windows Server Development Team in the early 2000s, and as Microsoft's authoritative subject matter expert, he was responsible for all security aspects of AD.
In 2004, Tandon also proposed, conducted and delivered a risk-assessment of Microsoft's own global AD deployment, the very foundation of Microsoft's security, to the highest offices at Microsoft, materially enhancing Microsoft's security.
At Microsoft, Tandon helped improve the cyber security posture of thousands of Microsoft's customers worldwide. In 2005, he left Microsoft to pursue his passion for cyber security, and founded Paramount Defenses in 2006.
Advisory Board
Paramount Defenses operates under the guidance of a distinguished advisory board -
Karen Worstell, Formerly, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Microsoft Corporation
Alan Fudge, Formerly, Chief Operating Officer, VP Worldwide Sales, Software at Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Chuck Packard, Formerly, CFO and Vice Chairman of the Board of U.S. Billionaire George Argyros and the Argyros Family Interests
Jay Foreman, Formerly, Senior VP and General Manager for North America at Sybase, a SAP subsidiary
As and when needed, the company's distinguished Advisory Board is there to provide its leadership time-tested advice.
Security Panel
At Paramount Defenses, we believe that the most effective cyber security solutions are those that substantively help fulfill real-world requirements, so we often also leverage experienced insights of our Security Panel -
Siddharth Sawkar, Formerly, IT Security Architect at the U.S. Department of Defense
Ursula Sinkewicz, Formerly, IT Director at Fidelity Investments
Amar Singh, Formerly, Cyber Security Advisor at Reuters, BBC, Siemens, SAB Miller, BP and other organizations, and Chair of the ISACA UK Security Advisory Group
Peter Ridgway, Formerly, Trusted Executive Technologist at Fujitsu Global, having formerly served the Government of Australia as well as the National Health Service, United Kingdom
Daniel Ulrichs, Formerly, Active Directory Security Expert, Trainer and a Senior Consultant at TrueSec, Sweden
In addition to inputs from our global customers, we also leverage insights from our highly experienced security panelists.
Global Community
Paramount Defenses also leads and operates the world's largest community of Active Directory Security Professionals.
Our global community is comprised of 4000+ members from across 100+ countries worldwide, who collectively represent 1000+ prominent organizations, including -
| Microsoft | Amazon.com | HP Enterprise |
| U.S. Army | Israeli Air Force | U.S. DHS |
| Arcelor Mittal | Lloyds of London | Bank of Kuwait |
| Goldman Sachs | Bank of America | JP Morgan Chase |
As a global community, we share and gain from a vast collective of global knowledge, expertise and experience.
Our Global Customers
