Deepak Taneja

Zilla Security Co-Founder, CEO & President Deepak Taneja is an entrepreneur and security expert with extensive experience founding and leading enterprise software companies. Deepak has been at the forefront of innovation in identity management for over 25 years.

His vision for Zilla is to secure the enterprise by automating the management of permissions to all applications and data. Prior to Zilla Security, he founded and led Aveksa, a pioneer in identity governance, and was CTO at RSA Security after Aveksa was acquired by RSA.

Previously, as CTO for Netegrity, he led the evolution of SiteMinder into an industry-leading web access management platform. An avid supporter of technology entrepreneurship, Deepak has served as a board member and advisor to several successful startups. Deepak holds a B. Tech in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Florida.

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A new lens for IGA

A new lens for IGA

Identity is taking center stage in IT and security circles, so I wanted to share my thoughts on changes driving Identity Governance and Administration (IGA).

Access compliance for FinTech start-ups: What to know

Access compliance for FinTech start-ups: What to know

So-called “FinTech” firms are shaking up the financial services industry with new approaches to solving old problems. But new companies still have to play by the old rules, including financial industry regulations for monitoring user entitlements and access.Here’s...

Context is the new perimeter

Context is the new perimeter

A new adage is emerging in the cloud security world that context is the new perimeter. If you believe this, and there is every reason to believe it, then it begs the question - Where is this context? Why has the shift to the cloud made context so much more important?...

Cloud misconfigurations

Cloud misconfigurations

In my previous blog, I outlined the enormous benefits of the rapidly growing SaaS and cloud services model for software, and also touched on the inherent security risks of misconfigurations and how they’re going largely unaddressed. These risks are substantial, so...