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Neelabh Rai is a highly accomplished cybersecurity, privacy, and GRC professional with a proven track record in governance, risk, and compliance. His expertise spanning forensic investigation, lead auditing, and legal advisory makes him an invaluable asset to any organisation.

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About Neelabh Rai

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Technical Experience

Technical Experience

Widely recognised for presenting sole-authored research on innovative cybersecurity issues, Neelabh Rai brings both academic rigour and practical insight to every engagement. He is the founder of CYBER COPS India — Researching Bits & Bytes, an initiative he launched in 2006 that continues to advance research, awareness, and security in cyberspace.

Technical Experience

Technical Experience

Technical Experience

Neelabh Rai brings a wide-ranging set of technical certifications and proven expertise across information security, information risk management, and business continuity. As the Subject Matter Expert for Allgress enterprise GRC tool & TISAX Lead Implementer for AL2 / AL3, he combines certification depth with real-world implementation at scale.

Research Papers

Technical Experience

Research Papers

Neelabh Rai has sole-authored six cybersecurity research papers published across national and international journals and publications, including the MacMillan Publications Advanced Research Series. His articles and select research papers have been cited in international academic journals, reflecting the reach and credibility of his contributions to the field.

Credentials & Certifications

Internationally recognised certifications spanning information security, privacy, AI governance, business continuity, and cybercrime investigation.

ISO 42001:2023 -- Artificial Intelligence Management System (AIMS)

ISO 27001:2022 / ISO 27001:2013 -- Information Security Management System (ISMS)

ISO 27001:2022 / ISO 27001:2013 -- Information Security Management System (ISMS)

Neelabh is a certified Lead Implementer for Artificial Intelligence Management System (AIMS) based on ISO 42001:2023 — the world's first international standard for AI management. He is currently developing implementation frameworks and governance templates.

ISO 27001:2022 / ISO 27001:2013 -- Information Security Management System (ISMS)

ISO 27001:2022 / ISO 27001:2013 -- Information Security Management System (ISMS)

ISO 27001:2022 / ISO 27001:2013 -- Information Security Management System (ISMS)

Neelabh Rai brings extensive expertise as an implementer and auditor for ISO 27001, leveraging ISO 31000 risk management principles to build governance frameworks that last. His ISO 27001-based compliance templates have been audit-proven since 2015 — consistently clearing external audits across large-scale enterprise environments, validating both their technical soundness and operational practicality.

ISO 31000:2018 -- Risk Management

ISO 27001:2022 / ISO 27001:2013 -- Information Security Management System (ISMS)

ISO 22301:2019 LA -- Business Continuity Management System

Neelabh Rai is a Subject Matter Expert in Information Security Risk Management, with a track record of designing frameworks that have stood the test of rigorous external scrutiny. His risk management templates have been widely adopted across enterprise environments and have received accolades from Big 4 firms for their comprehensive and practical design.

ISO 22301:2019 LA -- Business Continuity Management System

ISO 27701:2019 / GDPR : Privacy Information Management System

ISO 22301:2019 LA -- Business Continuity Management System

Neelabh Rai is an IRCA Certified ISO 22301:2019 Lead Auditor, qualified to assess and audit Business Continuity Management Systems against one of the most rigorous international frameworks for organisational resilience.

IT Act 2000/ 2008 -- Indian Cyber Law

ISO 27701:2019 / GDPR : Privacy Information Management System

ISO 27701:2019 / GDPR : Privacy Information Management System

Neelabh Rai holds a Diploma in Indian Cyber Law from the Government Law College, Mumbai, and has extensively applied this legal expertise in information security implementations across Indian enterprises. With over a decade of experience conducting internal audits for corporate and enterprise legal teams, he brings a distinctive legal-technical perspective that few cybersecurity professionals can match.

ISO 27701:2019 / GDPR : Privacy Information Management System

ISO 27701:2019 / GDPR : Privacy Information Management System

ISO 27701:2019 / GDPR : Privacy Information Management System

Neelabh Rai is a BSI CLIP-certified Lead Implementer Professional for Privacy Information Management Systems (PIMS), qualified under ISO 27701:2019 and GDPR. His certification reflects hands-on capability in building privacy governance frameworks that align with both international best practice and European data protection law.

TISAX / VDA ISA

Certified Cyber Crime Investigator

TISAX / VDA ISA

Neelabh Rai completed TISAX certification training from TÜV SÜD with a perfect score of 100% and has led TISAX implementations at AL2 and AL3 assessment levels, with results published on the ENX Portal. TISAX — Trusted Information Security Assessment eXchange — is the recognised information security assessment framework of the German automotive industry, governing how manufacturers and their global supply chain partners demonstrate and exchange information security compliance.

Allgress

Certified Cyber Crime Investigator

TISAX / VDA ISA

Neelabh Rai is a Subject Matter Expert for Allgress, a leading enterprise GRC solution, with deep proficiency across its Survey, Risk Register, Compliance, Policy, and Global Data modules. He has developed comprehensive runbooks for each module and led the enterprise-wide planning and execution of the platform — including the design of a standardised nomenclature framework adopted across a large multinational organisation.

Certified Cyber Crime Investigator

Certified Cyber Crime Investigator

EC Council Certified Incident Handler (E|CIH)

Neelabh Rai is an ASCL Certified Cyber Crime Investigator (CCCI), qualified to conduct professional investigations into cybercrime incidents in accordance with established legal and forensic standards. He has provided expert forensic advisory to legal advocates and corporate teams — independently analysing investigation reports, identifying forensic deficiencies, and preparing structured technical advisory reports suitable for court proceedings. His dual grounding in cybersecurity and Indian Cyber Law enables him to bridge the technical and legal dimensions of cybercrime cases in a way few practitioners can.

EC Council Certified Incident Handler (E|CIH)

EC Council Certified Incident Handler (E|CIH)

EC Council Certified Incident Handler (E|CIH)

Neelabh Rai holds the EC-Council Certified Incident Handler (E|CIH) certification, reflecting his structured expertise in identifying, containing, and recovering from cybersecurity incidents. Earned in 2012 at a time when formal incident handling credentials were rare in India, the certification established the foundational methodology that continues to underpin his approach to incident response, threat containment, and post-incident forensic analysis across enterprise environments.

Professional Memberships

ISACA stands for the Information Systems Audit and Control Association
Association of Old Crows
Internet Society
IETE Noida

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