Mano Paul
Founder, President & CEO
Manoranjan (Mano) Paul started his career as a Shark Researcher in Bimini Biological
Field Station (Bahamas) and then came to the USA to pursue higher education and
got his Management Information Systems degree, following which he joined Dell Inc,
after trying out a few entrepreneurial ventures. At Dell, Inc., Mano played several
roles from software developer/tester, logistics manager, technical architect, IT
strategist and Security Engineer/Program Manager/Strategist. His security experience
includes designing and developing software security programs from Compliance-to-Coding,
application security risk management, security strategy & management, and conducting
security awareness sessions, training and education.
Following his tenure at Dell Inc., Mano founded and serves as the President of SecuRisk Solutions a company that specializes
in three areas of information security -
Security Awareness, Training and Education and
Security Consulting
Security Product Development
In partnership with (ISC)²®, he also founded and serves
as the President and CEO of Express Certifications. His company's product, studISCope
is now (ISC)²’s, OFFICIAL self assessment practice exam testing offering for the
CISSP and SSCP certifications. Express Certifications is also the self assessment
testing engine behind the Department of Defense certification education program
as mandated by the 8570.1 directive.
Mano has been featured in various domestic and international security conferences,
contributed to and published various security articles and is an invited speaker
in the CSI (Computer Security Institute), Burton Group Catalyst, and the OWASP Application
Security Conferences.
Mano holds the following professional certifications - CISSP, ECSA/LPT, Microsoft
Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD), Microsoft Certified Application Developer
(MCAD) and the CompTIA Network+ certification. He holds a Management Information
Systems Business Administration degree from University of Oklahoma, a Bachelor of
Science degree from the University of Chennai, India, and a Diploma in Import Export
Management from the Indian Institute of Export Management.
Mano is married to whom he calls the “most wonderful and sacrificial person in this
world” - Sangeetha Johnson and their greatest fulfillment comes from spending time
with the son – Reuben A Paul (Baby RAP)