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01   SOVEREIGN CYBER COMMAND

Securing
Bharat.

One enterprise at a time.

iManEdge builds Made-in-India cyber, AI & privacy products and delivers practitioner-grade defence — so the data that runs Bharat stays protected, governed, and in Indian hands.

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20+
Years Frontline
42
Countries
16+
Domains
350+
Citadel Controls
iManEdge Command
NAGPUR · MUMBAI · PAN BHARAT
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CIN: U62020MH2025PTC454644
GSTN: 27AAICI3693Q1ZO · UDYAM: MH-20-0286575
DPIIT NSD · MHA MSME
CCISO EC-Council Hall of Fame 2025 CRISC Risk & Information Systems Control CGEIT Governance of Enterprise IT AIGP AI Governance Professional CIPP/A Privacy Professional · Asia DPIIT StartUp India Registered IAPP Mumbai KnowledgeNet Chapter President AWS Security Specialty Certified GCP Professional Architect TOGAF Enterprise Architecture ISO 27001 Lead Auditor NSD · MHA · GoI Member & CCIO CCISO EC-Council Hall of Fame 2025 CRISC Risk & Information Systems Control CGEIT Governance of Enterprise IT AIGP AI Governance Professional CIPP/A Privacy Professional · Asia DPIIT StartUp India Registered IAPP Mumbai KnowledgeNet Chapter President AWS Security Specialty Certified GCP Professional Architect TOGAF Enterprise Architecture ISO 27001 Lead Auditor NSD · MHA · GoI Member & CCIO
02 · WHY IMANEDGE

Built differently,
on purpose.

Not a reseller. Not a Big-4 slide factory. A product company and a practising security team — sovereign by design.

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Sovereign by design
Made-in-India IP and data residency. No foreign telemetry, no borrowed dependencies, no conflicts of interest you can't audit. Every line of code, every model, every policy — ours.
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Practitioner-led
Twenty-plus years on the frontline across 42 countries. We've built SOCs, run incidents, advised boards, and fought APTs. We don't just report risks — we've lived them.
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One unified platform
Citadel folds DSPM, CNAPP, CSPM, CDR and GRC into a single data model — not five disconnected tools. One truth. One posture. One sovereign platform.
⬡   FLAGSHIP PRODUCT  ·  PATENT PENDING

Citadel
DSPM

India's first sovereign Data Security Posture Management platform. A unified stack — DSPM + GRC + CNAPP + CDARR + CSPM — built for the Indian regulatory environment and the DPDPA era. AI-native from the ground up with proprietary SMUGGY AI and TIMMY NLP engines.

DSPMGRC CNAPPCDARR CSPMNHI Monitoring NLP PII DetectionDPDPA Ready ISO 27001:2022ISO 42001 350+ Controls
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Data Discovery
Automated sensitive data discovery across cloud, hybrid, and on-premise with real-time classification.
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SMUGGY AI
Non-human identity monitoring and behavioural anomaly detection at enterprise scale.
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GRC Integration
Unified risk aligned to DPDPA, ISO 27001, SOC 2, ISO 42001. Audit-ready at all times.
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TIMMY NLP
PII classification using NLP across structured and unstructured data stores at scale.
03 · WHAT WE OFFER

High-end digital security
across every domain.

Full-spectrum cyber, AI & privacy — covering Cyber Security, Risk Management, Architecture, VAPT, Threat Intelligence, OT/IoT, CSOC, and regulatory compliance for RBI, SEBI, IRDAI, NCIIPC, NTRO, MEITY, UGC, CDSCO & TRAI.

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Fractional · Retainer · Project
Virtual CISO
Full-spectrum CISO mandate. Security strategy, board reporting, incident command, vendor governance, regulatory navigation.
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DPDPA 2023 · ISO 27701 · GDPR
Virtual DPO
Designated DPO for DPDPA compliance. RoPA, DPIA, regulator liaison, privacy-by-design integration.
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ISO 42001 · AIGP · Responsible AI
Virtual CDAIO
Chief Data & AI Officer mandate. AI governance, model risk, data strategy, ISO 42001 AIMS.
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VAPT · Red-Blue-Purple · AppSec
iNFRASec
Infrastructure security, VAPT, penetration testing, red-blue-purple teaming, application security assessments.
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ThreatFox · URLhaus · HIBP · NVD
Threat Intelligence
Live CTI feeds, Indian attack surface analysis, breach intelligence, and realtime advisory dashboards.
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ICS · SCADA · Industry 4.0
OT / IoT Security
Cyber-physical security for industrial control systems, SCADA, mobility and IoT environments.
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AI-powered · Agentic Security
CSOC Automation
SIEM/SOAR-powered Security Operations Centre with Agentic AI for automated detection and response.
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DNV · Bureau Veritas · NABCB
ISO Certification
ISO 27001:2022, ISO 27701:2025, ISO 42001 end-to-end implementation. GAP assessment through certification.
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04 · INTELLIGENCE & INSIGHTS

Intelligence for
the Indian CISO.

Field-grade threat analysis, DPDPA updates, AI governance, and practitioner intelligence from 20+ years on the frontline.

Field Report · 2026
From Next-Gen Hype to Practical Sovereignty: A No-Nonsense Field Report on Cybersecurity in 2026
An honest assessment of where the Indian CISO sits in 2026 — the threats that matured and the sovereign imperative that can no longer be deferred.
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Compliance · DPDPA
The DPDPA Deadline Everyone Is Getting Wrong
Most CISOs cite May 2027 as the DPDPA deadline. That date does not exist in the Act. The real compliance clock started months ago.
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Research · ZTNA
Zombie Technology Needlessly Applied: The ZTNA Delusion
The global cybersecurity industry is in the grip of a structured, institutionalized delusion around Zero Trust commoditization.
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AI Risk · Enterprise
The Dirty Deputy Problem: How McKinsey's AI Became an Enterprise Vulnerability Legend
The boardroom is writing cheques the security team cannot cash. The Lilli AI incident is a preview of what comes next.
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Boardroom Strategy · DPDPA
The 365-Day Countdown to DPDPA: Stop Reading the Act. Start Finding Your Data.
The Data Protection Board is operational. The Rules are notified. One action beats every other at this stage: find your data.
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Industry · Big 4
The Big 4 Circus: Where "Partner" Is Just a Fancy Word for Polished Bag-Man
The CISO-turned-Founder manifesto on transitioning from the big chair to the sovereign startup — and why it's the right move.
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05 · RECOGNITION & MEMBERSHIPS

Credibility,
earned.

Dhananjay Rokde — Founder & Director, iManEdge Digital Services Bharat Pvt. Ltd. CCISO EC-Council Hall of Fame 2025. IAPP Mumbai Chapter President.

CCISO — Hall of Fame 2025 CRISC CGEIT CIPP/A AIGP AWS Security Specialty GCP Professional Architect TOGAF 9.2 ISO 27001 Lead Auditor IAPP Mumbai Chapter President NSD · MHA · GoI · CCIO DPIIT · NSD · MSME Certified
20+
Years Experience
42
Countries
350+
Citadel Controls
100%
Made in India
EC-Council C|CISO Hall of Fame 2025
Global recognition · One of the world's elite security leaders
ET Cybersecurity Influencer of the Year
Economic Times · 2025 nomination
IAPP Mumbai KnowledgeNet Chapter President
Leading India's privacy professional community
OT Security Project Excellence Award
Active submission · 2025
FCRF Excellence Award
Future Crime Research Foundation · Active submission
06 · GET IN TOUCH

Let's secure
Bharat.

Tell us what you're protecting. We'll come back with a clear, practitioner-led next step.

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Phone (Primary)
+91 93210 97584
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Phone (Alternate)
+91 90820 16567
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Offices
Nagpur · Mumbai · Pan Bharat
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