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Syd Zaidi
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Syd Zaidi

CISO Whisperer | AI Native Cyber Defense Leader | Operationalizing Agentic AI at Enterprise Scale

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Career path.

  1. Microsoft

    Director Cyber Defense Ops - Cloud & AI

    Dec 2025 - Present
  2. Deloitte

    Associate Vice President - Cyber & Strategic Risk

    Jun 2025 - Dec 2025
  3. Deloitte

    Senior Cyber Security Manager - Cyber & Strategic Risk

    May 2021 - Aug 2025
  4. Deloitte

    Cyber Security Manager - Cyber & Strategic Risk

    Jan 2019 - May 2021
  5. Deloitte

    Security Operations Center (SOC) Lead

    Jan 2017 - Jan 2019
  6. Deloitte

    Senior Security L3 Analyst / Engineer - Threat Hunting & Threat Intelligence

    Jan 2016 - Jan 2017
  7. Deloitte

    Cyber Security L1/L2 Analyst - Threat Detection & Response

    Oct 2015 - Jan 2016
  8. University of South Florida

    Cyber Risk, Cloud Research Associate

    Dec 2013 - Jul 2015
  9. Coeusol Inc.

    Cofounder - Digital Innovation & Transformation

    Jan 2011 - Jul 2013