I help boards and leadership teams balance innovation and digital risk.
Former Deputy Commissioner of Cybersecurity, Singapore
Founder and CEO, StrongKeep
Each arrives faster than the last, and the usual ways of measuring risk were not built for any of them.
Move too slowly, and you fall behind.
Move too fast, and you take on risks you cannot undo.
Most advisors guard one side of that scale. I help you hold both.
CIO of the Republic of Singapore Air Force, and Brigadier-General (NS). Started the air force’s digital innovation movement, Project Swift, an award-winning transformation initiative.
Deputy Chief Executive and Deputy Commissioner of Cybersecurity at the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore. Set rules for a whole country that could be enforced in practice.
Advised the boards of some of Asia’s largest companies. Invited expert to the UN Open-Ended Working Group on ICT security, and Adjunct Senior Fellow at RSIS.
Founder and CEO of StrongKeep, an AI-native company bringing cybersecurity to smaller businesses.
Two of these seats pushed innovation forward. Two held the line on risk. I know how each side thinks.
Among others, independently and with Ensign InfoSecurity.
Delivered numerous high-impact keynotes, panels, and closed leadership briefings.
Black Hat Asia · CyCon, NATO CCDCOE · GovWare · Milipol TechX · Tech in Asia · Singapore Business Federation · SCCCI · AWS Community Day · TechLaw.Fest · IHRP
“Gaurav, what a fascinating discussion. And surely it’s not over. There will be a third time, I’m sure about that.”
Digital risk is hard to price. Ask these to decide whether, and how, to go ahead.
Can you say what good looks like before you start?
How wrong can this get, and in what way?
Can you watch it, stop it and undo it?
What would this particular failure cost?
How long would undoing it take, and who does it?
Use them freely.
For a board or leadership team with a decision in front of it.
For conferences, leadership offsites and industry forums.
Gaurav Keerthi helps boards and leadership teams balance innovation and digital risk. He is the founder and CEO of StrongKeep, and was Deputy Chief Executive and Deputy Commissioner of Cybersecurity at the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore.
Gaurav Keerthi helps boards and leadership teams balance innovation and digital risk. He is the founder and CEO of StrongKeep, an AI-native company bringing cybersecurity to smaller businesses. He was Deputy Chief Executive and Deputy Commissioner of Cybersecurity at the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore, and before that CIO of the Republic of Singapore Air Force, where he started the Project Swift innovation movement. He has advised the boards of some of Asia’s largest companies, and is an Adjunct Senior Fellow at RSIS.
Gaurav Keerthi helps boards and leadership teams balance innovation and digital risk, having worked on both sides of that balance. He is the founder and CEO of StrongKeep, an AI-native company bringing cybersecurity to smaller businesses. He was Deputy Chief Executive and Deputy Commissioner of Cybersecurity at the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore, where he set rules for a whole country. Before that he was CIO of the Republic of Singapore Air Force, where he started the Project Swift innovation movement, which spawned RAiD; he holds the rank of Brigadier-General (NS). He has advised the boards of Temasek, Singapore Airlines, DBS, UOB, OCBC, CapitaLand, Keppel, SMRT and DFI Retail, among others. He is an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, has briefed the United Nations Open-Ended Working Group on ICT security, and served on the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Cybersecurity. He has spoken at Black Hat Asia, CyCon at NATO CCDCOE and GovWare, and founded the civic-tech charity Better.sg.
Our next speaker has looked at digital risk from four sides. He was CIO of the Singapore Air Force, and Deputy Commissioner of Cybersecurity for Singapore. He has advised the boards of some of the region’s largest companies, and today he builds an AI-native cybersecurity company, StrongKeep. He is here to help us think about how to balance innovation and risk. Please welcome Gaurav Keerthi.
