2012
First responder
Enterprise security operations
Cut my teeth in a 24/7 SOC — triage, forensics, and the discipline of writing down exactly what happened.
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Career record — Akshay Kumar Jadhav
The full journey
Fourteen years from first responder to board advisor. Engagements involving law-enforcement agencies are described at the level of detail confidentiality allows — which is the point.
2012 2015 2015
Lead investigator
Financial-sector incident response
Led breach investigations across banking and payments; first expert-witness engagements.
2017 2017
LEA collaboration begins
Law-enforcement agencies
Began supporting digital investigations for law-enforcement agencies. Details withheld by design.
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2019 2019
Independent practice
Own consultancy
Left in-house roles to advise across sectors — the pattern-matching from one industry is the edge in the next.
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2021 2021
Advisory & governance
Boards and leadership teams
Practice shifted upstream: fewer incidents, more of the decisions that prevent them.
2023 2023
Digital consulting track
Dual practice
Formalised the second track — transformation, due diligence, and data governance advisory.
2026 2026
Today
Independent consultant
Fourteen years in. Still taking the calls — earlier in the story now.
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