status: up · India
role: principal architect

Asif
Memon

Principal Architect, Zero Trust Cloud at Zscaler

I design Zero Trust architectures for banks across AWS, Azure and GCP to protect cloud workloads, and I'm taking that discipline into securing AI.

Journey

hop 1 · Gi0/1
Cisco India
2017 – 2022
DC Specialist
Built the foundation in routing, switching, compute, virtualization and orchestration for some of India's largest private and public clouds.
hop 2 · Gi0/2
VMware India
2022
Senior Solutions Engineer
Translated complex IT challenges into tailored VMware cloud and virtualization architectures.
hop 3 · Gi0/3
Palo Alto Networks India
2022 – 2025
Cloud Security Architect
hop 4 · Gi0/4
Zscaler India
2025 – Present
Principal Architect, Zero Trust Cloud
Designing Zero Trust architectures for BFSI customers across AWS and Azure with ZIA, ZPA, Cloud Connector and Zero Trust Gateway — translating CCIE-era constructs like VRFs and MPLS into VPCs and Transit Gateways.

asif# show credentials status

Credential	Status	Description
CCIE	up/up	Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert [add track and number if you like]
Cisco DevNet	up/up	India's first Cisco DevNet certification
OWASP	up/up	[Your OWASP role or project involvement]
DBA, Golden Gate University	init	Emerging Technologies, Generative AI specialisation

Problem: [What was broken or risky? e.g. flat network, VPN sprawl, audit findings.]
Approach: [What you designed — e.g. ZPA for private apps, ZIA for internet egress, segmentation.]
Outcome: [What changed — a number if you can: apps migrated, VPN retired, time saved.]

A structured path from networking foundations to Zero Trust and AI security, taught by someone who designs these architectures for banks every day.

7 modules · 1:1 mentoring, Cohort bootcamp, Corporate workshops

1 Nov 2026AISPM, CSPM and CIEM through one lens
Why posture management for AI, cloud and identity is really one problem — and how a Zero Trust view ties them together.

Taking Zero Trust principles into AI systems: securing LLM applications, agents and the data they touch.

Become an AI security engineer
Red-teaming and defending LLM applications — prompt injection, data leakage, agent permissions — with the same rigour as network security.
Doctorate in emerging technologies
Pursuing a DBA in Emerging Technologies with a Generative AI specialisation at Golden Gate University.
Write and teach
Publishing what I learn about cloud and AI security, here and in a book. [Edit or remove.]

Happy to talk about Zero Trust, cloud networking, or securing AI systems.