About
Twenty years of building it. The same eyes now assuring it.
Defenaar Consulting was founded in 2024 as a principal-led practice: one senior practitioner accountable end to end, drawing on a specialist network only where a mandate demands it.

Rituraj C. Buddhisagar
Founder & Principal Consultant
Mumbai, India · Global delivery
- CISA
- CCSK
- ISO/IEC 27001 LA
- ISO/IEC 42001 LA
- ISO/IEC 27701 LA
- ISO 22301 LA
- ITIL
The practice
Two decades were spent inside the systems themselves — Linux estates, virtualisation platforms, cloud infrastructure, DevOps pipelines and security operations — before the work turned to governance. That sequence matters. Controls written by someone who has carried a pager read differently, and hold differently, than controls written from a template.
Defenaar advises regulated and fast-scaling organisations on information security, privacy, continuity and AI management systems, and on the cloud architecture underneath them. Engagements range from ISMS and PIMS implementations and risk assessments to internal audits, compliance reviews and corporate training programmes.
Every mandate is led personally by the principal. Where scale or a specialist domain calls for it, Defenaar collaborates with a trusted network of practitioners — but accountability never leaves one desk.
Defenaar acts strictly in an advisory capacity. Certification audits are conducted by your independent accredited certification body — never by us — so no engagement compromises auditor independence.
Compliance & auditing
ISO 27001, ISO 27701, ISO 22301, ISO 42001, PCI DSS, FedRAMP, DPDP Act, GDPR, HIPAA, UIDAI and SEBI CSCRF.
Cloud & technical security
AWS, Azure and OCI security, container and Kubernetes hardening, secure architecture, Linux, virtualisation and DevSecOps.
Programme & risk leadership
Security programme development, risk-based decision making, internal audits and technology risk management.
Training & enablement
Cloud security, GDPR, ISMS LA, PIMS LA and BCMS LA programmes for corporate and institutional audiences.
2024
Defenaar founded
20+
Years in security & infrastructure
7
Professional certifications
12
Advisory disciplines
Track record
Engineering, architecture, operations and assurance — in that order, across product, platform and enterprise environments.
Cybersecurity Consultant & Founder
Defenaar Consulting
Aug 2024 – Mar 2025 · May 2026 – Present
Senior GRC Consultant
eProtect360 Solutions
Apr 2025 – May 2026
Staff Cybersecurity Architect
Baker Hughes
2023 – 2024
Manager, Security Operations
Qualys Security TechServices
2020 – 2023
VP, DevOps Engineering & CISO
Vayana Network
2017 – 2020
Linux SME
IBM India
2015
Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
VMware
2011 – 2014
Infrastructure Solution Engineer
HP GlobalSoft
2007 – 2011
Linux SME
Nevis Networks
2003 – 2007
Technical Trainer — Linux Administration, C++, Java
AICT, Pune
2001 – 2003
Education
- Diploma in Advanced Computing — CDAC Pune, 2001
- Bachelor of Engineering — WIT Solapur, 1998
Professional strengths
- GRC and security architecture alignment
- Risk-based decision making
- Executive and technical stakeholder engagement
- Security programme development
- Corporate training and mentoring