Varun Dwivedi

Digital and cyber forensics professional with over a decade of experience across e-discovery, computer forensics, and incident response — spanning government engagements (Serious Fraud Investigation Office, Ministry of Home Affairs), Big Four consulting (EY, KPMG, RSM, BDO), and an entrepreneurial forensics practice serving clients across India, the UAE, and the wider GCC. Skilled in identifying indicators of compromise across log data, network artefacts, and endpoint activity, and in managing the full evidence lifecycle — collection, forensic imaging, chain of custody, and reporting — across 50+ investigations to court-admissible standard. Direct experience translating complex technical findings into client-facing guidance, managing multi-client project portfolios, and producing forensic reports for regulators, legal counsel, and executive stakeholders.

Listed as an expert and deposed in an Enforcement Directorate cybercrime matter, with testimony covering the extraction and analysis of text messages, images, and associated metadata. ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor with hands-on proficiency in EnCase, FTK, and SIEM/EDR platforms.

Business Director, Cybersecurity & Digital Forensics at Cyfai Technologies (2023-11 – Present)

• Managed a multi-client forensic and cybersecurity portfolio spanning India, the UAE, and the GCC, translating complex technical findings into clear guidance for non-technical client stakeholders
• Led e-discovery and forensic investigation engagements for critical-sector clients, identifying indicators of compromise across network, endpoint, and financial-crime cases
• Directed international client engagement across the UAE and GCC region, building consultative relationships with regional business and government stakeholders

Manager, Data Forensics at BDO Rise (2023-03 – 2023-10)

• Led forensic data investigations within Reveal/Brainspace e-discovery platforms, applying automated validation workflows to protect evidentiary integrity across corporate fraud and security incident cases
• Built an intelligence framework that structured unstructured incident data, improving threat assessment accuracy by 90%
• Implemented automated, tamper-evident data-validation workflows spanning evidence collection through legal processing

Supervisor, Forensic Technology at RSM USI (2022-01 – 2023-03)

• Conducted technical assessments of IT infrastructure to detect security incidents and anomalous indicators, identifying scalability bottlenecks and integration risk
• Deployed automated API security testing protocols against unauthorised access and spoofing attempts, reducing manual validation effort by 90%

Supervisor, Digital Forensics at EY Global (2021-01 – 2021-11)

• Identified indicators of compromise — including anomalous log entries, access patterns, and threat vectors — across EY's global GDS systems by parsing and correlating stored information electronically
• Investigated identity-spoofing and authentication-targeted incidents; authored incident narratives and findings for C-suite, legal counsel, and regulators

Consultant, Digital Forensics — SFIO / Ministry of Corporate Affairs at KPMG India (2018-05 – 2020-12)

• Completed a 14-month embedded engagement with the Serious Fraud Investigation Office, producing legally admissible investigation reporting for a national regulatory authority
• Managed integration of diverse financial data sets from multiple banking sources into a centralised investigation platform, aligning evidence metadata with legal and technical parameters for national-level fraud cases

Senior Consultant at Orion Secure (2017-06 – 2018-05)

• Assisted senior officials of the Income Tax Department and Ministry of Home Affairs in handling digital evidence systems
• Managed the digital evidence lifecycle across 50+ investigation cases, maintaining strict chain-of-custody and data validation standards

Information Technology Consultant at ACSG (2013-07 – 2015-06)

• Performed data security operations for a national security project, operating in critical environments during cyber-attack scenarios to mitigate data loss risk and identify threats to national infrastructure

Post Graduate Diploma in Blockchain & Technologies – Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur (2022-09 – 2022-09)

Master of Science in Digital Forensics & Information Assurance – National Forensic Sciences University, Gujarat (2017-05 – 2017-05)

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science – Barkatullah University, Bhopal (2013-06 – 2013-06)