Trishneet Arora

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Trishneet Arora
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Arora in New Mexico, February 2019
Born2 November 1993 (1993-11-02) (age 30)
Ludhiana, Punjab, India
OccupationChief executive officer of TAC Security
Years active2012 – present

Trishneet Arora (born 2 November 1993 in Ludhiana, Punjab, India) is the founder and chief executive officer of TAC Security, a cyber security company. [1] [2] He was named in Forbes 30 Under 30 2018 Asia list [3] and Fortune India 40 Under 40 2019 List of India's Brightest Business Minds. [4]

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Career

Arora founded TAC Security, a cyber security company that provides protection to corporations against network vulnerabilities and data theft. [5] Some of his clients are Reliance Industries, Central Bureau of Investigation, Punjab Police (India) and Gujarat Police. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

Arora's company mainly provides vulnerability assessment and penetration testing services. According to Arora, there has been an increase in the number of attacks against portals of companies. [11] [12] [13]

Trishneet's enterprise reached a turning point in 2016 when it secured pre-series 'A' funding from prominent investor Vijay Kedia. [14]

In November 2022, Trishneet was invited by US Vice President Kamala Harris to discusses cyber security at a gathering of young business leaders in New Mexico. [15] [16]

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Trishneet Arora with US Vice President Kamala Harris

Awards and recognition

YearAwardAwarding organization
2022Global Leader of Tomorrow [17] St. Gallen Symposium
2021Fortune India 40 Under 40 [18] Fortune India
2020Entrepreneur of the Year in Service Business - Security [19] Entrepreneur India
2020Top 100 Great People Managers [20] Forbes India & GMI
2019Fortune India's 40 Under 40 [4] Fortune India
2018Leaders of Tomorrow [21] [22] St. Gallen Symposium
2018 Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 [3] Forbes Asia
2017The 50 most influential young Indians [23] [24] GQ Magazine
2015Punjabi Icon Award [25] [26] PCHB
2014Chief Minister of Punjab, Parkash Singh Badal bestowed a 'State Award' upon Arora on the 65th Republic Day (Government of Punjab, India) [5] [27] Government of Punjab, India

Biographical film

Film-maker Sunil Bohra is working on a biographical film about Arora.[ when? ] Hansal Mehta will be directing the movie and currently working on the story. [28] [29] Trishneet Arora rejected the script and later sold rights for book to Author Cyrus Gonda.

Biography

Cyrus Gonda authored the biography Trishneet Arora (2023) in "The Magic of Leadership" series. [30] The book tells Arora's story from the time he decided to drop out to his first stint as an entrepreneur. [31]

Personal life

Trishneet also invest in startups as an angel investor. In 2020 invested in online gaming company Oneiric. [32]

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