HELLO, MY NAME IS

Charlie Soto

IT and Security Lead

charlie@charliesoto.com​
About Me

I am an experienced Security Lead based in Thailand, with a rich experience of over 25 years in Information & Cyber Security across various domain and verticals.

I help you protect your organisation by giving you an actionable plan

Are you looking for a leader who treats security as a commercial asset?
I am an Executive Cybersecurity Lead and Strategic Advisor with 28 years of IT experience and 20 years of deep consulting expertise (vCISO, Google Cloud/Mandiant, IBM, TCS, alumnus, ). I specialise in solving the toughest enterprise security challenges, transforming risk management from a compliance headache into a measurable driver of resilience.
My Expertise Delivers:
Global Strategy & Governance: Defining and implementing GRC frameworks that scale across complex, international organizations.
Post-Breach Transformation: Rapidly stabilizing environments and leading comprehensive programs to rebuild security posture and executive confidence.
Commercial Alignment: Aligning security investment directly with P&L objectives, transforming your function from a cost center into a strategic business enabler.
Ready to elevate your security posture from reactive to resilient?
Contact me to schedule a strategic consultation and discuss your next leap in security maturity. from different niches so you can rely on me for yours

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My Mission:

Executive Cybersecurity Leadership
I am an Executive Cybersecurity Lead and Strategic Advisor with 28 years of IT and 20 years of deep consulting expertise (vCISO, forged by two decades of elite, global consulting). My mission is to transform enterprise security from a compliance headache into a measurable driver of business resilience and a commercial asset. I specialise in solving the toughest security challenges across global organisations.

Ready to elevate your security posture from reactive to resilient?
Contact me to schedule a strategic consultation and discuss your next leap in security maturity.

Cyber Security Architecture

An effective Design is what captures requirements and functionality. I make sure the design meet business needs.

C Level Advisory​

If you are looking for a advisory who’ll take over the intelligence and development and mitigation of your risk profile, I am a well-versed to help you with this.

Process Development

Do you need help to refine your Security? Policies, Playbooks, Incident Response Plans, Crisis Response Plans, Use Cases, Workflows, Security Reporting, CISO/Risk Management Dashboards.

Skills

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Cyber
Strategy and Risk
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Policies and Standards
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Identity and Access
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Risk Strategies

My Experience

2023-2025

Google Cloud Security

Principal Consultant (APAC)

vCISO for a Multinational Oil and Gas mining company post breach transformation and defence uplift

2021-2023

aCommerce

Head of Cyber Security

I was responsible for all the in-house and client-based cyber security assignments. Strategy and IPO Support, Governance Lead and Regional Data Protection Officer.

2018-2021

TCS

Security Lead

I led the cyber security practice in ASEAN and executed the go to market strCyber Security Tooling and Networking