Chandika Mendis appointed to Scybers global advisory board

Global cyber security firm Scybers has announced the addition of Chandika Mendis, a technology and startup mentor, to its global advisory board to strengthen their efforts to support startups manage cybersecurity and compliance requirements effectively. 
Chandika is an expert in the IT industry with over 25 years of experience. He was part of the senior leadership team at the global digital engineering firm, Virtusa driving engineering innovation and leading the teams that built award-winning sales and delivery differentiators. 
His contributions were a critical element in growing the company from 300 plus when he joined to 40,000 when he left in 2023 to fulfill his long-standing passion: providing CTO and technical advisory services to startups. Prior to Virtusa, he worked in senior technology leadership roles in Colombo, London and Silicon Valley with both global enterprises and startups. He is currently based in California and works closely with startup groups as an advisor and angel investor.

“We are thrilled to welcome Chandika to the Scybers advisory board,” said Madu Ratnayake, co-founder of Scybers Inc. “His deep expertise in technology, AI as well as his extensive experience in the startup ecosystem, will be invaluable to us as we continue to grow our services to help global startups and fintech’s secure their digital assets and build our AI-enabled cybersecurity service delivery platform.”
Scybers help startups to figure out an optimum security strategy, support the execution of security programmes to mitigate risks, manage third-party risks, assure compliance to standards such as SOC2, PCI-DSS, ISO27001 etc. and manage detection and response to threats 24x7.  
Chandika will provide strategic guidance to Scybers on a variety of topics, including product development, AI, go-to-market strategy, and customer engagement and support the identification of new opportunities for growth and expansion.

“I am excited to join the Scybers advisory board and to help the company achieve its ambitious goals,” said Chandika Mendis. “I believe that Scybers is well-positioned to become a leading global cybersecurity firm, and I look forward to contributing 
to its success.”