Cybersecurity architecture
Defense-in-depth, segmentation, firewall security, identity, secure connectivity, monitoring, and resilient infrastructure.
About Synapse Cyber
Cybersecurity leadership grounded in infrastructure, risk, and practical execution.
Synapse Cyber was created to help organizations connect technical security, governance, AI adoption, and business risk in one practical advisory model.
Cybersecurity architecture
Risk & governance
AI governance & automation
vCISO advisory
Meet the founder
Bridging executive risk decisions with hands-on technical execution.
Shahriar Hatami brings more than two decades of technology experience, including cybersecurity architecture, infrastructure engineering, enterprise security controls, risk management, and operational resilience.
His work spans both strategic and technical layers: translating risk into priorities, designing secure architectures, strengthening governance, and implementing controls that can be operated and measured in real environments.
Today, that experience is extended into AI governance and AI automation—helping organizations adopt AI responsibly while maintaining security, accountability, human oversight, and business value.
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Security operations
SIEM, detection, MITRE ATT&CK-aligned visibility, vulnerability management, incident readiness, and security telemetry.
Risk & governance
NIST, CIS, ISO 27001, compliance, risk treatment, evidence, executive reporting, and governance operating models.
AI governance & automation
AI risk, policy, human oversight, workflow automation, AI agents, n8n orchestration, and responsible adoption.
Experience summary
A career built across security, infrastructure, governance, and modernization.
Selected areas of experience that shape the way Synapse Cyber approaches advisory work.
Enterprise infrastructure
Long-term experience with mission-critical infrastructure, networking, identity, routing, high availability, and enterprise systems.
Defense-in-depth security
Hands-on deployment and architecture of layered security controls including IPS/IDS, antivirus, application control, DPI-SSL, DNS security, segmentation, and secure access.
Security monitoring & SIEM
Designing security visibility, dashboards, alerting, configuration assessment, vulnerability monitoring, and operational detection workflows.
Governance, risk & compliance
Connecting technical controls to governance frameworks, gap analysis, policy, evidence, remediation tracking, and executive oversight.
AI governance
Building practical approaches to AI inventory, policy, risk assessment, accountability, oversight, evidence, and lifecycle governance.
AI automation
Using workflow automation and AI to streamline project management, assessments, reporting, approvals, operational processes, and business workflows.
Selected professional credentials
Professional certifications and security training.
Selected credentials supporting Synapse Cyber's cybersecurity, governance, audit, and risk-management capabilities.
ISC2
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
Certified since 2023. The credential recognizes advanced cybersecurity experience and competency across the CISSP body of knowledge.
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ISACA
Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
Certified January 31, 2025. The certificate lists an expiration date of January 31, 2029.
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IMQ Academy
ISO 27001:2005 ISMS Lead Auditor Training
Completed the ISO 27001:2005 Information Security Management System Lead Auditor Training Course in 2010.
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How Synapse Cyber works
Practical advisory, not unnecessary complexity.
The goal is to make security and governance easier to understand, prioritize, implement, and maintain.
Understand first
Start with the organization, business objective, environment, and actual risk context.
Prioritize what matters
Focus resources on the controls, risks, and improvements that create meaningful value.
Keep humans in control
Use AI and automation to accelerate work while preserving review, accountability, and approval.
Measure progress
Connect recommendations to owners, evidence, outcomes, risk reduction, and recurring oversight.
Work with Synapse Cyber
Bring security, governance, and AI together around real business outcomes.
Start with a conversation, a readiness tool, or a structured assessment.