Dr. Varin Khera is a cybersecurity executive, inventor, and researcher with over 25 years of experience securing telecommunications infrastructure, enterprise networks, and critical digital systems across Asia Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East.

He is the Co-Founder and CTO of SECStrike.ai, inventor of the USPTO patent-pending ATVE (Adaptive Threat Validation Engine), and a board member of Yarix Asia Pacific (VAR Group, Milan). A Nokia veteran across Melbourne, Berlin, and Bangkok, he directed security presales across 12 APAC markets and architected Nokia’s largest-ever APAC security engagement.

Dr. Khera holds a Doctor of Information Technology from Murdoch University and has published peer-reviewed research across IEEE, Elsevier Array, and other leading venues. He is an ISC2 ISLA award recipient, former strategic advisor to Thailand’s Parliamentary Committee on Communications, Telecommunications, and Digital Economy, and an author of Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) – A Practical Introduction(published by Rivers Publishing in 2024). Dr. Khera has also published articles in Forbes Thailand and regularly contributes emerging technology and cybersecurity content on LinkedIn and various online magazines, he has appeared across national television as a trusted expert commentator on cybersecurity and AI topics.