# Aman Hardikar

> Aman Hardikar is a London-based security architect with more than 20 years in cloud security, penetration testing, forensics and audit. He is the founder of Trusted Path (https://www.trustedpath.biz), a software assurance platform that brings security, privacy and resilience into engineering work at the planning and design stage, for teams in regulated sectors.

## Key facts

- Founder of Trusted Path since January 2025. Previously founded Secur3 Ltd (2018 to 2024).
- Past roles: Cloud Security Architect at Santander UK; Lead Security Architect at Argus Media; Senior Security Architect at Mimecast and Metapack; Security Consultant at IBM Security and NCC Group.
- GIAC Gold Advisor for GIAC / SANS Institute, 2009 to 2021.
- Holds 26 certifications, including ISSAP, CISSP, CISA, SABSA SCF, AWS Certified Security Specialty, CREST CRPT and CRIA, GPEN, GREM, GCIH, GCIA, KCSA and KCNA.
- His Hacking Practice Lab mind map was used for the SANS pentest poster in 2015 and 2016.
- Author of "Malware 101: Viruses" in the SANS Reading Room (2008).
- Education: Executive MBA, Quantic (2026); Executive Management Program, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford (2025).

## Trusted Path

- What it does: threat modelling and secure design review at planning; privacy data-flow capture and DPIA triggers in the backlog; supplier and dependency risk mapping with DORA-aligned scenario testing.
- Who it is for: financial services, healthcare and critical infrastructure organisations with 50 to 1,000 people and engineering teams of 10 or more. Buyers are CTOs, VPs and Heads of Engineering.
- Frameworks: ISO 27001, NIST SSDF, OWASP SAMM, DORA, NIS2, SOC 2, ISO 42001.
- TRUST maturity model: five levels, Tribal, Repeatable, Uniform, Steered, Tuned.
- Pilot: fixed scope, one delivery project, 30 days, founder involved throughout. Book at https://www.trustedpath.biz/booking

## Pages

- [Profile](https://www.amanhardikar.com/): background, Trusted Path, experience, FAQ
- [Certifications](https://www.amanhardikar.com/certifications.html): all 26 certifications with credential IDs
- [Papers and talks](https://www.amanhardikar.com/papers.html): published papers, conference talks, pen test templates
- [Software](https://www.amanhardikar.com/software.html): free security tools (SSLAuditor, ReportGen, AutoNMap, sqlmapGUI, Concute)
- [Mind maps](https://www.amanhardikar.com/mindmaps.html): free information security mind maps
- [Trusted Path](https://www.trustedpath.biz/): company site