Sebastian is a Director and CSO of Deloitte India. He has over 40 years of professional experience in the fields of Fraud Detection and investigations, Digital Forensics, Security, Vigilance and Training. This includes nearly 10 years with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), 2 years GMR Group and 20 years with the Indian Air Force.
He is a qualified aircraft maintenance engineer, MS in Cyber Law and Cyber Security, Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator (CHFI) and a Master Trainer from Interpol on Technology Crime investigations. He was instrumental in setting up in 2002, the first training lab of India for Digital forensic and hi-tech crime investigations in CBI. He also set up the first digital forensic and eDiscovery labs for Deloitte and GMR group.
He is a consultant trainer with International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (ICMEC, USA) and UNICEF India for Law Enforcement training on Investigation of Computer Facilitated Crimes against Children. In 2007, he developed an Internet Safety awareness program titled “Protecting Children on the Net” and conducted the same in more than 1000 venues, mainly schools, all over India.