He is a twelve-year security veteran and has played various roles in the security domain. He has a Masters in Computer Applications from India and he enjoys spending time with his family. In his Architect role, he enjoys solving the various challenges IAM platform brings in and he recently designed the new OAuth architecture for the Cisco Enterprise Mobile Platform. He is currently working on enabling Zero Sign On capabilities in Cisco and also leading the stronger authentication project for web applications. Ranjan believes that password is the necessary evil and enterprises should be proactive in reducing their password footprint. He has plans to make "Zero Password Day" for the Cisco users as a reality for validating their identity.