The Arica team

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Different disciplines.One shared purpose.

Security incidents, audits, and product risks do not stay inside one function. Neither do we. Arica brings technical, legal, operational, and commercial judgement into the same engagement.

People, not personas

The right team depends on the work: an offensive tester and an engineer, a lead auditor and an operator, or a forensic investigator and legal counsel.

Chitra Mete, Managing Partner at Arica Tech Security

Managing Partner

Chitra Mete

Strategy and communication leader across social impact, government, and corporate work, including public-health, gender-equity, road-safety, and civic-participation initiatives.

Brand strategyMarket expansionCustomer engagement
Sahil Phadnis, Managing Partner at Arica Tech Security

Managing Partner

Sahil Phadnis

Business strategist focused on brand-led, data-driven growth, operating models, partnerships, and scalable market execution.

Revenue strategyOperating modelsPartnerships
Siddhant Malegaonkar, Criminal Law Advocate at Arica Tech Security

Criminal Law Advocate

Siddhant Malegaonkar

Practising advocate working across cybercrime litigation, IT law, digital evidence, data protection, and technology-driven disputes.

Cybercrime litigationIT Act advisoryDigital evidence
H. B. Keshava, CEO & Managing Partner at Arica Tech Security

CEO & Managing Partner

H. B. Keshava

Leads cybersecurity governance, cyber law, digital risk, forensic documentation, and regulation-aligned security programmes.

Security governanceCyber lawISO 27001
Prathamesh Dabir, Chief Technology Officer at Arica Tech Security

Chief Technology Officer

Prathamesh Dabir

Works across threat hunting, detection engineering, security operations, cloud security, and automation-led defensive workflows. His public record includes a Top 10 India ranking on TryHackMe.

Threat huntingDetection engineeringVAPT
Kunal Dhonge, Chief Operations Officer at Arica Tech Security

Chief Operations Officer

Kunal Dhonge

Cybercrime investigator and digital-forensics practitioner focused on evidence integrity, incident response, and post-incident improvement.

Digital forensicsIncident responseEvidence handling
Uttakarsh Mattikop, Lead Consultant at Arica Tech Security

Lead Consultant

Uttakarsh Mattikop

Consultant and educator working across cyber law, data protection, cybersecurity governance, and ISO 27001 alignment.

Data protectionCyber lawRisk advisory
Bhargav Iyer, Associate · Cyber Law & Data Protection at Arica Tech Security

Associate · Cyber Law & Data Protection

Bhargav Iyer

Supports privacy, platform governance, technology documentation, digital regulation, and compliance frameworks for SaaS organisations.

Privacy complianceIT contractsPlatform policy

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