# Sandip Kumar Panda

> Sandip Kumar Panda is the Bengaluru-based co-founder and CEO of InstaSafe, a cloud security company established in 2012. His career spans channel and sales leadership at Wipro, Symantec, Blue Coat Systems and Nevales Networks. His public work centres on secure application access, customer feedback and building an Indian security product business for international markets.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at InstaSafe
- **Organizations:** InstaSafe, SafeHats, Nevales Networks, Blue Coat Systems, Symantec, Wipro, Cloud Security Alliance
- **Education:** MBA, Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar, Engineering in computer science
- **Known for:** Led InstaSafe as co-founder and CEO from its founding in 2012., InstaSafe received CIO Choice cloud security recognition in 2015 and 2016., InstaSafe announced the DSCI Security Product Company of the Year award in December 2021.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2012** — Held channel and business leadership roles at Wipro, Symantec and Blue Coat Systems; served as vice president at Nevales Networks.
- **2012** — Co-founded InstaSafe in Bengaluru.
- **2014** — Completed Microsoft Ventures Accelerator programme, according to his LinkedIn credential.
- **2015** — InstaSafe joined the Citrix accelerator programme and received investment from Indian Angel Network with CIO Angel Network.
- **2021** — Discussed SafeHats and customer-led product development in a June founder interview.
- **2026** — Outlined an integrated access, authentication and identity portfolio in Brandbook Interview 2026.

## Achievements

- Led InstaSafe as co-founder and CEO from its founding in 2012.
- InstaSafe received CIO Choice cloud security recognition in 2015 and 2016.
- InstaSafe announced the DSCI Security Product Company of the Year award in December 2021.

## Latest updates

- **2022-08** — Explained application-level access and administrator visibility in a CXOtoday interview.
- **2022-07** — Authored an article on testing and cloud-provider assessment for manufacturing cybersecurity.

## Links

- Website: https://instasafe.com/
- LinkedIn: https://in.linkedin.com/in/sandipkumarpanda
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/sandipkp

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Last updated: 2026-10-24