Azim Poonawala is an Indian national who is the owner and founder of Closed Circuit Corporate Clandestine, multifarious research and action cartel comprising of veterans who are blue-ribbon bearers in their own fields and expertise in specific areas doing legitimate, covert and overt, information security assignments not only for companies in Mumbai and the surrounding areas, but also for international clients. He has has worked for companies like Hewlett Packard, Mahindra and Mahindra, the Bombay Stock Exchange, Perimeter USA and clients from the U.S. financial industry to the U.S. Government.