Former Birlasoft executive Amit Dhawan has joined Quantiphi, an AI-first digital engineering company, as Chief Information Security Officer & Data Privacy Officer. He will be based in Mumbai and will report to Ritesh Patel, Co-founder at Quantiphi.
In this new role as a CISO, he will be leading the cyber security initiatives and will be accountable for the cyber security posture of the organization across the globe. He will also be leading the data privacy function and ensuring that Quantiphi aligns with all regulatory mandates at all geographies.
In his previous stint with Birlasoft, Dhawan served as CISO & DPO and was associated with the company for more than three years. Dhawan, an ex-defence personnel, served the Indian Navy for many years and served as Joint Director where he headed the Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT). He has also worked with companies like JPMorgan Chase and Skillmine Technology Consulting in the past.
Throughout his career, Dhawan has been involved in various information security projects and is skilled in Risk, Computer Forensics, Security, Project Planning and Team Management, a statement said.
Dhawan holds an MBA degree as well as a post-graduate certificate in AI & ML. He graduated from Naval College of Engineering.
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