Freshworks Inc., a software company empowering the people who power business, announced the appointment of Jason Loomis as Chief Information Security Officer. With this appointment, the company bolsters its senior technical leadership as it continues to put the power of software back in the people’s hands with applications easy enough for everyone to use, a statement said.…
Scrut Automation, an automation platform for risk and information security (infosec), has appointed Todd Dekinga as its Chief Information Security Officer. Dekkinga’s years of experience with state-of-the-art cloud technologies will accelerate Scrut’s product vision and overall security posture, a statement said. Dekkinga has over 20 years of experience in IT, including more than 15 years in…
Global hospitality technology platform, OYO, has announced the appointment of Prakash Padariya as the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for IT and security teams. In this new role at OYO, Prakash will helm a security strategy for OYO’s systems globally, including regions such as India, SEA, Europe, USA and the UK. In his role as CISO…
Telecom major Airtel has roped in Varun Singla as SVP & Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of the company. He will be reporting to Pradipt Kapoor, Chief Information Officer (CIO), Airtel. In this new role, Singla will be driving next-generation cyber security initiatives and contributing to the ongoing innovation and business growth at Airtel. As…
People.ai, the premiere Revenue Intelligence & Operations platform, announced that Aman Sirohi has been named Chief Information Security Officer. Sirohi brings decades of experience envisioning and delivering technology and security solutions in complex enterprise environments across a spectrum of industries, from retail to telecommunications to technology, the statement said. “I am thrilled to join People.ai at such…
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…
Former Airtel Senior Vice President and Global CISO Manish Tiwari has joined AI services provider Fractal as Chief Information Officer. In the new role, Tiwari will be overseeing the AI solutions provider’s various upcoming and ongoing digital transformation initiatives, the statement said. In his previous stint with Airtel, Tiwari was Chief Information Security Officer. He…
HDB Financial Services, a Non-Banking Financial Company and a subsidiary company of HDFC Bank, has roped in Ranjan Revandkar as Chief Information Security Officer. In this new role, Ranjan will be leading the cybersecurity and risk management domains at the financial services company, a statement said. Previously, he was associated with India’s pharmaceutical giant Sun…
Former Diageo India CISO, Vikram GR, has joined Wipro Enterprises. Wipro Enterprises’ portfolio has Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting and Wipro Infrastructure Engineering (WIN). In his new role at Wipro Enterprises, Vikram GR will be focusing on IT compliance besides Information Security Management. He will be responsible for designing and executing the company’s information security strategy for the…
Former senior executive at Target, Rishi Mehta, has now joined Cyble as Chief Information Security Officer. A Y-Combinator-backed and AI-powered cyber threat intelligence company, Cyble empowers global organisations with dark web & cybercrime monitoring and mitigation services. The company is headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia. In this new role, Mehta will be responsible for the information security function at the SaaS provider. Mehta has…
India’s biopharmaceutical company, Biocon, has appointed Agnidipta Sarkar as Group CISO. Sarkar has moved on from CMS IT services where he has served his tenure of two years as Director Cybersecurity. In this new role, Sarkar will be leading the cybersecurity and risk management domains at the biopharmaceutical company. Sarkar has 3 decades of experience…
Star & Disney India, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company India, has appointed Tirthankar Dutta as Vice President and CISO. Most recently, Dutta worked as Senior VP & Head of Information Security at Infoedge India Ltd. In this new role, Dutta will provide guidance and counsel to the CTO/CFO and key members of…
Vodafone Idea has appointed Mathan Babu Kasilingam Vodafone Idea as Chief Technology Security Officer & Data Privacy Officer. Kasilingam succeeds Amit Pradhan, who used to lead cybersecurity at Vodafone Idea. Prior to this role, Kasilingam had a three-year stint with National Payments Corporation Of India (NPCI) as Chief Information Security Officer. He has also worked…
Former Max Bupa CISO, Rajat Maheshwari has joined Punjab National Bank Housing Finance as cybersecurity chief. In his new role, Maheshwari will be responsible for leading the IT security and cybersecurity domain at the company. Prior to this role, Maheshwari had a 3 years stint with Max Bupa as CISO. He holds a MS degree…
Former SBM Bank CISO Rajendra Bhalerao has joined Scotiabank as new cyber security chief. In this new role, BHalerao will be responsible for the bank’s cybersecurity framework and infrastructure. Bhalerao is focused on introducing new technologies around digital security and risk management. Bhalerao has over 16 years of experience with leadership roles in Paytm Payments…