Baidyanath Kumar

Conferred with -• Security Leader of the Year (Manufacturing) 2024 by Data Security Council of India (DSCI)• Special Award and The Resilient 100 at CSO100 Awards & Symposium 2024 by IDC Foundry• Mega CISO Leaderboard Championship Winner at ETCISO SecuFest 2024 by The Economic Times• Tech Huddle Contest Winner for Manufacturing Sector at ETCISO Decrypt2023 by The Economic Times• CISO of the Year 2023 Award by UBS Forums• Cyber Secure Account Contest 2019 Winner for CPC-TDS Module of Income Tax Department • SuperHero Award - COVID19 by Infosys• Most Valuable Player Award 2016 by Infosys• Special Recognition Award 2014 by InfosysBaidyanath is a Cybersecurity Professional with 14+ years of total experience in the creation and deployment of solutions protecting networks, systems and information assets for government organizations and corporates.Key specialization includes system security design, architecture, consulting, implementation & auditing of various cyber security domains like host and network integrity solutions including security technologies ranging from the endpoint to the cloud like antimalware, client firewalls, intrusion detection & prevention systems, web application firewalls, gateway protection systems, data loss prevention systems etc.In his role, Baidyanath is passionate about CISO as a Service, Cyber Program / Threat Management, Identity as a Service, Resilience, Privacy and Next-generation Security Operations Center (SOC).Working as a Cybersecurity Consultant / Information Security Officer, Baidyanath has a vast experience in designing, building and overseeing the overall implementation of Network and Computer Security for the organization. In the capacity of Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), he has played a crucial role in establishing information security policies and objectives, evaluating performance and driving for continual improvements in various e-Governance projects to align them as per strategic directions of Income Tax Department (ITD) and to meet their Information Security requirements.CISSP | CCIE | CCSA