Sanjay Tiwari, a cybersecurity leader, has joined ICICI Securities as Head – Information Security (CISO). Tiwari, in his new role will be responsible for driving all aspects of cybersecurity strategy and design the infosec roadmap of ICICI Securities.
Before joining ICICI Securities, Tiwari was Head IT and Cybersecurity at IIFL (India Infoline Group), where he used to manage and control the security risk for the IIFL Group of companies. Having around twenty years of rich experience in information technology, cybersecurity, and technology risk management, he has also worked with organizations such as Wipro Technologies, NSDL e-Governance & Star Union Daiichi Life Insurance.
Tiwari specialises in establishing, coordinating, and managing all areas of cyber security, IT governance, and security, and is focussed on DB management, infra management, service delivery, etc. He has extensive experience in budgeting, provisioning, and technology Infra setup, SIEM, threat intelligence, VA, WAF, etc. His areas of expertise include setting up SOCs using various tools and process frameworks, digital initiatives, and technology procurements.
He is a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and a Certified Payment Industry Security Implementor (CPISI). He’s also skilled at vendor management, defining processes and policies, advanced threat intelligence, black-box vulnerability assessment for various applications and systems through third-party.