Vishal Salvi, CISO and Head-Cybersecurity Practice, Infosys

CISO and Head-Cybersecurity Practice, Infosys

Salvi is CISO and head of cybersecurity practice at Infosys. Prior to joining Infosys, Salvi was a partner for cybersecurity at PwC. He has 21 years of industry experience in IT service delivery and cybersecurity, having served in roles at Crompton Greaves, Development Credit Bank, Global Trust Bank, Standard Chartered Bank and HDFC Bank. He has extensive management and domain experience in driving information security programs.

Spotlight Session: Applying the Zero Trust Principles to Secure a Hybrid Cloud

Presented by Vishal Salvi, CISO and Head-Cybersecurity Practice, Infosys • September 3, 2021

In today's circumstances, remote work is up by over 100%, demanding our security and infrastructure capabilities to overnight adapt to this change. Moving to the cloud is not only a good to have practice but a necessity now. But how to ensure data in the cloud is not only protected but accessed by the right people....

"Zero Trust": What Does it Mean to a Security Practitioner?

Presented by Vishal Salvi, CISO and Head-Cybersecurity Practice, Infosys • May 18, 2020

The biggest challenge for practitioners today is to enable greater flexibility for your teams with telecommuting and remote working solutions while being fully compliant and secure. Against this, 'zero trust' principals for information security have become one of the prominent cybersecurity frameworks organizations...

Data Security Strategy in the Aftermath of WannaCry: Preventing the Next Big Ransomware Epidemic

Presented by Ashutosh Jain , Ankur Kushalka , Geetha Nandikotkur , Cdr. Mukesh Saini , Vishal Salvi, CISO and Head-Cybersecurity Practice, Infosys • November 6, 2017

In the wake of ransomware attacks such as WannaCry, what lessons must India learn? While WannaCry was not particularly sophisticated or stealthy, its impact was widespread. That's because of the techniques used to rapidly distribute the malware, as well as the failure of so many organizations to get security basics...