Arun Desouza
CXO Advisor
Arun Desouza is an award-winning thought leader with over two decades of experience in global security leadership and organizational transformation. Working as a CISO, Arun’s areas of expertise include: strategic planning, risk management, identity management, cloud computing, and privacy. Arun has been fortunate to earn numerous industry accolades, including Top Global CISO by Cyber Defense Magazine, Top 10 InfoSec Professional by OnCon, and induction into the CISO Hall of Fame by the global Cyber Startup Observatory. Arun’s hallmark ability is to set the strategic direction for security within the organization in alignment with enterprise stakeholders to build strategic roadmaps and implement flexible security solutions to drive change and transformation.
Arun is highly active in the security community having been on the board of the Cloud Security Alliance and chairing on the governing board of multiple security groups and forums. He has also been an advisor for multiple venture capital firms over the years.