Vinit Sinha, Head-IT Security and Data Privacy, Pine Labs has joined Mastercard as Director – Cybersecurity, SME. He will also be leading cyber advisory practice within the company as it establishes footprints across the APAC region.
“I will be part of the data and services unit of Mastercard. With organisations going digital and having started adopting emerging technologies, it is extremely important to immediately put in controls to manage risks. In this new role, my focus will be to build a framework and solutions for risk management and cyber defence,” Sinha said.
Sinha has over 16 years of experience in IT security and has worked with global companies such as Wipro, EXL at senior positions.
Apart from the hands-on experience with IT security, Sinha has expertise in Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing, Operational IT audits, Data Privacy related aspects, Quality Assurance and more. He holds an engineering degree and has completed his postgraduate in business management from IIM-Calcutta.
