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CyberEdBoard Profiles in Leadership: Milind Mungale

In the evolving landscape of digital transformation, cybersecurity should become a reflex and not just a ritual. As organizations embrace digital initiatives to enhance efficiency and innovation, the risks associated with cyberthreats grow. Enterprises need to change the culture to address these emerging risks, according to Milind Mungale, former CISO of NSDL e-Governance Infrastructure Ltd., now known as Protean eGov Technologies Ltd.

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Mungale shared insights and strategies for cybersecurity leaders navigating this threat environment, emphasizing that "being able to inculcate a culture of security" is about "ensuring security becomes a part of the organizational DNA."

"Culture isn't about rituals; it's about stopping the CEO at the gate for not hanging an ID card. It's creating a mindset that even when no one is watching, security is a reflex," he said.

In this video interview with Information Security Media Group for the CyberEdBoard's Profiles in Leadership series, Mungale also discussed:

• Strategic compliance - aligning strategies with future compliance needs and making them predictive rather than reactive;
• Collaboration maturity - ensuring that as the industry evolves, employees inherently understand the impact of threats and foster a collaborative environment;
• Effective metrics - evaluating human effectiveness through simulations and adding a layer of metrics to an organization's overall security posture.

Mungale has over 35 years of experience in the IT industry. He spent the first decade of his career honing skills within the IT departments of diverse manufacturing organizations. A pivotal shift brought him to the financial services sector, where he gained extensive expertise in IT infrastructure, data networking and information security and excelled in business/security project and program management. He is a member of the CyberEdBoard.

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