Raj Badhwar has 25+ years of experience within the Cybersecurity and IT industry. He is currently the CISO for Voya Financial, and has previously held senior Security and IT leadership roles at AIG, BAE Systems Inc., Bank of America, Time Warner Cable, AOL Time Warner, and Sprint. Raj is a currently a director and secretary of the NTSC (National Technology Security Coalition) board. He is currently a member of the Pace University, Rutgers University and Ithaca College cybersecurity advisory boards. He is currently on the customer advisory board for Venafi, and CISO advisory council for Infosys. Raj is a certified information systems security professional (CISSP), a certified ethical hacker (CEH), a FINRA licensed securities professional (Series 99), among some other technical certifications. He has co-authored 14 security patents and has written and presented in the areas of advanced encryption, post-quantum cryptography, zero trust networks, cloud security patterns, andsecure remote work paradigms. Raj is the author of The CISO’s Next Frontier: AI, Post-Quantum Cryptography and Advanced Security Paradigms. He has also been interviewed as a cybersecurity subject matter expert by WSJ. Raj is proficient in three languages, and conversant in another three languages. Raj graduated from George Washington University (GWU) with a MS in Information Systems Technology and also holds a BS in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Karnatak University. He is an alumnus of St Francis College, Lucknow.
