Vikas Yadav is an experienced Information Security and Management professional with several years of leadership experience in Telecommunications, IT and Cyber Security. He is presently CISO at Nykaa and his core areas of work and expertise lie in Cloud Security and Privacy. He has done his M Tech (Computer Science) from IIT Kharagpur and holds CISSP and CCSK certifications . He is a military veteran and has served in the Indian Army in Information Security and Electronic Warfare roles with leadership positions for over 10 years. He is a regular speaker and contributor in leading conferences and publications including Gartner, ISMG and ET CISO.