Indian telecom operator Vodafone Idea has appointed Mathan Babu Kasilingam as its new CISO and Data Privacy Officer. Kasilingam has joined the company in place of Amit Pradhan, who has recently quit the telecom operator to join Mandiant Consulting (Mandiant is a US-based firm that performs advanced cyber investigation, forensics, and incident response).
Kasilingam will be spearheading cybersecurity initiatives, digital security entities, data privacy compliance at Vodafone Idea in his new role. He will also have a huge responsibility to shoulder since data privacy and compliance has become a critical focus area for all the leading telcos.
This is the second technology leadership appointment that Vi has announced in the last four months. In November last year, the telco named Jagbir Singh as its new chief technology officer, following the exit of Vishant Vora. (See: Vishant Vora quits as CTO of Vodafone Idea).
Mathan Babu Kasilingam has over two decades of robust experience in the information security field. He has previously worked with companies such as the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), HDFC Bank, Symantec, Wipro Infotech, and BT Global Services in various security and data compliance domains. At NPCI, where he has worked for three years before moving to Vi, Kasilingam introduced several new initiatives and data protection practices.
Kasilingam holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar (SSN) College of Engineering and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional. In his free time, Kasilingam loves playing badminton and enjoys listening to music.
About Vodafone Idea (Vi)
Vodafone Idea Limited is a pan-India integrated GSM operator, offering 2G, 4G, 4G+, VoLTE, and VoWiFi services. With a subscriber base of 290 million, Vi is India’s third-biggest mobile telecom operator and sixth-largest globally. Vodafone’s Indian arm and Idea Cellular had merged their operations in August 2018 in a highly competitive Indian telecommunication market.
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