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Vivek Khindria
SVP, Cyber Security, Network and Technology Risk
Loblaw Companies Ltd.
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Vivek Khindria has over 30 years of experience in cyber security and technology roles across the following industries: 20 years in banking, 7 years in telecom, and 4 years in retail. His current role is securing food, medicine and health services, and banking needs for Canadians.
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What is one of your guiding leadership principles?
Informed risk decisions, clear accountability and positive encouragement lead to great results. Work hard and play harder.
With disruption being a key theme of the past year, where do you see your role as a CISO going in the next 1-2 years?
CISOs will continue to be part of companies' risk and strategy frameworks.
What advice would you give to someone just starting out in the role as a CISO?
Your internal, external and vendor networks will be a critical factor in your success.
Tell us a few fun facts about yourself.
I like to bike, hike, snowboard, snorkel and canoe. I recently became Scuba certified. And, I just completed five trails in the mountains of Peru.
What is the value of joining an Evanta community?
I get to hear about success and failures from the network, and meet interesting people facing similar challenges.
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