Raj S.

As North America CISO at Sagility, I lead enterprise-wide information security, AI protection, and compliance programs that safeguard global digital assets while enabling business growth. I specialize in building and executing cybersecurity strategies grounded in Zero Trust, HITRUST, and multi-cloud resilience (AWS, Azure, GCP), while integrating AI/ML for threat detection, anomaly detection, non-human identity protection, and SOC automation. Leveraging expertise in IAM/PAM, data privacy, and regulatory frameworks (GDPR, HIPAA, NIST, ISO 27001, HITRUST), I align cybersecurity and AI governance with business objectives—reducing risk, strengthening digital trust, and positioning security as a strategic enabler.

Selected to join Gartner’s global C-level Community — an exclusive network of senior executives built by C-levels, for C-levels™. The program fosters trusted collaboration and peer-to-peer exchange among CIOs, CISOs, CDAOs, CHROs, and CFOs worldwide. Contributing member in shaping strategic insights on cybersecurity, AI governance, and digital trust across the enterprise landscape.

Selected as one of fewer than 6,000 cybersecurity leaders (from 200,000+ applicants) to join the CISO Network — an elite global community of senior cybersecurity, technology, and risk executives. The CISO Network enables peer collaboration, knowledge sharing, and leadership development among global CISOs driving innovation and resilience across industries. As a member, I contribute to strategic discussions on cybersecurity leadership, AI governance, and enterprise risk, while engaging in global events and roundtables that shape the future of security leadership.

As a CISO Executive Member, I collaborate with a global network of cybersecurity leaders to share insights, strategies, and best practices for advancing information security. This role involves contributing to thought leadership, participating in executive forums, and influencing industry standards to strengthen organizational resilience against evolving threats.

Invited to join Alphinia’s Elite CISO Network, an exclusive community of global cybersecurity leaders. Engage with peer CISOs on strategic risk management, AI adoption, and digital transformation security. Contribute to thought leadership by sharing insights on North American enterprise security, AI governance, and resilience frameworks. Participate in private forums, executive roundtables, and industry-shaping discussions.

Selected to join the CISO Ascent community, a global network of senior security leaders. Participate in peer discussions, leadership forums, and strategy sessions on cybersecurity, AI, and digital resilience. Contribute insights on cyber risk management, AI governance, and security leadership to strengthen the industry knowledge base.

An active member of the Tejas Cyber Network, a professional networking community dedicated to cyber practitioners all across the globe.

Serving as an executive leadership council member for Ai4

Proven cybersecurity leader with experience acting as Deputy CISO, driving enterprise-wide security strategy, risk management, and compliance across global operations. Expertise in IAM/PAM, Zero Trust, and multi-cloud security (AWS, Azure, GCP), with a strong track record in regulatory frameworks including HITRUST, NIST, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and GDPR. Trusted advisor to CISOs and executive teams, aligning security with business objectives to reduce risk, strengthen resilience, and enable growth.

I strategize, design, and implement multiple Identity & Access Management products Okta, SailPoint, Oracle, ForgeRock, CA, Azure-IAM, AWS-IAM, and CyberArk and various other products for DXC IT. Responsible for identifying gaps in IAM solutions and the corresponding business processes. I’m responsible for creating business cases, solution proposals, and recommendations to the Business Relationship Managers for funding approvals to remediate those gaps. Standardize solutions in the Identity and Access Management space and develop security reference architecture and security patterns that can be adopted across the enterprise, thereby streamlining the business processing and the IAM workflows. Ensure solutions developed across the organization align with enterprise architecture standards and principles, leverage common solutions and services, and perform a cost-benefit analysis. Collaborating closely with senior management and businesses to define action plans to track and provide remediation proposals to close gaps/needs across the IAM technology organization. Designs solutions for authentication, authorization, and auditing, and works with project teams to ensure compliance with access management requirements and policies. A Solution design, requirement analysis, development, and operations in Identity & Access Management, Access Governance, and Single Sign-On solutions to the Internal and External client.

A CISO and Executive Board Member volunteering to help Women of Color On the Move with their security posture and to secure the company data. It's a non-profit organization committed to helping women succeed in their personal lives and community.