Yogesh Badwe Chief Security Officer, Druva

Druva Inc. appointed Yogesh Badwe as chief security officer (CSO).

Bringing nearly 15 years of experience leading mature cybersecurity programs at high-growth organizations, he will oversee firm’s cybersecurity posture and will be responsible for enhancing the company’s security strategy and driving new initiatives to improve cyber and data resilience through the Druva Data Resiliency Cloudhttps://www.druva.com/products/platform-overview/.

“Badwe has a proven track record of building world-class security organizations and brings compelling insights into today’s ever-changing data security landscape,” said Stephen Manley, CTO. “With extensive cyber transformation and security management experience, Badwe is the ideal leader to ensure our security strategy stays ahead of the continuously evolving threat landscape by delivering new and innovative solutions to keep data safe and secure for our customers.”

Prior to joining Druva, Badwe spent the last 7 years in a number of security positions at Okta, most recently serving as senior director of information security. At Okta, he built and led teams responsible for managing the company’s prevention, detection, and response strategies. Prior to that, he led various information and product security programs at Salesforce, Orange Business Services, and Global Telesystems Ltd.

He received a master’s degree in Information Security Management from Carnegie Mellon University and also holds multiple security industry certifications.

“Having operated at the cybersecurity frontline and through working closely with customers and partners over the years, I have seen first-hand how critical security is to any organization’s success,” he said. “As a custodian of data, security is Druva’s number one priority. Cybersecurity is already woven into the fabric and foundation of Druva’s technology and practices, which has helped gain customer trust. I look forward to leading the talented security team at Druva to build upon that trust by further enhancing the already robust security program and by partnering with customers to meet their data resilience and compliance needs.”