Durga Dube

Designation:

Senior VP & CISO at Reliance Industries Ltd

Bio:

Mr. Dube is currently Senior VP and CISO (Chief Information Security Officer) of Reliance Industries Ltd. Prior to this, he was Executive Director and Global Head of BFSI, Risk Management practice for Paladion Network one of the largest pure-play global cybersecurity companies. He has more than two decades of experience in Technology Risk, Fraud Risk, and Information Assurance. Mr. Dube has served Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for more than 20 years in various capacities in senior roles. At RBI, Mr. Dube managed large assignments in both the IT and Business domains. From Reserve Bank of India, he was also deputed to IDRBT (Hyderabad) as Faculty and laid the foundation stone for all Information security and Audit related projects. During the formative years of Core Banking adoption by Banks he consulted many major banks in India in designing their Information Security framework, which have stood test of time. As a Diamond Jubilee Overseas Banking Research fellow, he visited all major global financial organizations in the USA and UK and gave a report of comparing the IT assurance practice of the USA and UK to that of India. Most of his recommendations are put into practice by Banks in India. He also worked as a “Consulting Advisor” Strategic Information security services for Wipro. Mr. Dube is well known in the industry circle and is very well referred. The book authored by Mr. Dube; "Information System Audit and Assurance", published by TATA Mcgraw Hill in 2005 is widely acclaimed. He also has authored various research papers in the area of Internet Banking, Cyber Security, Cybersecurity Maturity Model, etc.