Burgess Cooper

Speaker Bio

Burgess is a Partner in Advisory Services team with a focus on the Information & Cyber Security in India. He has over 18 years of industry experience. Having certification like CISA, CISM, CGEIT, CISSP and CIPP, he is also a regular speaker & jury member at the BCCI, ASSOCHAM, CII, CISO, CTO, E-Crime etc. forums.

Burgess has over a decade of hands on experience as a CISO responsible for Information Security, Privacy & Compliance across the Telecom and BFSI sector. As a CISO, he was responsible for setting up the Information Security & Privacy function in the organization and improve the information security posture of the organization by following a multi-domain, multi-level, defence in depth approach. He was instrumental in setting up the enterprise business security architecture  for his Company. This was designed taking into considerations the business objectives and goals, IT strategy, potential threats and risks, and legal, compliance and regulatory requirements.

He is recognised/awarded as DSCI Nasscom “Telecom Security Leader of the Year”; “Privacy Leader of the Year”; “Best Privacy implementation” awards, Indian Express Security Strategist award, CISO 100 award for three consecutive years, Security Innovator of the Year & CIO Grand Master Awards.