#CXOAspect with Chetan Anand on Digital Trust & Cybersecurity

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, cybersecurity leadership plays a critical role in enabling trust, resilience, and continuity across organizations. In this edition of #CXOAspect, we speak with Chetan Anand, AVP – Information Security and CISO, Profinch Solutions, who shares insights from his experience across information security, risk, and digital trust.

Can you describe your current role, and what responsibilities do you undertake?

I head the Information Security function across our geos. The responsibilities are strategic, tactical, and operational in nature, cutting across information security, cybersecurity, risk, business continuity, and ESG areas. With the help of a team, I manage the implementation of digital trust, integrating two management systems – ISO 27001 ISMS and ISO 9001 QMS.

How will you describe your journey in the cybersecurity Industry?

Digital Trust Leader and a National Cyber Security Scholar with more than two decades of professional experience. He has rich experience in industries such as IT, ITES, Fintech, Healthcare / Pharma, Manufacturing, and R&D in various capacities, including Technical, Managerial, and Leadership roles. He is a thought leader with widely published contributions, including peer-reviewed international and national journals, and a purpose to drive the goals. He volunteers with global organisations such as ISO, ISACA, and BSI as well as national organisations such as ISAC and Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). He actively engages with academia, government, industry, and the media. The type of volunteer work includes engaging in faculty development programs in colleges, conducting training and awareness sessions in colleges, mentoring professionals at all stages of their career, contributing to ISO standards development, writing articles and blogs for ISACA and the media, journals; reviewing whitepapers, articles, and journals; book reviews, reviewing conference papers and posters, performing cybercrime intervention, being a key note speaker and being a panel member in conferences, conclaves and round table discussions at national and international levels.

If you could make one recommendation to the next generation of cybersecurity leaders, what would it be?

Don’t fully rely on artificial intelligence; use your native intelligence!

How do you stay current with the latest security threats and technologies?

By subscribing to threat intelligence from reputed and trustworthy sources, performing effective cybercrime interventions helping victims of cybercrimes, formally reviewing ISACA journals, whitepapers, authoring articles, whitepapers, blogs and journals, contributing to ISAC advisory and initiatives, responding to media interviews, keeping abreast of technologies by participating as a keynote speaker, round table panelists in national and international conferences, summits, and virtual events.

Conclusion

The perspectives shared by Chetan Anand highlight a holistic approach to cybersecurity leadership, one that is anchored in digital trust, continuous learning, industry collaboration, and meaningful contribution to global and national cybersecurity ecosystems.

As organisations continue to navigate an increasingly complex digital environment, leaders like him demonstrate how cybersecurity today extends beyond protection to becoming a key pillar of business resilience and trust.

CXO Junction remains dedicated to providing you with exclusive insights into transformative leadership journeys. Stay tuned for more updates as we continue to bring industry news to you.