Rinki Sethi is an American technology executive who has held Chief Information Security Officer and Vice President of Information Security roles at several large companies.

Rinki Sethi
NationalityIndian American
EducationUniversity of California, Davis, Capella University
Known forChief Information Security Officer, Vice President at Twitter, IBM

Education

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Sethi attended Capella University from 2006 to 2007 and completed a Master's Degree in Information Security, and completed a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science Engineering from UC Davis in 2004.[1]

Career

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Sethi worked at Intuit as a Director of Product Security from 2012-2015.[2] She worked as VP, Security Operations at Palo Alto Networks from 2015-2018.[3] She worked at IBM from October 2018 to April 2019 as the Vice President of Information Security.[4][5] Sethi served as Chief Information Security Officer at Rubrik from April 2019 to September 2020.[6][7] She was an Information Security Executive at IBM from 2018 to 2019.[8]

She was vice president and Chief Information Security Officer at Twitter Inc.[9][10] Sethi joined Twitter after the 2020 Twitter bitcoin scam breach which compromised accounts of then-presidential candidate Joe Biden, Kim Kardashian, Elon Musk and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates.[11]

She has also worked with companies like Walmart, Intuit, Ebay and others as a CISO and security expert.[12][13][14]

Sethi also serves as an advisor to several startups, including LevelOps, Authomize, and Cybersecurity organizations, including Women in Cybersecurity.[15][16][17] Sethi was named to the board of directors of Forge Rock in August 2021.[18]

References

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  1. ^ "Rinki Sethi | NYU Tandon School of Engineering". engineering.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  2. ^ "Twitter hires ex-IMB executive Rinki Sethi as new Chief Information Security Officer". The New Indian Express. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  3. ^ www.ETCISO.in. "Twitter appoints Rinki Sethi as new information security head - ET CISO". ETCISO.in. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  4. ^ "Twitter hires ex-IBM Rinki Sethi as its new VP and Chief Information Security Officer". Business Insider. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  5. ^ "Go Phish: We get to know Rinki Sethi, VP and Ciso, Rubrik". Intelligent CISO. 2020-04-07. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  6. ^ "6 CISOs share their game plans for a post-pandemic world". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  7. ^ "The Changing Role of the CISO". www.securitymagazine.com. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  8. ^ Solomon, Howard (19 April 2017). "Fighting 'the boy's club' mentality in cyber security". IT World Canada. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  9. ^ "Twitter appoints Rinki Sethi as new chief information security officer". www.businesstoday.in. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  10. ^ "Twitter appoints Rinki Sethi as new information security head". Reuters. 2020-09-29. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  11. ^ infotech (2020-09-29). "Twitter appoints Rinki Sethi as CISO after Kim Kardashian incident". InfotechLead. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  12. ^ Cimpanu, Catalin. "Twitter hires new CISO in industry veteran Rinki Sethi". ZDNet. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  13. ^ "Twitter Fills Chief Information Security Officer Role With Rinki Sethi". 30 September 2020. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  14. ^ Marks, Joseph. "Analysis | The Cybersecurity 202: DHS is highlighting diversity as a key cybersecurity goal". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  15. ^ "After breach, Twitter hires a new cybersecurity chief". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  16. ^ "Twitter appoints Rinki Sethi as new information security head". cnbctv18.com. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  17. ^ "Cyber For Women - Rinki Sethi - Palo Alto Networks". Poddtoppen (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  18. ^ "Twitter's infosec chief makes the case for cybersecurity expertise in boardrooms". Fortune. Retrieved 2021-11-03.