Divya Aradhya
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Divya Aradhya
Additional Info
| Job title of nominated professional (or team name) | Senior Vice President, Senior Application Security Architect |
| Company (where nominated professional or team is working) | Citi Group |
| Website | https://www/citi.com/ |
| Company size (employees) | 10,000 or more |
| Country | United States |
| Headquarters Region | North America |
Overview
Divya Aradhya is a rare combination of technical expertise, strategic vision, and leadership driving innovation and security maturity. She is a seasoned and highly regarded technology and cybersecurity professional focusing on the areas of enterprise technology risk, digital transformations, and emerging technologies.
Divya advises and mobilizes diverse teams in the dynamic and highly regulated global financial landscape with a laser focus on strategies for simplifying, streamlining, and strengthening security into every business use case.
Divya is the lead on DevSecOps initiatives, security maturity models, and securely integrating artificial intelligence to business processes.
She is a published author, mentor, coach, and active contributor to the global cybersecurity community.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/divya-aradhya/
Website: http://divyaaradhya.com/
Accomplishments
1. Divya Aradhya has spearheaded the integration of DevSecOps tools and practices by effectively collaborating with diverse teams in Asia, Europe, and North America to drive global impact. Through her leadership, she has successfully bridged the gap between development, engineering, security, and operations teams, fostering an open collaborative environment that emphasizes security from the outset of the software development lifecycle. This innovative approach serves to enhance the efficiency of development processes and significantly elevate the overall security posture of the organization.
2. Divya has significantly impacted and improved the field of application security: She has created frameworks, security architecture principles, secure design patterns and process guides to drive de facto proactive security in digital transformation and cybersecurity maturity initiatives.She is recognized as an expert in security architecture expert and DevSecOps by other renowned experts and leaders in the US, UK, and India who rely on her thought leadership and drive.
She is a recognized cybersecurity subject matter expert and is consulted by (ISC)2 to create questions for exams such as the industry-leading CISSP.
3. Divya has a Masters in Cybersecurity, holds the prestigious CISSP and CISM certifications, is a published author of peer-reviewed articles, and is currently working on her book for secure coding for developers. Her impact extends beyond her technical contributions and thought leadership.
She has been an advocate for diversity and inclusion in cybersecurity, by actively promoting the involvement of women and underrepresented groups and serving on scholarship review boards. She also hosts training sessions to enable cybersecurity professionals to achieve certifications and level up in their careers. Her mentorship and support have mobilized many students and professionals to pursue and excel in information security, contributing to a more inclusive and dynamic industry.
