Global Banking Perspective: Vishal Salvi, CISO, HDFC Bank in India


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Mar 16 2009 19 mins   1
We're all intimately aware of the security and risk management concerns facing U.S. banking institutions. But what about elsewhere in the world, where institutions are coping with their own economic and security concerns?

In an exclusive interview, Vishal Salvi, CISO of India's HDFC Bank, which Business India named "Best Bank 2008," discusses:

Greatest security threats facing Indian banks and customers;
His own top security/risk management concerns;
How Indian banking institutions and customers are coping with the global economic recession.

Salvi has 15 years of industry experience having worked in Crompton Greaves, Development Credit Bank, Global Trust Bank, Standard Chartered Bank before taking on the role of Chief Information Security Officer & Senior Vice President at HDFC Bank. Prior to joining HDFC Bank, he has worked in Standard Chartered Bank for eleven years and played variety of roles in IT Service Delivery, Governance and Risk Management and Information Security. At HDFC

Bank, Vishal heads the Information Security Group and responsible for driving Information Security strategy and its implementation across the Bank & its subsidiaries.

HDFC Bank, based in Mumbai, India, was incorporated in August 1994, and, currently has a nationwide network of 1412 Branches and 2890 ATM's in 528 Indian towns and cities.