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Rapid7 Appoints Jaya Baloo as Chief Security Officer
March 2023 by Marc Jacob
Rapid7, Inc. announced the appointment of Jaya Baloo as its new Chief Security Officer (CSO). Jaya brings more than 20 years of experience in Information Security, from strategy and policy to architecture and operations. In her new role as Rapid7’s CSO, Jaya will lead efforts to evolve and mature the company’s internal security program, engage with customers as well as with the wider security community, and collaborate across all Rapid7 teams to develop and showcase security best practices.
Today, Jaya sits on the advisory boards of The Netherlands National Cyber Security Centre, the EU Quantum Flagship’s Strategic Advisory Board and is recognized within the list of top 100 CISOs globally. Before joining Rapid7, Jaya was CISO at Avast, and prior to that held a CISO position at KPN, the largest telecommunications carrier in the Netherlands, two companies where she established and led its security team to create world class best practices from strategy to operations. Jaya has also been a faculty member of Singularity University since 2017, where she regularly lectures. She serves on the audit committee of TIIN capital, a cybersecurity fund, and is also a board member of the RvT of the Dutch Broadcasting station, the NOS.
