Jaya Baloo is Avast’s CISO since 2019. Previously, she was the CISO at KPN, the largest telecommunications carrier in the NL, where she established its security team who are today recognized as world leading.
Jaya is on the list of top 100 CISOs globally and top 100 security influencers worldwide. She was selected as one of the 50 most inspiring women in the NL by Inspiring Fifty, a non-profit aiming to raise diversity in technology.
Jaya has been working in the field of information security for over 20 years and sits on the advisory boards of NL’s NCSC and Flagship Strategic. She is an audit committee member of TIIN capital, member of EU Quantum and a faculty member of the Singularity University.